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Washington Post Company - Definition and Overview

The Washington Post Company is an American media company, best known for owning the newspaper it is named after, the Washington Post, and Newsweek magazine. It also owns or partly owns a number of television stations, Web sites, cable-television companies, and Kaplan, a company that provides educational and testing material.

The Washington Post Company history dates back to 1877, when the Post was first published, although the company was only incorporated in 1947, and went public in 1971. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

In the first quarter of 2004, the company had revenue of US$750 million.

Contents

Newspapers

Magazines

  • Newsweek
  • Newsweek International
  • Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
  • Washington Technology

Broadcast Television

Cable Television

Education

Internet

  • Post Newsweek Tech Media

See also

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