Slate and OPEN from American Express® To Launch New Interactive Features for Small Business

Promotional Section BizBox to Feature Discussion with Sen. John Kerry, Videos Starring Acclaimed Filmmakers

Arlington, Va., August 1, 2007—Slate, the daily online magazine, today announced its special promotional section BizBox will further engage small business owners with new voices including Sen. John Kerry. BizBox, a resource center for small business, is a special section provided by OPEN from American Express®, as part of its advertising campaign on Slate.

As Chair for the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Sen. Kerry will host a live discussion Thursday August 2nd at 2:00 p.m. ET. Users can submit questions in advance by visiting http://bizbox.slate.com.

The resource center will also feature filmmakers Sydney Pollack, Lawrence Bender and Nancy Meyers revealing "how the biz does business" in five OPEN from American Express® video shorts.

The new interactive features will enable users, regardless of their stage in entrepreneurship, to get shrewd insight from leaders on how to grow their business. Small business owners can question Sen. Kerry on legislation, incentives and issues surrounding small business through this unique direct dialogue on BizBox. In the OPEN from American Express® video clips, director Sydney Pollack offers advice on gaining trust among the Hollywood elite, and producer Lawrence Bender shares the publicity strategy that led to the successful OPENing of his film An Inconvenient Truth, among other topics.

"Through our partnership with OPEN from American Express®, BizBox on Slate has become a valuable and enjoyable destination for small business owners," said Cliff Sloan, Publisher, Slate Magazine. "Providing our users with fresh, interactive content and access to experts is an important part of the program."

Launched in November 2006, BizBox continues to receive consistent user participation. Visitors tune into the BizBox blog, where six small business owners—a marketing consultant, art studio owner and founder of a renewable energy company, to name a few—chronicle the ups and downs of being entrepreneurs.

Small business owners can network on BizBox by joining the searchable small business directory. Other BizBox contributions include a calendar of events for small business owners and a regular Q&A with John Jantsch, veteran marketing coach, award winning blogger, and author of Duct Tape Marketing – The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide.

About Slate

Slate Magazine is an award-winning Web site that offers fresh angles on stories in the news and innovative entertainment coverage. Slate won the 2006 and 2005 EPpy awards for Best Internet News Service (over 1 million monthly visitors) and the 2005 EPpy award for Best Internet Entertainment Service (over 1 million monthly visitors). Slate can be found on the Web at www.slate.com and is owned by The Washington Post Company. Slate attracts over five million unique visitors each month.

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, multimedia features 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, as well as National Journalism Awards, Pictures of the Year International Award, several Digital Edge Awards, multiple Edward R. Murrow Awards and White House New Photographer's Association Awards, among others.

The company is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Contacts:

Jennifer Lee
Slate Magazine
703-469-2671
Jennifer.Lee@wpni.com

Kris Coratti
Slate Magazine
703-469-2763