The Washington Post Company Completes First Phase of Identity and Access Management Implementation With Strategic Consulting Engagement From Logic Trends

Market Wire, July, 2008

The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO) is a diversified education and media company whose principal operations include educational and career services, newspaper and magazine publishing, television broadcasting, cable television systems and electronic information services. The Company owns The Washington Post; Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), the online publishing subsidiary whose flagship products include washingtonpost.com, Newsweek.com, Slate, BudgetTravel.com, Sprig.com and TheRoot.com; Express; El Tiempo Latino; The Gazette and Southern Maryland Newspapers; The Herald (Everett, WA); Newsweek magazine; Post-Newsweek Stations (Detroit, Houston, Miami, Orlando, San Antonio and Jacksonville); Cable ONE, serving subscribers in midwestern, western and southern states; and CourseAdvisor, an online lead generation provider.

The Company also owns Kaplan, Inc., a leading global provider of educational services to individuals, schools and businesses, serving over one million students with operations in more than 30 countries. Its international programs include higher education, test preparation, language instruction and professional training.

The Company has ownership interests in the Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service and Bowater Mersey Paper Company.

About Logic Trends

Logic Trends is a trusted advisor for enterprises that require a powerful combination of identity and access management (IAM) expertise and solutions to reduce their security risk and meet regulatory requirements. The Logic Trends IAM5(TM) methodology for engagement and deployment enables enterprises to simplify and manage the access control process while ensuring that data services are able to adapt to changing business needs. Logic Trends has delivered its vendor-neutral IAM process expertise, knowledge capital and service agility to hundreds of national and global corporations across multiple vertical lines including retail, transportation, telecommunications, healthcare, financial services, insurance, energy, and product development companies. Headquartered in Atlanta, Logic Trends is a 2007 Entrepreneur Magazine Hot 500 Fast Growing Company, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a Deloitte Fast 50 Rising Star. For more information, please visit: www.logictrends.com .

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