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subsequently named general counsel at Kaplan in June 1995 and then served as Kaplan's Chief Administrative Officer
beginning in December 2003.
Ann L. McDaniel, age 51, has been the Vice PresidentÓHuman Resources of the Company since September 2001.
Ms. McDaniel had previously served as Senior Director of Human Resources of the Company since January 2001 and
before that held various editorial positions at
Newsweek,
most recently as Managing Editor, a position she assumed in
November 1998.
John B. Morse, Jr., age 60, has been Vice PresidentÓFinance of the Company since November 1989. He joined the
Company as Vice President and Controller in July 1989 and prior to that had been a partner of Price Waterhouse.
Gerald M. Rosberg, age 60, became Vice PresidentÓPlanning and Development of the Company in February 1999. He
had previously served as Vice PresidentÓAffiliates at
The Washington Post,
a position he assumed in November 1997.
Mr. Rosberg joined the Company in January 1996 as
The Post
's Director of Affiliate Relations.
Employees
The Company and its subsidiaries employ approximately 17,100 persons on a full-time basis.
Worldwide, Kaplan employs approximately 9,850 persons on a full-time basis. Kaplan also employs substantial numbers
of part-time employees who serve in instructional and administrative capacities. During peak seasonal periods, Kaplan's
part-time workforce exceeds 15,000 employees. None of Kaplan's employees is represented by a union.
WP Company has approximately 2,520 full-time employees. About 1,395 of that unit's full-time employees and about
450 part-time employees are represented by one or another of five unions. Collective bargaining agreements are currently
in effect with locals of the following unions covering the full-time and part-time employees and expiring on the dates
indicated: 1,193 editorial, newsroom and commercial department employees represented by the Communications
Workers of America (November 7, 2008); 37 machinists represented by the International Association of Machinists
(January 10, 2008); 25 photoengravers-platemakers represented by the Graphic Communications Conference of the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (February 7, 2010); 29 electricians represented by the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers (December 13, 2007); 29 engineers, carpenters and painters represented by the International
Union of Operating Engineers (April 12, 2008); and 61 paper handlers and general workers represented by the
Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (November 17, 2008). The
agreement covering 473 mailroom workers represented by the Communications Workers of America expired on May 18,
2003; efforts to negotiate a new agreement were unsuccessful and in early 2006 WP Company declared an impasse and
implemented parts of its last contract offer for employees in a particular job category. The union subsequently challenged
WP Company's actions as an unfair labor practice, but that challenge was dismissed by the National Labor Relations
Board in May 2006. No negotiations with this bargaining unit are ongoing at the present time.
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive has approximately 265 full-time and 25 part-time employees, none of whom is
represented by a union.
Of the approximately 275 full-time and 100 part-time employees at The Daily Herald Company, about 50 full-time and
15 part-time employees are represented by one or another of three unions. The newspaper's collective bargaining
agreement with the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents
press operators, expires on March 15, 2008; its agreement with the Communications Workers of America, which
represents printers and mailers, expires on October 31, 2009; and its agreement with the International Brotherhood of
Teamsters, which represents bundle haulers, expires on September 22, 2007.
The Company's broadcasting operations have approximately 980 full-time employees, of whom about 215 are union-
represented. Of the eight collective bargaining agreements covering union-represented employees, two have expired and
are being renegotiated. One other collective bargaining agreement will expire in 2007.
The Company's Cable Television Division has approximately 1,910 full-time employees, none of whom is represented by a
union.
Newsweek has approximately 570 full-time employees (including about 120 editorial employees represented by the
Communications Workers of America under a collective bargaining agreement that expires on January 1, 2009).
Post-Newsweek Media, Inc. has approximately 530 full-time and 200 part-time employees. Robinson Terminal Ware-
house Corporation (the Company's newsprint warehousing and distribution subsidiary), Greater Washington Publishing,
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