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WP Company has about 535 full-time editors, producers, reporters, photographers and videographers on its staff. WP
Company draws upon the news reporting facilities of the major wire services, maintains a network of correspondents and
contract writers in international news centers and maintains reporters in nine local news bureaus.
The Slate Group
The Slate Group LLC (“The Slate Group”) publishes Slate, an online magazine, and additional websites. Slate features
articles analyzing news, politics and contemporary culture and adds new material on a daily basis. Content is supplied
by the magazine’s own editorial staff, as well as by independent contributors. The Slate Group also publishes Slate V,an
online video magazine; The Root, an online magazine focused on issues of importance to African Americans and others
interested in black culture, offering daily news and provocative commentary on politics and culture; and Foreign Policy,a
bimonthly print magazine and website that features articles analyzing current events, business and policy news from
around the world. In addition, Foreign Policy hosts a small number of foreign policy conferences every year. The Slate
Group has about 85 full-time employees who edit and produce content for its various websites.
Express Publications
Express Publications Company, LLC (“Express Publications”), another subsidiary of the Company, publishes Express,a
weekday tabloid newspaper, which is distributed free of charge using hawkers and news boxes near Metro stations
and in other locations in Washington, DC, and nearby suburbs with heavy daytime sidewalk traffic. A typical edition
of Express is 48 to 60 pages and contains short news, entertainment and sports stories, as well as both classified and
display advertising. Current daily circulation is approximately 181,000 copies. Express relies primarily on wire service
and syndicated content and is edited by a full-time newsroom staff of 24. Advertising sales, production and certain
other services for Express are provided by WP Company. The Express newsroom also produces a website called
ExpressNightOut.com, which features entertainment and lifestyle coverage of local interest.
Social Code
Social Code, a service specializing in placing advertising content and awareness campaigns on Facebook, was
launched in July 2010.
Post–Newsweek Media
The Company’s Post–Newsweek Media, Inc. subsidiary publishes 2 weekly paid-circulation, 3 twice-weekly paid-
circulation and 14 controlled-circulation weekly community newspapers. This subsidiary’s newspapers are divided into
three groups: The Gazette Newspapers, which circulate in Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick counties and in
parts of Carroll County, MD; Southern Maryland Newspapers, which circulate in southern Prince George’s County and in
Charles, St. Mary’s and Calvert counties, MD; and the Fairfax County Times, which circulates in Fairfax County, VA.
During 2010, these newspapers had a combined average circulation of approximately 671,000 copies. This division
also produces military newspapers (most of which are weekly) under agreements where editorial material is supplied by
local military bases, with the exception of one independent newspaper. In 2010, the 11 military newspapers produced
by this division had a combined average circulation of more than 125,000 copies.
The Gazette Newspapers have a companion website (Gazette.net) that includes editorial material and classified
advertising from the print newspapers. The Southern Maryland Newspapers’ website (SoMdNews.com) also includes
editorial and classified advertising from the print newspapers. The Fairfax County Times website (FairfaxTimes.com) also
includes editorials and classified advertising from the print newspapers. The military newspapers produced by this division
are supported by a website (DCMilitary.com) that includes base guides and other features, as well as articles from the
print newspapers. Each website also contains display advertising that is sold specifically for the site.
The Gazette Newspapers, Southern Maryland Newspapers and the Fairfax County Times together employ approximately
176 editors, reporters and photographers.
This division also operates a commercial printing business in suburban Maryland.
The Herald
The Company owns The Daily Herald Company, publisher of The Herald in Everett, WA, about 30 miles north of Seattle.
The Herald is published mornings seven days a week and is primarily distributed by home delivery in Snohomish County
and online at Heraldnet.com. The Daily Herald Company also provides commercial printing services and is a regional
print site for USA TODAY. The Daily Herald Company also publishes The Enterprise, a weekly community newspaper
home delivered in south Snohomish County; La Raza del Noroeste, a weekly Spanish-language newspaper that is
distributed in Snohomish, King, Skagit and northern Pierce counties; and the Snohomish County Business Journal,a
monthly publication focused on Snohomish County business news.
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