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540. Washington Post
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Rank: 540 (Previous rank: 538)
Compare tool: Washington Post vs. Top 10
CEO: Donald E. Graham
Address: 1150 15th St. N.W.
Washington, DC 20071
Phone: 202-334-6000
Website: www.washpostco.com
Revenues 4,180.4 7.1
Profits 288.6 -11.0
Assets 6,004.5 —
Stockholders' equity 3,461.2 —
Market value (3/28/2008) 6,100.4 —
Revenues 6.9
Assets 4.8
Stockholders' equity 8.3
2007 $ 30.19
% change from 2006 -10.4
1997-2007 annual growth rate % 1.4
2007 7.3
1997-2007 annual rate 6.0
1 R.R. Donnelley & Sons 229 11,587.1
2 Gannett 332 7,480.5
3 McGraw-Hill 362 6,772.3
4 Tribune 467 5,112.4
5 Washington Post 540 4,180.4
6 New York Times 637 3,241.8
7 Idearc 642 3,189.0
8 R.H. Donnelley 732 2,680.3
9 McClatchy 813 2,313.3
10 Valassis Communications 827 2,242.2
11 Scholastic 841 2,179.1
12 Cenveo 881 2,046.7
13 American Greetings 957 1,759.4
14 Meredith 993 1,645.8
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