Washingtonpost.com To Offer Live, Real-Time Analysis of State of the Union Address  

“Best of Web” Feed Joins Series of Enhancements to Highly-Trafficked

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2007 — washingtonpost.com, the award-winning news and information Web site synonymous with the world of politics, today announced a partnership with RealClearPolitics, a leading Web site for intelligent political opinion, news, polls and analysis.

Under the terms of the agreement, RealClearPolitics will provide washingtonpost.com with a daily feed of its “Best of the Web” series, including top recommended news articles and opinion pieces, to be featured in washingtonpost.com’s “Politics News & Analysis” e-mail newsletter and on the front page of the site’s well-regarded “Politics” section.

“We remain dedicated to finding new ways in which to engage our readers and provide them with the quality journalism they expect,” said Jim Brady, executive editor and vice president, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive. “By collaborating with RealClearPolitics, we are ensuring that our readers’ political information needs are met with the most insightful and thorough content available on the Web. As we expand our relationship in the coming months, readers will continue to reap the benefits of unmatched coverage.”

Washingtonpost.com recently announced the first in a series of improvements to the site’s “Politics” section, including new blogs by highly-regarded political commentators, more high-quality multimedia and interactive features, more breaking news online, and bigger and better databases on candidates, campaigns and records.

“With the 2008 election already underway, it’s imperative that Americans have easy access to trusted political news, commentary and analysis when they want it,” said John McIntyre, President, RealClearPolitics. “We are proactively addressing this through our partnership with washingtonpost.com to increase both the quantity and quality of information available to the public.”

About Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) is the online publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO). Its mission is to create truly interactive platforms that offer unmatched user experiences by developing editorial products with world-class reporting and award-winning content.

WPNI’s news and information sites, which include washingtonpost.com, Slate, Newsweek.com and Budget Travel Online, inform and encourage conversation and debate while reaching millions of unique and active users each month. WPNI properties’ long lists of awards include the first-ever Emmy for original video journalism online awarded to washingtonpost.com.

The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA

About RealClearPolitics.com
Founded in 2000 by John McIntyre and Tom Bevan, Chicago-based RealClearPolitics.com (RCP) has become one of America’s premier independent political web sites. Updated every morning and throughout the day, RCP culls and publishes the best commentary, news, polling data, and links to important resources from all points of the political compass and covering all the important issues of the day. By tapping into thousands of weblogs and hundreds of newspapers and magazines across the political spectrum every day, RCP has become a trusted filter for anyone interested in politics.

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