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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.
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.
Newspapers
Magazines
Broadcast
television
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").
Post-Newsweek also owned two other television stations in the
past, ironically both were at one time or another company
flagships.
Cable
television
Internet
- CourseAdvisor, Inc. - An online lead generation provider.
- Cable One is also an Internet service provider.[3]
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