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Washington Post Co.
1150 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Fax: 202-334-4536
Web Site: http://www.washpostco.com

DETAILS
Index Membership: S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector: Services
Industry: Publishing - Newspapers
Employees (last reported count): 20,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY
The Washington Post Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified education and media company in the United States and internationally. The company provides a range of educational services, including higher education, professional training, test preparation, and K12 services for individuals, schools, and businesses. The Washington Post Company also engages in the publication of newspapers in the Washington, D.C., area and Everett; newsprint warehousing and recycling facilities; and electronic media publishing business, primarily washingtonpost.com. In addition, it publishes a weekly news magazine, Newsweek, which has one domestic and three English-language international editions; and Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine, as well as online media magazines, newsweek.com and budgettravel.com. Further, the company owns six VHF television stations serving the Detroit, Houston, Miami, San Antonio, Orlando, and Jacksonville television markets; and operates cable systems offering basic cable, digital cable, pay television, cable modem, telephony, and other services to subscribers in midwestern, western, and southern states, as well as engages in commercial printing business. The Washington Post Company was founded in 1877 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.
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    OFFICERS
      Pay Exercised
    Mr. Don Graham , 65
    Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer, Chairman of Exec. Committee and Member of Fin. Committee
    $ 800.00K $ 0
    Ms. Ann L. McDaniel , 54
    Sr. VP of HR
    $ 739.00K $ 0
    Mr. Boisfeuillet Jones Jr., 63
    Vice Chairman, Publisher and Chairman of The Post Newspaper
    $ 1.02M $ 0
    Mr. Gerald Rosberg , 63
    Sr. VP of Planning & Devel.
    $ 821.00K $ 137.00K
    Mr. Marcus W. Brauchli , 48
    Exec. Editor
    N/A N/A
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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