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The Washington Post Co.
COMPANY
Founded 1947 (though the Post itself dates to 1877), public in 1971. Corporate owner of newspapers, magazines, television stations, and various properties, including:
- Kaplan (standardized test preparation, acquired 1984, now the Post's most profitable division), which operates Kaplan University
- Handful of online publications, including Slate (acquired from Microsoft 2004)
- Television stations in Detroit (WDIV, channel 4), Houston (KPRC, ch. 2), Jacksonville, FL (WJXT, ch. 4), Miami (WPLG, ch. 10), Orlando (WKMG, ch. 6), and San Antonio (WSAT, ch. 12)
- Owned The Washington Post from 1947 until 2013, when the newspaper was sold to Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.
- Owned The International Herald Tribune from 1966 until 2003, jointly with The New York Times Company
- Owned Newsweek from 1961 until 2010, when the magazine was sold to Sidney Harman
Official Website: http://www.washpostco.com/
Industry: Media
Ticker: NYSE:WPO
Corporate headquarters: Washington, DC
Sales: $3.6B (2006)
Employees: 16,500
EXECUTIVES
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Warren Buffett |
Business |
30-Aug-1930 |
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Billionaire in Omaha |
Peter A. Derow |
Business |
c. 1940 |
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Institutional Investor, Inc. |
Ralph E. Gomory |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation |
Katharine Graham |
Publisher |
16-Jun-1917 |
17-Jul-2001 |
Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 |
Donald R. Keough |
Business |
4-Sep-1926 |
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Chairman of Allen & Company |
Alan Spoon |
Business |
c. 1951 |
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President of Washington Post Co., 1991-2000 |
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