Washington - The Washington Post (NYSE: WPO) has named Marcus Brauchli, the former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal (NYSE: NWS), as its new executive editor.

Washington - Leonard Downie Jr., who has served as executive editor of The Washington Post since 1991, said that he plans to retire in September. No successor has been named. Under Downie's leadership, Post reporters and editors have won 25 Pulitzer Prizes, including six in 2008. Downie, 66, joined the paper as a summer intern in 1964. He eventually became a well-known local investigative reporter, and in 1984 was promoted to managing editor. The Post reported that Downie will become a vice president at large for The Washington Post Co., the same position currently held by his predecessor as editor, Ben Bradlee.

Washington - The Washington Post Company said that it has launched The Slate Group, a new online publishing entity that will oversee Slate Magazine, Slate V, TheRoot.com and The Big Money, a business site launching later this year.

Arlington, Va. - Caroline Little has resigned as the publisher and CEO of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), the online publishing arm of The Washington Post, the Post reported. The news comes two months after Katharine Weymouth was named the CEO of Washington Post Media, a new unit of the company that oversees both the newspaper and washingtonpost.com. WPNI operates washingtonpost.com, newsweek.com, Slate and Budget Travel Online, as well as other sites.

Washington - Katharine Weymouth, a 41-year-old descendent of the family that founded and has since run The Washington Post, on Thursday was named the CEO of Washington Post Media, a new unit of the company that oversees both the newspaper and washingtonpost.com.

Washington - The Washington Post on Monday launched a new daily online magazine called "The Root," which the company hopes to use to "[raise] the profile of black voices in mainstream media." The brainchild of Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Post chairman Donald Graham, The Root will focus news and issues important to African-Americans, and also include tools to help readers build their family trees. HBO has signed on as a founding sponsor of The Root, and MSN has signed a deal to regularly feature links to the magazine's articles on its homepage.

Washington - Washingtonpost.com has launched "Washington Post Investigations," a new online section containing stories and additional features produced by the newspaper's investigative reporters. The site includes an archive with information on the status of every major Washington Post investigation in recent years, as well as Bob Woodward's coverage of the Watergate scandal. "Over time, even the most important ongoing investigations sometimes fall out of the public eye," said Jeff Leen, assistant managing editor in charge of the Investigative Unit. "(The site) serves as a destination for readers to easily find the most current information on individual cases."

Washington - The Washington Post is pulling the plug on its Washington Post Radio project with station owner Bonneville International. The Post has provided news and talk programming for two of Bonneville's stations, 107.7 FM and 1500 AM, since March 2006. The stations also have aired syndicated programming and Washington Nationals baseball games. “The station had a strong core of loyal listeners, but it was not showing the pace of growth that we and Bonneville had hoped to see," said Post president Steve Hills.

Washington - Washingtonpost.com said on Tuesday that it has signed a content-sharing deal with CBSNews.com for coverage of the 2008 presidential campaigns. Under the terms of the agreement, the two organizations will share political content, with washingtonpost.com featuring video coverage from CBS News, and CBSNews.com featuring news, analysis and commentary from the Post. Each news organization's reporters and correspondents will also participate in live chats and other online activities.

Washington - Post-Newsweek Stations, the television broadcasting unit of The Washington Post Co., has invested an undisclosed sum in LATV Networks, the Los Angeles-based developer of a bilingual music and entertainment network.

Washington - Slate, the daily online news and entertainment magazine owned by The Washington Post, said on Monday that it has launched a new online video magazine. Slate V will feature original video, top picks from around the Web and selected user-generated video. The company named multiple Emmy-winner Bill Smee as the site's executive producer, and former NPR correspondent Andy Bowers as editor of Slate V, which will cover topics including news and politics, culture and entertainment, and humor and animation.

Arlington, Va. - Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), the online publishing unit of The Washington Post Company, has launched Sprig.com, a new website aimed at style-conscious women also trying to be environmentally friendly. The multimedia site features a daily newsletter, original and user-generated content and a large database of "green" products and services.

Washington - Slate, the daily online news and entertainment magazine owned by The Washington Post, said that it has launched a 2008 Political Futures Database, which uses data from three prediction markets to forecast the outcome of 2008 Presidential and Congressional races.

Arlington, Va. - Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), the online publishing unit of The Washington Post Company, said on Tuesday that it has acquired SHOP DC, an online shopping and fashion guide for the D.C.-area founded by former University of Maryland MBA student Zoey Rawlins.

Arlington, Va. - Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI), the online publishing unit of The Washington Post Company, said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Massachusetts-based Internet TV firm Brightcove to launch ad-supported Internet video channels across its websites.

Washington - Washingtonpost.com, the website of The Washington Post, said that it has added a new multimedia feature to its site. Called "onBeing," the feature will present video musings, attitudes, passions and quirks of people in an up-close documentary style. It is the first major project brought to life by Rob Curley, vice president of product development of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI).

Washington - Washingtonpost.com, the website of The Washington Post, said on Wednesday that it has partnered with Chicago-based RealClearPolitics, a site focused on 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. The pieces will be featured in washingtonpost.com's "Politics News & Analysis" email newsletter and on the front page of the site's "Politics" section.

Washington - For the first time, bloggers have been given press credentials by a U.S. federal court, and will be present in the courtroom to cover the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

Washington - A new political news newspaper and website founded by a pair of former Washington Post journalists will launch on Jan. 23, the date of President Bush's State of the Union address, The New York Times reported.