In The News

3/18/2009: Civilian Surge

Officials said a regional approach -- code for trying to find a way to shut down Taliban safe havens in Pakistan -- was part of each option in the policy review, which is expected to be presented before Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fly to Europe at the end of the month. ... The Washington Post, which first reported the plan to send more U.S. civilians to Afghanistan, said U.S. diplomat Francis Ricciardone would serve at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul with the rare title of "deputy ambassador" to Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, Obama's choice for ambassador to Afghanistan.
Reuters

3/17/2009: Washington Post: Research Center's Role Faces Scrutiny

A Pennsylvania defense research center regularly consulted with two "handlers" close to Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) as it collected nearly $250 million in federal funding through the lawmaker, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post and sources familiar with the funding requests. The center then channeled a significant portion of the funding to companies that were among Murtha's campaign supporters.
CNN.com

3/16/2009: Inside Murtha's little corrupt world

Doesn't look good (Post excerpt and link): A Pennsylvania defense research center regularly consulted with two "handlers" close to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) as it collected nearly $250 million in federal funding through the lawmaker, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post and sources familiar with the funding requests. The center then channeled a significant portion of the funding to companies that were among Murtha's campaign supporters. House Democrats have been blocking an ethics investigation into this matter. That has to stop now. It was shit like this that helped Democrats lose control of the House in 1994, and Republicans in 2006. I've got no interest in giving Republicans easy ammunition.
Daily Kos

3/16/2009: Jack Murtha's Got That PMA

Two weeks ago, a Pentagon official thought aloud to me about how the defense industry would resist President Obama's attempts at procurement and acquisition reform. The “ground game,” this official said, would rely on defense-reliant members of Congress. For a baroque example of how this works, don't miss The Washington Post's piece on Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.), who heads the defense subcommittee in House Appropriations. And he's, uh, well-compensated for it:
Washington Independent

3/16/2009: Lawmakers take aim at AIG

On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that AIG planned to pay out hundreds of millions in bonuses to employees of the financial products division—the same unit that underwrote many of the risky subprime mortgages that sparked the current recession. Another $121 million will be paid to senior executives and other company employees.

3/15/2009: Sunday Brunch with AIG

Here's The Washington Post, which first broke the story that executive also noted that the retention bonuses at AIG Financial Products were put in place in early 2008 at a time when it hadn't yet melted down. "They knew that the book was running into trouble," the executive said. "They thought they could weather the storm. But they thought they needed to keep people in their seats. They were worried."
The New Republic

3/15/2009: A.I.G. Paying $165 Million in Bonuses After Federal Bailout

The American International Group, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, plans to pay about $165 million in bonuses by Sunday to executives in the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year. ... The bonuses were first reported by The Washington Post.
New York Times

3/15/2009: Ailing AIG stands by need for bonuses

In a letter Saturday to Geithner, first reported by the Washington Post, Liddy acknowledged that their conversation "was a difficult one for me." He said he had been brought in to steer AIG -- with no bonus agreement for himself -- by then-Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson after the government acquired nearly 80% of the insurer's stock.
Los Angeles Times

3/14/2009: AIG giving millions in bonuses

American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AFF), which has received $170 billion in U.S. aid, is handing out millions in bonuses, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
United Press International

3/14/2009: AIG gives $100 million in bonuses after $170 billion bailout

Despite being bailed out with more than $170 billion from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, American International Group is preparing to pay about $100 million in bonuses to executives in the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year. ... The bonuses were first reported by The Washington Post.
San Jose Mercury News

3/10/2009: FDIC's Bair: Bad assets plan can jump-start US economy

The US government's plan to strip banks of troubled assets could force some firms to record large losses, but the move would help restore confidence in the banking system, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said in an interview in Tuesday's Washington Post.
Economic Times

3/10/2009: Signs Of The Time: Seller Exhaustion

Sheila Bair gave an interview to the Washington Post stressing the need to get troubled assets off the books of banks by recording losses. While painful, she insisted this was the only way to effectively deal with the problem. She said the government can provide low-cost financing to buyers of the assets.
CNBC

