The Washington Post Overview

  • Founded

  • 1876

Founded
  • Status

  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees

  • 2,245

Employees
  • Latest Deal Type

  • M&A

  • Financing Rounds

  • 1

  • Investments

  • 8

The Washington Post General Information

Description

Providers of print and internet publishing services. The company provides news of local, national and international events around them. It also provides mobile application for smartphones and tablets for online news feed.

Contact Information

Website
washingtonpost.com
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Corporate Backed or Acquired
Primary Industry
Publishing
Acquirer
Jeffrey Bezos
Primary Office
  • 1150 15th Street Northwest
  • Washington, DC 20071
  • United States

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The Washington Post Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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The Washington Post Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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Publishing
Washington, DC
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The Washington Post Competitors (25)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
The Independent Venture Capital-Backed London, United Kingdom 000 000000&0
000000000 00000 Formerly PE-Backed San Jose, CA 00000 00.000 00000000000 00.000
00000000 Formerly VC-backed New York, NY 0000 00000 000000000 00000
0000000000 Corporation London, United Kingdom 000
00000000 Formerly VC-backed New York, NY 000 0000 000000&0
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The Washington Post Patents

  • 17

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 2

    Granted

  • 3

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

The Washington Post Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
CA-3126605-A1 Techniques for inserting advertising content into digital content Pending 15-Jan-2019 00000000000
EP-3899703-A1 Techniques for inserting advertising content into digital content Pending 15-Jan-2019 00000000000
US-20200226642-A1 Techniques for inserting advertising content into digital content Pending 15-Jan-2019 00000000000 0
CA-3113231-A1 Techniques for dynamic digital advertising Pending 21-Sep-2018 000000000000
US-11032586-B2 Techniques for dynamic digital advertising Active 21-Sep-2018 H04N21/23424 00
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The Washington Post Executive Team (12)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Frederick Ryan Jr. Chief Executive Officer & Publisher
Shailesh Prakash Chief Information Officer & Executive Vice President
Joy Robins Chief Revenue Officer
Kristine Kelly Chief Communications Officer
Michael Ribero Chief Subscriptions Officer
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The Washington Post Board Members (1)

Name Representing Role Since
000000 000000 Self Chairman 000 0000
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The Washington Post Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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The Washington Post Investments & Acquisitions (8)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
00000000000 11-Sep-2013 0000 00000 00.00 Financial Software
000 11-Aug-2011 00000 0000 00.00 Internet Retail
000 13-Dec-2010 0000 00000 00.000 Internet Retail
0000 29-Sep-2010 00000 0000 0000 Publishing
Foreign Policy 29-Sep-2008 Merger/Acquisition Publishing 000000 00
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The Washington Post Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
0000000 000000 Publishing Washington, DC 0000
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The Washington Post Exits (5)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
000 11-Aug-2011 00000 00000 00 00.00 Completed
  • 22 buyers
000 13-Dec-2010 0000 00000 00.000 Completed
  • 9 buyers
0000000 01-Jan-2002 00000 00000 00 00.00 Completed
  • 8 buyers
00000000000000.000 18-Apr-2000 00 000000000000000 0000 Completed
  • 9 buyers
Bigstep Early Stage VC 000 Completed
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