Type: Public
On the web: http://www.washpostco.com
Employees: 20,000
Employee growth: (7.0%)

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 575,000 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.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2010:
Sales: $4,723.6M
One year growth: 3.4%
Net income: $278.1M
Income growth: 199.8%

Officers:
Chairman and CEO: Donald E. (Don) Graham
SVP Finance and CFO: Hal S. Jones
VP Corporate Solutions and Assistant Treasurer: Pinkie Dent Mayfield

Competitors:
Apollo Group
New York Times
Princeton Review

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