3/6/2009: Obama rescinding stem-cell research ban

One of former President George W. Bush's first big acts before the terrorism of 9/11 and the wars that followed - announced in a nationally televised address from his ranch in Texas - was his ban against federal funding for research involving new lines of embryonic stem cell research. One of President Barack Obama's early acts: Overturning the ban. It's being reported this afternoon - the Washington Post claimed an "exclusive" with its 3:52 pm EST posting online - and the Associated Press and ABC News are citing sources too - that Obama will overturn the ban on Monday with an executive order.
Chicago Tribune

9/22/08: New Post Web section to send readers elsewhere

"The idea behind the Political Browser, expected to start Monday, is to brief political junkies on the top "must reads" of the day, from an article on a scandal to a humorous video making the rounds on Google Inc.'s YouTube. Encouraging readers to leave one's own Web site to find more content was unthinkable not long ago. But traditional news organizations including the Post have started breaking down their "walled garden" mentality in the past few years."
Associated Press

9/14/08: Folks Who Brought You Slate Build a Business Site for the Facebook Set

"Just as Slate has established itself over time as a respected online magazine, so does its parent, The Washington Post Company, hope that The Big Money can do the same for financial information... The Big Money aims to be something in between authoritative print sources of business news and the myriad of newly minted business blogs."
NY Times

8/28/08: Washington Post goes live via cell phone

"Washington Post reporter Ed O'Keefe was standing close to Hillary Clinton last night during Obama's nomination, and he streamed this clip live into WashingtonPost.com's webcast."
Lost Remote

8/22/08: Washington Post offers political convention coverage on mobile

"Washingtonpost.com and the mobile site at http://mobile.twp.com will bring users real-time video coverage of this year's conventions, bringing readers political news and information wherever they are. Users can get major convention news and political coverage on Twitter or get it sent to them directly via a daily email newsletter. The media giant will also send out text-message alerts providing links to breaking political news as stories are posted to Washingtonpost.com. Readers can share articles using Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Del.icio.us, email and SMS."
Mobile Marketer

4/7/2008: Washington Post Wins 6 Pulitzer Prizes

The Washington Post won six Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, the second-most any newspaper has won in a single year, including awards for reporting that helped define much of the national political dialogue last year.
NY Times

2/12/2008: Primary Coverage and a Green Valentine's Day

"You can check out the usual suspects... or you can set your clock for appointment viewing for 7 p.m. ET, when the Washington Post offers live online video coverage of the day of voting."
TV Week

2/5/2008: Super Tuesday: A Voter's Guide To Election Coverage on the Web

"The Post has a great map that illustrates the strategic significance of the various regions of the country to the candidates. It also has poll closing times, in case you haven't voted yet."
Wired

2/5/2008: WashingtonPost.com's live streaming coverage

"As the Post promised, the goal was to put breaking news in perspective... I applaud them for offering an alternative for their users."
Lost Remote

2/3/2008: Super Tuesday big online Pubs expanding focus on the Web

"On the night when some 50% of presidential primaries and caucuses occur, Newsweek and the Post will be putting their big editorial guns in front of webcams for six continuous hours of live coverage, which the BBC will simulcast to its stations around the world."
Variety

2/2/2008: Super Tuesday also 'webby'

"Added to the myriad news options on Super Tuesday will be a new entrant: live coverage streamed online from WashingtonPost.com and Newsweek."
Hollywood Reporter

2/1/2008: Multimedia components enhance journalists' abilities to present compelling stories online

"Some take a simple approach to digital storytelling and patch together the pieces, adding videos to blogs or slideshows to articles. Some newspaper Web sites, such as washingtonpost.com, have embraced complex multimedia presentations."
Newspaper Association of America

12/17/2007: SPECIAL REPORT: Political Bloggers at Newspaper Sites Help Drive 2008 Campaign Coverage?

"Then there's Chris Cillizza, a full-timer at The Washington Post's blog "The Fix." Among the first (since 2005) and best-known political bloggers..." When posting scoops great and small: "Cillizza's story that Pat Robertson had endorsed Rudy Giuliani made even his own newspaper's top political staff take a new look at the power of the site."
Editor & Publisher

9/17/2007: Newspapers are going 'widget'-happy

"For newspapers, widgets represent a huge new opportunity to draw in new readers and to boost their brands throughout the Internet. They're one of the fastest-growing trends on the Internet..."
AP

7/26/2007: Can the Washington Post survive?

