- published: 08 Dec 2011
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The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) is an American mass media company, best known for owning the newspaper for which it is named, The Washington Post. The company also owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading international provider of educational and career services for individuals, schools, and businesses. In addition, the company owns The Slate Group, Express, El Tiempo Latino, The Gazette and Southern Maryland newspapers, The Herald (Everett, WA), Post-Newsweek Stations (Detroit, Houston, Miami, Orlando, San Antonio and Jacksonville), Cable ONE—a cable TV and Internet service provider with subscribers in midwestern, western, and southern states—and Avenue100 Media Solutions, an online lead generation provider. The company previously owned Newsweek and Newsweek.com, but sold the magazine in 2010 after years of financial losses.
The Washington Post Company history dates back to 1877, when the Post was first published. The Washington Post Company was incorporated in the District of Columbia in 1889, and remained a District of Columbia corporation until it changed its state of incorporation to Delaware in 2003. It is a public company, trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WPO; it went public in 1971. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON POST
Get the news, the very latest news, the news youll never get from any other source, sir.
The Washington Post is my newspaper
The Washington Post the one to read, the Washington Post is all you need,
The Washington Post is my view shaper,
The Washington Post, The Washington Post, The Washington Post, the Post, the Post
So if youre after the latest news, The Washington Post will give you the most,
And if youre craving the latest views, The Washington Post is the one you need, sir!
So if you are after the latest news, The Washington Post will give you the most,
And if youre craving the latest views, The Washington Post is the one to read, sir!
Theyve got the comics and the crossword puzzles, too
Theyve got the help wanted pages and want ads there
So if you think youll ever find a better paper in the world
You better go to church and say a prayer (and say a prayer)
Theyve got photographers and correspondents too
Theyve got a big editorial staff as well
So if you think youll ever find a better paper in the world
My friend then you can always go to Hell, (you go to hell, you go to hell you go to hell
You go to hell you go to hell then you can always go to hell, sir!
You might be wondering about their op-ed page
And if theyll print what you offer as timeless prose?
Well, its agreed at least theyll read whatever screed youve scribbled
Right before they tell you, Stick it up your nose! (yes up your nose, yes up your nose,
Yes up your nose, before they tell you, you can stick it up your nose, sir!
Reporters write their stories down by hand sometimes
They use computers and typewriter keyboards, too
So if you think youll ever find a better paper anywhere