The Washington Post Company
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The Washington Post Company Company Profile

It might be said this company can teach you something about newspapers. Best known as the publisher of The Washington Post newspaper, The Washington Post Company actually gets the lion's share of its revenue from Kaplan, a well-known source of test preparation materials. Washington Post's flagship newspaper, meanwhile, boasts a circulation of about 525,000 in the Washington, DC, area. Other media operations include a portfolio of six TV stations and online publishing operations such as Slate. Washington Post also owns cable TV systems operator Cable One. The company is controlled by chairman Donald Graham and his family.