"The Washington Post, a first-class newspaper that dominates its local market, has the best shot of any at reinventing journalism for the Internet."
Fortune

7/16/2007 : Washington Post goes 'hyperlocal' in Loudoun

"The new site, LoudounExtra.com...builds on the paper's reputation for successfully segmenting the paper to create advertising zones affordable to small local businesses."
San Francisco Chronicle

2/17/2007: onBeing: Nice Take on Creating Community

Regarding OnBeing: "It's fun, it's interesting, it's interactive and it's community -- a great example of what multimedia journalism is all about."
Poynter.org

8/18/2006: Print journalists urged to explore online tools

As online journalism grows in importance, more print journalists are finding themselves in unfamiliar territory filled with terms such as podcasts and blogs.
NABJ News Blog - Indy 2006

8/7/2006: WAPO Online Revenue Soars 36%

..The Post's online ad revenues grew faster than some of its rivals. At The New York Times Co., for instance, online ad revenue for The New York Times Media Group, New England Media Group, and Regional Media Group grew 25 percent in the second quarter.. The Post Co., which owns Newsweek and online magazine Slate.com, has experimented with a variety of cutting-edge online initiative..."
MediaPost

08/2/2006: Washingtonpost.com Inks Deal with Inform

"We're always in search of innovative ways to engage users and lead them deeper into our quality content," said Caroline Little, CEO and publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive.
London Telegraph

8/1/2006: Caroline Little, Arianna Huffington Keynote Panelists at BlogHer 06


BlogHer

7/1/2006: Caroline Little Leads Innovation Seminar at American Press Institute


American Press Institute

7/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Video Docs Nominated for Two Emmys

"All of the nominees represent an expansion of the franchise of highly respected news organizations - but in most cases they are news organizations that are not primarily known for their television news and documentary coverage," said Peter Price, President/CEO of the National Television Academy. "This is indicative of the seismic change the television industry is going through, with the growth of the Internet, cellphones and portable media players as credible news and entertainment sources."
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

7/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Congressional Votes Database Wins Knight Batten Award for Editorial Innovation

An interactive map displays this year's congressional and gubernatorial races. The map provides candidate profiles, background information, district demographics and links to campaign finance records.
Knight Batten Foundation

7/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Comments on Articles "A Hit"


Editor & Publisher

7/1/2006: Post Global - An Experiment in Global Collaborative Journalism

The Washington Post Company and washingtonpost.com are continually engaged in product innovation -- using technology to redefine "news" as dynamic, conversational, contextual content which is networked with related content across the internet (especially the blogosphere, but also including their other properties, Slate and Newsweek), and linked with their other media properties
Chez Nadezdha

6/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Wins Third Consecutive Edward R.Murrow Award

For the third successive year, washingtonpost.com has received the Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence for Non-Broadcast Affiliated Website. The award is given by the Radio and Television News Directors Association for excellence in broadcast journalism.
Yahoo Finance

6/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com and Technorati Partner on "Buzz Map"

Washingtonpost.com and the global blogosphere authority Technorati have partnered to launch a new dynamic feature that presents the most current blog posts about opinions published by a range of news sites and bloggers around the world.
Yahoo Finance

5/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Wins Eppys

Washingtonpost.com picked up three Eppy awards at the Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show in Las Vegas: Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated site, Best Internet Classified Service (for their Cars section) and Best Internet Community Service Effort (for their database of congressional votes going back to 1991
Mediabistro/Fishbowl DC

: Washingtonpost.com Launches Del.icio.us Tagging


Search Engine Journal

2/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Wins Multiple Digital Edge Awards

Pushing the boundaries of a multimedia news site, washingtonpost.com is building a model of a newspaper Web site as an interactive forum. The site's breadth of coverage, video storytelling and embrace of blog culture and collaborative media make it a standout.
NAA

12/1/2005: Washingtonpost.com Extends Availability of Archives

WashingtonPost.com will now offer articles for free for 60 days, instead of the previous 14, before putting them behind the paid for subscription wall. The objective of the initiative is to increase traffic and advertising revenues. It is also, according to Clickz News, "an acknowledgement of the role of blogs, search and RSS, which have all worked to keep news stories in the public eye for longer periods of time."
Editor's Weblog

