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The Washington Post Co. Agrees to Sell Newsweek to Sidney Harman

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:49:21 -0400

Full article: Newsweek
The Washington Post Company announced that it has signed a contract to sell Newsweek to Sidney Harman. The deal ends almost a half century of ownership by the Washington Post Company, which bought Newsweek in 1961.

Audio Pioneer Buys Newsweek

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:40:28 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Tanzina Vega and Jeremy W. Peters
Sidney Harman, a 91-year-old audio pioneer, will be the new owner of Newsweek, the Washington Post Company announced after a two-and-a-half-month search.

Washington Post and Online Operations to Merge in 2010

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:14:35 -0400

Full article: Washington Business Journal
Tucker Echols
The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com have set a wedding date. The print and online operations of the newspaper will merge as of Jan. 1, 2010. Both are units of The Washington Post Co.

Washington Post May Protect Favored Union Workers

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:34:51 -0400

Full article: Bloomberg News
Greg Bensinger
Washington Post Co. union members approved a new two-year contract that will protect 25 percent of newspaper employees from future job cuts without taking their seniority into account. The publisher may identify the 25 percent of employees it wants to protect from job cuts without regard to length of tenure.