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Gerald M. Rosberg, age 57, became Vice President-Planning and Development of the Company in February 1999. He
had previously served as Vice President-Affiliates 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 13,200 persons on a full-time basis.
WP Company has approximately 2,470 full-time employees. About 1,500 of that unit's full-time employees and about
400 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: 1,260 editorial, newsroom and commercial department employees represented by the Communications
Workers of America (November 7, 2005); 65 paper handlers and general workers represented by the Graphic
Communications International Union (November 20, 2004); 43 machinists represented by the International Association of
Machinists (January 11, 2007); 33 photoengravers-platemakers represented by the Graphic Communications Interna-
tional Union (February 11, 2007); 28 electricians represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
(June 17, 2004); and 31 engineers, carpenters and painters represented by the International Union of Operating
Engineers (April 9, 2005). The agreement covering 420 mailroom workers represented by the Communications Workers
of America expired on May 18, 2003, and efforts to negotiate a new agreement are continuing.
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive has approximately 205 full-time and 35 part-time employees, none of whom is
represented by a union.
Of the approximately 250 full-time and 100 part-time employees at The Daily Herald Company, about 70 full-time and 20
part-time employees are represented by one or another of three unions. The newspaper's collective bargaining agreement
with the Graphic Communications International Union, which represents press operators, expires on March 15, 2005, and
its agreement with the Communications Workers of America, which represents printers and mailers, expires on October 31,
2005. The Newspaper's agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents bundle haulers,
expired on September 22, 2003, and a new agreement is currently being negotiated.
The Company's broadcasting operations have approximately 980 full-time employees, of whom about 230 are union-
represented. Of the eight collective bargaining agreements covering union-represented employees, one has expired and is
being renegotiated. Two other collective bargaining agreements will expire in 2004.
The Company's Cable Television Division has approximately 1,700 full-time employees, none of whom is represented by a
union.
Newsweek has approximately 640 full-time employees (including about 125 editorial employees represented by the
Communications Workers of America under a collective bargaining agreement that will expire on December 31, 2005).
Kaplan employs approximately 6,150 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 12,000 employees. None of Kaplan's employees is represented by a union.
Post-Newsweek Media, Inc. has approximately 650 full-time and 105 part-time employees. Robinson Terminal Ware-
house Corporation (the Company's newsprint warehousing and distribution subsidiary), Greater Washington Publishing
and Express Publications Company each employ fewer than 100 persons. None of these units' employees is represented
by a union.
Forward-Looking Statements
All public statements made by the Company and its representatives that are not statements of historical fact, including
certain statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and elsewhere in the Company's 2003 Annual Report to
Stockholders, are ""forward-looking statements'' within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements include comments about the Company's business strategies and objectives, the prospects for
growth in the Company's various business operations, and the Company's future financial performance. As with any
projection or forecast, forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. In addition to the various matters discussed
elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (including the financial statements and other items filed herewith), specific
factors identified by the Company that might cause such a difference include the following: changes in prevailing economic
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