The Washington Post: In The News

3/18/2009: Civilian Surge

Officials said a regional approach -- code for trying to find a way to shut down Taliban safe havens in Pakistan -- was part of each option in the policy review, which is expected to be presented before Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton fly to Europe at the end of the month. ... The Washington Post, which first reported the plan to send more U.S. civilians to Afghanistan, said U.S. diplomat Francis Ricciardone would serve at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul with the rare title of "deputy ambassador" to Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, Obama's choice for ambassador to Afghanistan.
Reuters

3/17/2009: Washington Post: Research Center's Role Faces Scrutiny

A Pennsylvania defense research center regularly consulted with two "handlers" close to Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) as it collected nearly $250 million in federal funding through the lawmaker, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post and sources familiar with the funding requests. The center then channeled a significant portion of the funding to companies that were among Murtha's campaign supporters.
CNN.com

3/16/2009: Inside Murtha's little corrupt world

Doesn't look good (Post excerpt and link): A Pennsylvania defense research center regularly consulted with two "handlers" close to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) as it collected nearly $250 million in federal funding through the lawmaker, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post and sources familiar with the funding requests. The center then channeled a significant portion of the funding to companies that were among Murtha's campaign supporters. House Democrats have been blocking an ethics investigation into this matter. That has to stop now. It was shit like this that helped Democrats lose control of the House in 1994, and Republicans in 2006. I've got no interest in giving Republicans easy ammunition.
Daily Kos

3/16/2009: Jack Murtha's Got That PMA

Two weeks ago, a Pentagon official thought aloud to me about how the defense industry would resist President Obama's attempts at procurement and acquisition reform. The “ground game,” this official said, would rely on defense-reliant members of Congress. For a baroque example of how this works, don't miss The Washington Post's piece on Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.), who heads the defense subcommittee in House Appropriations. And he's, uh, well-compensated for it:
Washington Independent

3/16/2009: Lawmakers take aim at AIG

On Saturday, the Washington Post reported that AIG planned to pay out hundreds of millions in bonuses to employees of the financial products division—the same unit that underwrote many of the risky subprime mortgages that sparked the current recession. Another $121 million will be paid to senior executives and other company employees.

3/15/2009: Sunday Brunch with AIG

Here's The Washington Post, which first broke the story that executive also noted that the retention bonuses at AIG Financial Products were put in place in early 2008 at a time when it hadn't yet melted down. "They knew that the book was running into trouble," the executive said. "They thought they could weather the storm. But they thought they needed to keep people in their seats. They were worried."
The New Republic

3/15/2009: A.I.G. Paying $165 Million in Bonuses After Federal Bailout

The American International Group, which has received more than $170 billion in taxpayer bailout money from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, plans to pay about $165 million in bonuses by Sunday to executives in the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year. ... The bonuses were first reported by The Washington Post.
New York Times

3/15/2009: Ailing AIG stands by need for bonuses

In a letter Saturday to Geithner, first reported by the Washington Post, Liddy acknowledged that their conversation "was a difficult one for me." He said he had been brought in to steer AIG -- with no bonus agreement for himself -- by then-Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson after the government acquired nearly 80% of the insurer's stock.
Los Angeles Times

3/14/2009: AIG giving millions in bonuses

American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AFF), which has received $170 billion in U.S. aid, is handing out millions in bonuses, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
United Press International

3/14/2009: AIG gives $100 million in bonuses after $170 billion bailout

Despite being bailed out with more than $170 billion from the Treasury and Federal Reserve, American International Group is preparing to pay about $100 million in bonuses to executives in the same business unit that brought the company to the brink of collapse last year. ... The bonuses were first reported by The Washington Post.
San Jose Mercury News

3/10/2009: FDIC's Bair: Bad assets plan can jump-start US economy

The US government's plan to strip banks of troubled assets could force some firms to record large losses, but the move would help restore confidence in the banking system, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said in an interview in Tuesday's Washington Post.
Economic Times

3/10/2009: Signs Of The Time: Seller Exhaustion

Sheila Bair gave an interview to the Washington Post stressing the need to get troubled assets off the books of banks by recording losses. While painful, she insisted this was the only way to effectively deal with the problem. She said the government can provide low-cost financing to buyers of the assets.
CNBC

