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Market Cap:$3.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.1B
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They know the fine print! The Washington Post Co (NYSE: WPO) founded by Stilson Hutchins in 1877, publishes newspapers, principally the Washington Post, The Herald and about 40 other Maryland community newspapers. It has interests in TV broadcasting, cable, magazines, education and career development services. This $3.55 billion company is based in Washington, DC and employs about 16,400 people. It owns six TV stations, a regional cable system, and an educational services firm, Kaplan. In 2005 the company bought Slate, the online magazine, from Microsoft Corp.
Number of Employees 20,000
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1150 15th St NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20071-0001
(202) 334-6000
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Twitter Recovers From High-Profile Cyber Attack; An Upswing In Attacks?
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- 2009-08-06
Twitter went offline for at least two hours this morning due to a cyber attack, a high-profile target in what may be a wave of recent attacks. As of 9 a.m., the company said its site was back up but that it was "continuing to defend against and recover...
American military officials believe, in the words of the Washington Post, that we have "dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq."
- 2007-11-05
American military officials believe, in the words of the Washington Post, that we have "dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq." According to the Post, some generals even favor a declaration of victory over the terror group. A declaration would be premature, because al-Qaeda in Iraq is...
US govt collects data on Americans overseas: Washington Post
- 2007-09-21
WASHINGTON AFP — The US government is compiling electronic files on the travel habits of millions of Americans who take trips overseas, The Washington Post reported Saturday. Citing documents obtained by a civil liberties group and statements by unnamed government officials, the newspaper said the retained data included travel...
What People Are Saying About Smooth Talking Mitt Romney: Too 'Smooth,' 'Square-Jawed Opportunist,' A 'Chameleon,' Political 'Actor,' 'Vagabond,' 'Thoroughly Counterfeit,' Says DNC
- 2007-02-23
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Damien LaVera of Democratic National Committee, +1-202- 863-8148 WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mitt Romney heads back to New Hampshire today at the end of yet another rough week on the campaign trail. Since announcing his White House bid last week, the smooth talking presidential candidate has...
Word deprivation
- 2007-01-01
The Agriculture Department will stop using the word "hunger" to describe people who cannot put food on the table. The agency has decided that the phrase "very low food security" is a more scientifically palatable description, reports The Washington Post.
NUCLEAR IRAN: PERILS AND PROSPECTS
- 2006-07-01
On April 11, 2006, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, proudly and triumphantly announced that the Islamic Republic had joined "the club of nuclear countries." Calling it "a very historic moment" of epochal significance, he said that Iranian scientists had succeeded in enriching uranium in a pilot test, thus paving the way...
Washington Post warns against generals ousting Rumsfeld
- 2006-04-18
WASHINGTON AFP — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should have resigned when the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, but stepping down now under pressure from the military would set "an ugly precedent," The Washington Post said Tuesday. "In our view Mr. Rumsfeld's failures should have led to his departure long...
Outcry for Release of ITS Records Continues.
- 2006-04-10
By IsraelNewsFaxx.com Services In an editorial titled "A Holocaust Denial," a leading American newspaper has demanded that the International Tracing Service in Arolsen, Germany, make their vast collection of Holocaust-related data available to the public. The Washington Post accused the International Committee of...
Messy mercenaries
- 2005-11-01
"These guys run loose in this country and do stupid stuff. There's no authority over them, so you can't come down on them hard when they escalate force," said Brigadier General Karl R. Horst, deputy commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, about private security contractors in Iraq. "They shoot people,...
Experts Available to Discuss Study Showing Internet Users Fear Identity Theft, Make Fewer Online Purchases
- 2005-10-31
ExpertSource: TOPIC: A study conducted by Consumer Reports WebWatch shows almost one-third of computer users are spending less time surfing the Internet, according to an article by The Associated Press. Twenty-nine percent of the 1,501 Internet users surveyed said they make fewer online purchases because they do not want...
