Washington Post Company Description
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, the company's test preparation and education services division. Washington Post's other media operations include Newsweek, the #2 weekly news magazine (after Time Inc's Time), a portfolio of six TV stations, and the online publishing operations of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. Its Cable One subsidiary provides cable TV service to markets in about 20 states. The Washington Post boasts a circulation of more than 580,000. The company is controlled by chairman Donald Graham and his family.
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