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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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The Washington Post ran a front-page story on the administration's "bold new assertion of executive authority."
- 2007-08-13
The Washington Post ran a front-page story on the administration's "bold new assertion of executive authority." Experts were quoted on how "astonishing" and "breathtaking" and "Nixonian" the administration's claim of executive privilege was, and Democratic senators got in the words "outrageous" and "constitutional crisis." (One expert who took the pro-administration...
US court put limits on spying program: report
- 2007-08-03
WASHINGTON AFP — A US federal judge earlier this year secretly ruled that a key element of an electronic spying program was illegal, providing the impetus for a White House push for new legislation to enable government eavesdropping, a US newspaper reported on Friday. The ruling in January held...
The Greenbrier's Bunker Still Object of Media Interest
- 2006-12-08
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Built during the Cold War era and a highly secretive government project until 1992 when its existence was leaked in The Washington Post, the former bunker at The Greenbrier continues to gain worldwide attention.The bunker, designed as a relocation site for members of the U.S. Congress...
Lawmaker knew in 2000 of sex-tinged emails: Washington Post
- 2006-10-09
WASHINGTON AFP — A Republican legislator learned of salacious Internet exchanges by a now-disgraced congressional colleague as far back as 2000, the Washington Post reported, in the latest revelation from an unfolding sex scandal. An aide to Republican lawmaker Jim Kolbe told the daily that her boss confronted representative Mark...
National Voting Rights Group Condemns Anti-Voter Legislation Passed by House of Representatives; National Voter ID Will Keep Many Eligible Voters From the Polls; Voting Rights Experts Available for Interview.
- 2006-09-21
Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Sept. 21 AScribe Newswire -- Demos, a leading national public policy organization, denounced the passage of the House of Representatives bill (H.R. 4844) also known as the "Federal Election Integrity Act of 2006," which would require all voters to ...
Five years ago, a Washington Post poll asked whether race should be a factor in congressional redistricting "in order to elect more minorities to public office
- 2006-07-03
Five years ago, a Washington Post poll asked whether race should be a factor in congressional redistricting "in order to elect more minorities to public office." An overwhelming majority of Americans said no, including 90 percent of whites, 83 percent of Hispanics, and 70 percent of blacks. But now Congress...
Hoover Institution: ''Fight Club Politics'' Author Juliet Eilperin Uncovers How Leadership in the House of Representatives Has Failed America
- 2006-04-04
STANFORD, Calif. -- This is the story of how the House of Representatives became the House of Unrepresentatives. In "Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship is Poisoning the House of Representatives" (Rowman and Littlefield and Hoover Studies, 2006), Juliet Eilperin, a Washington, D.C., native and Washington Post reporter since 1998, examines...
Juliet Eilperin Available to Speak on Tom DeLay Announcement; She is Author of New Volume Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship is Poisoning the House of Representatives
- 2006-04-04
STANFORD, Calif. -- Juliet Eilperin, author of Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship is Poisoning the House of Representatives, just released by Rowman and Littlefield and the Hoover Studies imprint of Hoover Institution Press, is available to speak on Tom DeLay's announcement that he will not run for another term and...
US probing deals by 2nd Dubai firm, Israeli company
- 2006-03-02
WASHINGTON AFP — The US government is investigating the acquisition of sensitive US facilities and technology by another United Arab Emirates-owned firm and an Israeli company, The Washington Post said. Although a US official denied the probes responded to the outcry over Dubai Ports World's takeover of operations at...
National Parks Under Assault from Poachers; Parks Group Warns About Affect of Potential Budget Cuts
- 2005-10-24
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The nation's leading park advocacy group, the nonpartisan National Parks Conservation Association NPCA, today called on Congress and the administration to provide much-needed funding and staffing to enable the National Park Service to combat poaching in America's national parks, a widespread problem profiled in...
