BNET Industries
Market Cap:$3.3B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.1B
- Public
- US
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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
Contact Information
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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Obama top lawyer expected to quit: sources
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AHF Cheers Wash. Post Nod to Sen. Coburn on Saving More Lives Through PEPFAR
- 2008-06-02
Sunday Editorial Concedes the Senator "Has a Point" in Striving to Preserve the Bill's Focus on Treatment AHF Calls for Treatment Goal Increase Equal to Funding Increase. The Results? Four Million Additional Lives Saved WASHINGTON D.C. -- AIDS Healthcare Foundation AHF, which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in...
MATT Foundation Calls for 'The Wisdom of Compromise' in Immigration Debate in the Senate in Washington Post Ad
- 2007-06-06
To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORSTo: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS
Talk about Democratic unity! When Washington Post columnist David Broder chastised Senate majority leader Harry Reid for declaring that the war in Iraq "is lost," all 50 of Reid's Democratic colleagues in the Senate dashed off a letter to the Po
- 2007-05-28
Talk about Democratic unity! When Washington Post columnist David Broder chastised Senate majority leader Harry Reid for declaring that the war in Iraq "is lost," all 50 of Reid's Democratic colleagues in the Senate dashed off a letter to the Post attacking Broder. While the Democrats did not explicitly defend...
Washington Post Launches Campaign Against Allen
- 2006-10-02
Liberal Coverage Drags Virginia Senate Race Into Gutter Sen. George Allen (R.-Va.) and former Navy secretary James Webb have received very different treatment from the Washington Post as they both have campaigned for the Senate seat Alien currently holds. After Allen called a Webb volunteer "macaca" at an...
DNC: GOP's Sham Reform Efforts
- 2006-01-17
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee: Today, Republicans in the House and Senate, after five years of doing nothing to address the growing Republican culture of corruption, both announced sham reform efforts aimed at papering over the ethical scandals that...
Low expectations
- 2005-06-01
From The Washington Post: "Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales got many kudos on the Hill for his performance in testifying before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees. For example, Representative Howard L. Berman (D-California) thanked Gonzales 'for being here and for at least conveying the impression that you sometimes hear...
Barbara Mikulski
- 2005-01-01
Barbara Mikulski Barbara Ann Mikulski became the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Senate to hold a seat not previously held by her husband. Barbara Ann Milulski is known as the feisty senator from Baltimore, she is also the first Democratic woman ever to have served in both...
Kerry-Edwards Campaign: Bush-Cheney Ad Fact Check - Wolves (Part 1 of 2)
- 2004-10-22
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following fact sheet was released today by the Kerry-Edwards Campaign (Part 1 of 2): Kerry-Edwards campaign spokesperson Chad Clanton released the following statement today in response to the Bush-Cheney ad "Wolves:""These are desperate days for the Bush campaign with the president's job approval...
Conventional Wisdom from the Kerry Campaign: Adding Facts to the Bush Spin (1/3)
- 2004-07-27
"One thing you won't hear from the Bush-Cheney campaign this week is anything positive. They can't talk about the issues, because they have no plan for the future. They can't talk about their record, because it's riddled with failure. So they keep firing off intentionally misleading attacks...
OP-EDS ABOUND ON TOPIC OF PASSING ENERGY BILL THIS YEAR
- 2004-03-29
With the legislative clock ticking and efforts in the Senate to pass an energy bill stalled, rumors are flying that the legislation is dead for the year. Further fueling those rumors are efforts to break up pieces of the bill and in response, both The Wall Street Journal and The...
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