Contact: Alice Ducq, 703.469.2763 (alice.ducq@wpni.com)

(For Immediate Release)

Converged-Media Visionary Rob Curley Joins Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

(Arlington, VA – September 5, 2006) — Rob Curley, director of new media and convergence for the Naples ( Florida) Daily News, will join Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) on October 2, 2006, Caroline H. Little, CEO and publisher, announced today.

Curley, 35, will assume the new position of vice president of product development for WPNI. He will lead a team dedicated to the rapid development and deployment of new tools for journalists and viewers. Working across all WPNI properties, Curley and his team will champion the acceleration of WPNI’s industry-leading innovation in online news and technology. WPNI currently oversees washingtonpost.com, Newsweek.com, and Slate, all recipients of numerous industry awards. These properties, as well as WPNI’s BudgetTravelOnline.com, also have experienced rapid user and revenue growth.

“The addition of an interactive pioneer like Rob reflects the on-going commitment of WPNI to online content and tools, organization-wide. It further underscores the importance WPNI ascribes to online methods and strategies that facilitate direct and open participation of our readers,” Little said. “We look forward to deploying the many bold ideas Rob brings as we continue to strengthen and deepen WPNI’s industry-leading audience.”

Curley joins WPNI from the Naples Daily News where he directed new media and convergence. Curley has become one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning online news developers in the world. He has distinguished himself in the emerging new-media realm of hyper-local media convergence. In 2001, the Newspaper Association of America named Curley its New Media Pioneer of the Year. Curley’s online development teams at the Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World, the Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Journal and the Naples Daily News garnered numerous national and international online journalism awards from Editor & Publisher magazine and the Newspaper Association of America.

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Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive is the online publishing subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO). Its mission is to develop the company's editorial products and businesses on the Internet and across all electronic content delivery platforms. WPNI's flagship products include washingtonpost.com, Slate, Newsweek.com and BudgetTravelOnline.com. The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA.