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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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NAICS Code All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction: 611699
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Industry Moves: WaPo Appoints Ravindran As New Chief Digital Officer
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- 2008-11-20
The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) has created a new position of chief digital officer, and has named Vijay Ravindran to it, who will start in Feb next year. Ravindran is currently the CTO of of Catalist, a startup political tech firm that built a national voter database. This...
Washingtonpost.com, Newsweek Partner With NewsGator and Microsoft to Create Free Windows Mobile Application for 2008 Elections
- 2008-02-25
NewsGator Technologies, Inc., along with washingtonpost.com and Newsweek, today unveiled Candidate Tracker, a free application for Microsoft Windows Mobile phones. The Microsoft-sponsored mobile application will enhance washingtonpost.com and Newsweek's up-to-the-minute, portable coverage on the 2008 candidates and elections. Harnessing the breadth of syndication solutions of NewsGator's mobile...
A disabled Berkeley artist gets inside own head with her work
- 2008-02-11
APAINTING by UC Berkeley art professor Katherine Sherwood contains surprising medical content. Some of the blue-and-white swirls behind a mystical medieval symbol are not painted on: They're actually an angiogram of blood vessels in the artist's brain. Even before a brain hemorrhage paralyzed her...
Washington Post cutting costs
- 2008-02-08
The Washington Post Co. said it will offer buyouts to an undetermined number of employees at its flagship newspaper to cut costs in the face of declining revenue and readership. The publishing company also announced it will close its printing plant in College Park in 2010 after two presses are...
N. Korea's cooperation may undercut US intelligence: Washington Post
- 2007-11-10
WASHINGTON AFP — The government of North Korea is providing information that could prove that, contrary to US claims, the communist country never intended to produce highly-enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, The Washington Post reported on its website Friday. Citing unnamed US and South Korean officials, the newspaper said...
Watergate Legends Discuss Historical Media Event During 2007 SPJ Convention
- 2007-10-06
Thirty-five years ago, two young reporters at The Washington Post changed journalism forever when they were assigned to cover an odd break-in at the Watergate Hotel. Subsequently, the reporters -- Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein -- launched an investigative probe that shook the country and eventually led to the resignation...
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...
Tilting at windmills
- 2007-09-01
How to clear your inbox The Small Business Administration canceled 8,000 loans to hurricane victims without notice to the borrowers. When the borrowers sought an explanation, they were told, according to Ron Nixon of the New York Times, "that they had voluntarily given up their loans," which was not...
Rice's mission: Secretary Rice is seeking help from moderate Arab nations to revive peace talks
- 2007-04-17
WHEN SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice traveled to the Middle East in late March, she took along a plan to provide both Israeli and Palestinian leaders with "a political horizon." The plan, says Washington Post reporter Glenn Kessler, depends on her ability to "coax the Israelis" into giving the Palestinians...
Work perfect: the day we strive for.(dialogue with Olivier A. Girod)(Interview)
- 2007-04-01
When I was at The Washington Post, something we were reminded of very often was what Phil Graham, one of the former publishers, used to say: When you're working on newspapers, you're working on the first draft of history. Now that I'm working at the Government ...
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