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The Washington Post Company
Type	Public (NYSE: WPO)
Founded	1947 (Washington Post founded in 1877)
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Key people	Donald Graham, Chairman & CEO
Industry	Education and Media
Products	Educational Services; Newspapers; Magazines; Television; Cable Television; Electronic Media
Revenue	▲$4.180 billion (2007)
Employees	19,000
Website	www.washpostco.com

The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO) is an American education and media company, best known for owning the newspaper it is named after, The Washington Post. The Company also owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools and businesses. In addition, the Company owns Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), the online publishing subsidiary whose flagship products include washingtonpost.com, Newsweek.com, Slate.com, BudgetTravel.com and Sprig.com; Express; El Tiempo Latino; The Gazette and Southern Maryland newspapers; The Herald (Everett, WA); Newsweek magazine; Post-Newsweek Stations (Detroit, Houston, Miami, Orlando, San Antonio and Jacksonville); Cable One, a cable TV and Internet service provider with subscribers in midwestern, western and southern states; and CourseAdvisor, an online lead generation provider.

The Washington Post Company history dates back to 1877, when the Post was first published. The Washington Post Company was incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1889^[1], and remained a District of Columbia corporation until it changed its state of incorporation to Delaware in 2003.^[2] It is a public company, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WPO, and went public in 1971. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Apart from the family of the late Katharine Graham, Berkshire Hathaway is also a substantial shareholder.

[edit] Education

Kaplan, Inc. - Kaplan is one of the world's largest providers of educational services. Kaplan focuses on four areas: higher education, professional training, test preparation and after-school tutoring programs and services for U.S. school districts.

Headquartered in New York City under the leadership of CEO Andrew Rosen, Kaplan had $2.3 billion in revenue in 2008. It is The Washington Post Company's fastest growing division and its largest revenue producer.

[edit] Newspapers

The Washington Post
The Herald - Everett, Washington
Express - A free daily commuter paper in the Washington Metro Area.
El Tiempo Latino
The Gazette (35 weekly newspapers and a subscription-based state-wide weekend business and politics newspaper, in Maryland; plus military newspapers and suburban Maryland real estate guides)
Greater Washington Publishing

[edit] Magazines

[edit] Broadcast television

Logo of broadcasting division Post-Newsweek Stations.

The official name of the broadcast division, dating back to the 1970s, is Post-Newsweek Stations and is one of two divisions not based out of Washington (see below). Post-Newsweek stations currently owns 6 VHF stations, all in the Top 50 markets. All the stations are branded under the "Local Mandate," which happens to be a station standardization adopted by Post-Newsweek. (examples: KPRC is "Local 2" and WPLG is "Local 10").

Current DMA#	Market	Station	Channel (DT)	Current Affiliation	Acquired	Notes
10.	Houston, Texas	KPRC-TV	2 (35)	NBC	1994
11.	Detroit, Michigan	WDIV	4 (45)	NBC	1978	Flagship
16.	Miami, Florida	WPLG	10 (9)	ABC	1969	Calls are tribute to Philip L. Graham, developer of Miami Lakes
19.	Orlando, Florida	WKMG-TV	6 (26)	CBS	1997	Calls are tribute to Katherine Graham (was WCPX until 1998)
37.	San Antonio, Texas	KSAT-TV	12 (48)	ABC	1994
47.	Jacksonville, Florida	WJXT	4 (42)	Independent	1959	Was CBS until 2002

Post-Newsweek also owned two other television stations in the past, ironically both were at one time or another company flagships.

Current DMA#	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Owned by WPO/PNS	Current Owner	Notes
9.	Washington, D.C.	WTOP-TV	9	CBS	1950-78	Gannett	First WDVM, now WUSA, flagship/headquarters until 1980s
29.	Hartford, Connecticut	WFSB	3	CBS	1974-97	Meredith	Flagship 1980s-1997 (and headquarters until 2000)

[edit] Cable television

Cable One - Phoenix, Arizona

[edit] Internet

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive - Includes flagship sites Washingtonpost.com, Newsweek.com, Slate.com, BudgetTravel.com, Sprig.com and TheRoot.com.

CourseAdvisor, Inc. - An online lead generation provider.

Cable One is also an Internet service provider.^[3]

[edit] Other

Washington Post Writers Group

[edit] References

^ District of Columbia Corporation records show the original Washington Post Company was registered as a domestic corporation in 1889
^ District of Columbia Corporation records show the original DC-based corporation's charter was revoked in 2003 and replaced by a Delaware-based foreign corporation.
^ Jesdanun, Anick (August 31, 2008). "6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads". Associated Press via Google. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0jj6e-BuV4qnseoMIL1fJFB7uhAD92TEAE80. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

[edit] See also

Lists of corporate assets

[edit] External links

The Washington Post Company's official homepage

[0] District of Columbia Corporation records show the original Washington Post Company was registered as a domestic corporation in 1889

[1] District of Columbia Corporation records show the original DC-based corporation's charter was revoked in 2003 and replaced by a Delaware-based foreign corporation.

[2] Jesdanun, Anick (August 31, 2008). "6 Internet providers disclose Web tracking for ads". Associated Press via Google. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i0jj6e-BuV4qnseoMIL1fJFB7uhAD92TEAE80. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

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