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Herald The company owns The Daily Herald Company, publisher of The Herald in Everett, Washington, approximately 30 miles north of Seattle. The Herald is published mornings seven days a week and is primarily distributed by home delivery in Snohomish County, Washington, and online at HeraldNet.com. The Daily Herald Company also provides commercial printing services and is a regional print site for USA TODAY. The Daily Herald Company publishes The Weekly Herald a community newspaper that is home delivered in south Snohomish County; La Raza del Noroeste, a weekly Spanish-language newspaper that is distributed in Snohomish, King, Skagit and northern Pierce counties; and the Snohomish County Business Journal, a monthly publication focused on Snohomish County business news. Greater Washington Publishing The company’s Greater Washington Publishing, Inc. subsidiary publishes free-circulation advertising periodicals and Websites. The periodicals are distributed in the greater Washington, DC, metropolitan area using sidewalk distribution boxes and community racks placed in free outlets targeting renters, new home buyers, and seniors. Greater Washington Publishing’s periodicals are Apartment Showcase, which is published monthly and has an average circulation of approximately 39,000 copies; New Homes Guide, which is published 6 times a year and has an average circulation of approximately 43,500 copies; and Guide to Retirement Living Sourcebook, which is published 9e times a year and has an average circulation of approximately 38,000 copies. El Tiempo Latino El Tiempo Latino LLC publishes El Tiempo Latino, a weekly Spanish-language newspaper that is distributed free of charge in northern Virginia, suburban Maryland and Washington, DC, using sidewalk news boxes and retail locations that provide space for distribution. El Tiempo Latino provides a mix of local, national and international news together with sports and community events coverage and has a circulation of approximately 50,000 copies. Employees of the newspaper handle advertising sales and prepress production, and content is provided by a combination of wire service copy, contributions from freelance writers and photographers and stories produced by the newspaper’s own editorial staff. TELEVISION BROADCASTING Post–Newsweek Stations, Inc. (PNS), a subsidiary of the company, owns six television stations located in Houston, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Miami, Florida; Orlando, Florida; San Antonio, Texas; and Jacksonville, Florida. OTHER ACTIVITIES Avenue100 Media Solutions Inc. (Avenue100): Avenue100 is a digital marketing company headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, that sources leads for academic institutions and recruiting organizations. Avenue100 operates as an independent subsidiary of the company. Bowater Mersey Paper Company (Bowater Mersey): The company owns 49% of the common stock of Bowater Mersey, the majority interest of which is held by a subsidiary of AbitibiBowater, Inc. Bowater Mersey is engaged in the manufacture and sale of newsprint and lumber, as well as the production of electricity in Nova Scotia, Canada. WaPo Labs: WaPo Labs is a digital team focusing on experimenting with emerging technologies. In addition to working with the company’s news Websites, the team created and launched two new products in 2011, Washington Post Social Reader (Social Reader) and Trove. Social Reader is a news application on Facebook that enables users to share what they are reading and see what their friends are reading. Social Reader aggregates content from the Post, Slate, Foreign Policy, Express, the Root, and approximately 20 other content partners to create a socially powered newswire of articles. Trove is a personalized news site and is the technology powering Social Reader. Trove aggregates news from approximately 10,000 sources across the Web and allows users to customize channels based on their interests. History The Washington Post Company was founded in 1877.