3/6/2009: Obama rescinding stem-cell research ban

One of former President George W. Bush's first big acts before the terrorism of 9/11 and the wars that followed - announced in a nationally televised address from his ranch in Texas - was his ban against federal funding for research involving new lines of embryonic stem cell research. One of President Barack Obama's early acts: Overturning the ban. It's being reported this afternoon - the Washington Post claimed an "exclusive" with its 3:52 pm EST posting online - and the Associated Press and ABC News are citing sources too - that Obama will overturn the ban on Monday with an executive order.
Chicago Tribune

9/22/08: New Post Web section to send readers elsewhere

"The idea behind the Political Browser, expected to start Monday, is to brief political junkies on the top "must reads" of the day, from an article on a scandal to a humorous video making the rounds on Google Inc.'s YouTube. Encouraging readers to leave one's own Web site to find more content was unthinkable not long ago. But traditional news organizations including the Post have started breaking down their "walled garden" mentality in the past few years."
Associated Press

9/14/08: Folks Who Brought You Slate Build a Business Site for the Facebook Set

"Just as Slate has established itself over time as a respected online magazine, so does its parent, The Washington Post Company, hope that The Big Money can do the same for financial information... The Big Money aims to be something in between authoritative print sources of business news and the myriad of newly minted business blogs."
NY Times

8/28/08: Washington Post goes live via cell phone

"Washington Post reporter Ed O'Keefe was standing close to Hillary Clinton last night during Obama's nomination, and he streamed this clip live into WashingtonPost.com's webcast."
Lost Remote

8/22/08: Washington Post offers political convention coverage on mobile

"Washingtonpost.com and the mobile site at http://mobile.twp.com will bring users real-time video coverage of this year's conventions, bringing readers political news and information wherever they are. Users can get major convention news and political coverage on Twitter or get it sent to them directly via a daily email newsletter. The media giant will also send out text-message alerts providing links to breaking political news as stories are posted to Washingtonpost.com. Readers can share articles using Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Del.icio.us, email and SMS."
Mobile Marketer

4/7/2008: Washington Post Wins 6 Pulitzer Prizes

The Washington Post won six Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, the second-most any newspaper has won in a single year, including awards for reporting that helped define much of the national political dialogue last year.
NY Times

2/12/2008: Primary Coverage and a Green Valentine's Day

"You can check out the usual suspects... or you can set your clock for appointment viewing for 7 p.m. ET, when the Washington Post offers live online video coverage of the day of voting."
TV Week

2/5/2008: Super Tuesday: A Voter's Guide To Election Coverage on the Web

"The Post has a great map that illustrates the strategic significance of the various regions of the country to the candidates. It also has poll closing times, in case you haven't voted yet."
Wired

2/5/2008: WashingtonPost.com's live streaming coverage

"As the Post promised, the goal was to put breaking news in perspective... I applaud them for offering an alternative for their users."
Lost Remote

2/3/2008: Super Tuesday big online Pubs expanding focus on the Web

"On the night when some 50% of presidential primaries and caucuses occur, Newsweek and the Post will be putting their big editorial guns in front of webcams for six continuous hours of live coverage, which the BBC will simulcast to its stations around the world."
Variety

2/2/2008: Super Tuesday also 'webby'

"Added to the myriad news options on Super Tuesday will be a new entrant: live coverage streamed online from WashingtonPost.com and Newsweek."
Hollywood Reporter

2/1/2008: Multimedia components enhance journalists' abilities to present compelling stories online

"Some take a simple approach to digital storytelling and patch together the pieces, adding videos to blogs or slideshows to articles. Some newspaper Web sites, such as washingtonpost.com, have embraced complex multimedia presentations."
Newspaper Association of America

12/17/2007: SPECIAL REPORT: Political Bloggers at Newspaper Sites Help Drive 2008 Campaign Coverage?

"Then there's Chris Cillizza, a full-timer at The Washington Post's blog "The Fix." Among the first (since 2005) and best-known political bloggers..." When posting scoops great and small: "Cillizza's story that Pat Robertson had endorsed Rudy Giuliani made even his own newspaper's top political staff take a new look at the power of the site."
Editor & Publisher

9/17/2007: Newspapers are going 'widget'-happy

"For newspapers, widgets represent a huge new opportunity to draw in new readers and to boost their brands throughout the Internet. They're one of the fastest-growing trends on the Internet..."
AP

7/26/2007: Can the Washington Post survive?

