Leonsis, Case use Revolution Fund to invest in Echo360 - Washington Post

Leonsis, Case use Revolution Fund to invest in Echo360
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The software company plans to use the cash from Revolution to quickly grow in the highly competitive market for education companies, several of which — Blackboard, Rosetta Stone and The Washington Post Co.'s Kaplan — are located in the Washington ...
Revolution Growth Invests in Echo360 to Accelerate the Transformation of ... MarketWatch (press release)

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TEXT-S&P revises Washington Post outlook to negative - Reuters

TEXT-S&P revises Washington Post outlook to negative
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May 21 - Overview -- Deteriorating operating performance at the Kaplan higher education division of US media and education company Washington Post Co. is hurting consolidated revenues and EBITDA. -- We are revising our 'BBB+' rating outlook on the ...

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The Case Against AOL, In Numbers - Forbes


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The Case Against AOL, In Numbers
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-In the past three years, it has spent $668 million acquiring display-based business, including the Huffington Post, on which it spent $315 million. It has pumped another $235 million of investment into Patch. -Its operating expenses on the display ...
For AOL, a Costly Gamble On Local News Draws Trouble Wall Street Journal

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Facebook Comes Under Increasing Fire for Its White-Male Board - Daily Beast


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Facebook Comes Under Increasing Fire for Its White-Male Board
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As Facebook dominates the news with its initial public offering, activists are seizing the moment to pressure the company to add some estrogen and ethnicity to its white-male board. A women's rights group called Ultraviolet, which has been running an ...
Why Aren't There Any Women on Facebook's Board? Jezebel

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Warren Buffett eyes more newspapers - report - Reuters


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Warren Buffett eyes more newspapers - report
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Berkshire already owns the Buffalo News, the Omaha World-Herald Co and a stake in the Washington Post Co. The conglomerate also reportedly holds a small stake in the recently reorganized newspaper chain Lee Enterprises.
A letter from Buffalo News chairman Warren Buffett: Newspapers must 'reign ... Buffalo News (blog)
Warren Buffett Believes in Newspapers -- Should You? Wall St. Cheat Sheet
Famed investor puts his money into newspapers Attleboro Sun Chronicle

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Washington Post Co. first-quarter earnings double; ad revenue continues slide - Washington Post


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Washington Post Co. first-quarter earnings double; ad revenue continues slide
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The Washington Post Co.'s first-quarter earnings doubled from a year earlier, but profits excluding one-time items fell. The company's broadcast division did well, and its cable division held steady, but the once-lucrative Kaplan education unit lost ...
The Washington Post Company Reports First Quarter Earnings MarketWatch (press release)
Washington Post's Profit Falls Zacks.com
Washington Post student sign-ups rise; revenue falls Reuters
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S&P Lowers Outlook On Washington Post To Negative - Wall Street Journal

S&P Lowers Outlook On Washington Post To Negative
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its outlook on The Washington Post Co. (WPO) to negative from stable on expectations that operating performance at the media company's higher-education unit will remain depressed over the near-to-intermediate ...

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The future of culture jamming - Washington Post (blog)

The future of culture jamming
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WaPo Labs is the digital team at the Washington Post Company focused on innovation and experimenting with emerging technologies. During the last several decades, scrawled on the walls of subway stations, roadside billboards, and city buildings, ...

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Washington Post Company Stock Downgraded (WPO) - TheStreet.com

Washington Post Company Stock Downgraded (WPO)
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By TheStreet Wire 05/15/12 - 05:00 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from buy to hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, ...

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Investors sue Facebook, advisers as scrutiny of IPO hype intensifies - Washington Post


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Investors sue Facebook, advisers as scrutiny of IPO hype intensifies
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(Washington Post Co. Chairman Donald E. Graham is on the board of Facebook and is named in the lawsuit.) A raft of complex regulations attempt to ensure that the information public companies give out to investors is not only true but is distributed in ...
$104 billion question: What does Facebook's value say about ours? The News Journal
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Wall Street Confidence Erodes After Facebook IPO, JPMorgan Trading Loss Huffington Post
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