"The Washington Post, a first-class newspaper that dominates its local market, has the best shot of any at reinventing journalism for the Internet."
Fortune

7/16/2007 : Washington Post goes 'hyperlocal' in Loudoun

"The new site, LoudounExtra.com...builds on the paper's reputation for successfully segmenting the paper to create advertising zones affordable to small local businesses."
San Francisco Chronicle

2/17/2007: onBeing: Nice Take on Creating Community

Regarding OnBeing: "It's fun, it's interesting, it's interactive and it's community -- a great example of what multimedia journalism is all about."
Poynter.org

8/18/2006: Print journalists urged to explore online tools

As online journalism grows in importance, more print journalists are finding themselves in unfamiliar territory filled with terms such as podcasts and blogs.
NABJ News Blog - Indy 2006

8/7/2006: WAPO Online Revenue Soars 36%

..The Post's online ad revenues grew faster than some of its rivals. At The New York Times Co., for instance, online ad revenue for The New York Times Media Group, New England Media Group, and Regional Media Group grew 25 percent in the second quarter.. The Post Co., which owns Newsweek and online magazine Slate.com, has experimented with a variety of cutting-edge online initiative..."
MediaPost

08/2/2006: Washingtonpost.com Inks Deal with Inform

"We're always in search of innovative ways to engage users and lead them deeper into our quality content," said Caroline Little, CEO and publisher of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive.
London Telegraph

8/1/2006: Caroline Little, Arianna Huffington Keynote Panelists at BlogHer 06


BlogHer

7/1/2006: Caroline Little Leads Innovation Seminar at American Press Institute


American Press Institute

7/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Video Docs Nominated for Two Emmys

"All of the nominees represent an expansion of the franchise of highly respected news organizations - but in most cases they are news organizations that are not primarily known for their television news and documentary coverage," said Peter Price, President/CEO of the National Television Academy. "This is indicative of the seismic change the television industry is going through, with the growth of the Internet, cellphones and portable media players as credible news and entertainment sources."
National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

7/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Congressional Votes Database Wins Knight Batten Award for Editorial Innovation

An interactive map displays this year's congressional and gubernatorial races. The map provides candidate profiles, background information, district demographics and links to campaign finance records.
Knight Batten Foundation

7/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Comments on Articles "A Hit"


Editor & Publisher

7/1/2006: Post Global - An Experiment in Global Collaborative Journalism

The Washington Post Company and washingtonpost.com are continually engaged in product innovation -- using technology to redefine "news" as dynamic, conversational, contextual content which is networked with related content across the internet (especially the blogosphere, but also including their other properties, Slate and Newsweek), and linked with their other media properties
Chez Nadezdha

6/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Wins Third Consecutive Edward R.Murrow Award

For the third successive year, washingtonpost.com has received the Edward R. Murrow Award for Overall Excellence for Non-Broadcast Affiliated Website. The award is given by the Radio and Television News Directors Association for excellence in broadcast journalism.
Yahoo Finance

6/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com and Technorati Partner on "Buzz Map"

Washingtonpost.com and the global blogosphere authority Technorati have partnered to launch a new dynamic feature that presents the most current blog posts about opinions published by a range of news sites and bloggers around the world.
Yahoo Finance

5/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Wins Eppys

Washingtonpost.com picked up three Eppy awards at the Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show in Las Vegas: Best Overall Newspaper-Affiliated site, Best Internet Classified Service (for their Cars section) and Best Internet Community Service Effort (for their database of congressional votes going back to 1991
Mediabistro/Fishbowl DC

: Washingtonpost.com Launches Del.icio.us Tagging


Search Engine Journal

2/1/2006: Washingtonpost.com Wins Multiple Digital Edge Awards

Pushing the boundaries of a multimedia news site, washingtonpost.com is building a model of a newspaper Web site as an interactive forum. The site's breadth of coverage, video storytelling and embrace of blog culture and collaborative media make it a standout.
NAA

12/1/2005: Washingtonpost.com Extends Availability of Archives

WashingtonPost.com will now offer articles for free for 60 days, instead of the previous 14, before putting them behind the paid for subscription wall. The objective of the initiative is to increase traffic and advertising revenues. It is also, according to Clickz News, "an acknowledgement of the role of blogs, search and RSS, which have all worked to keep news stories in the public eye for longer periods of time."
Editor's Weblog