washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com Announce Live Web Video Coverage from the Democratic...

washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com Announce Live Web Video Coverage from the Democratic and Republican Conventions

Seven Hours of Live Convention Coverage a Day

Anchored by Jon Meacham and Chris Cillizza

Reporters to Live Stream Video from Cell Phones
WASHINGTON--(Business Wire)--
washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com today announce that The
Washington Post political team, in partnership with Newsweek's
political team, will provide live Web video coverage of the 2008
conventions, with reporting and analysis, from the Post's convention
headquarters, anchored by washingtonpost.com's Chris Cillizza and
Newsweek's Jon Meacham.

"Convention '08" election coverage will highlight convention
events, candidate speeches, political action taking place on the Web
and offer interactive viewer participation.

washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com reporters, using a
cutting-edge cell phone application from Comet Technologies will be
some of the first to live-stream video from their cell phones into a
live Web cast. Reporters will stream convention developments and
questions from people directly onto "Convention '08," offering
audiences a heightened layer of real-time video coverage. In addition,
a live discussion platform online below the video screen will give
viewers the ability to interact with anchors and guests.

"We continue to explore innovative ways for readers to engage with
our leading political team and get the most in-depth news as it
happens," said Jim Brady, Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com. "Our
live video and our ability to incorporate reporters' uncut footage
straight from their mobile phones will give users a conventions
experience like never before."

Top reporters and columnists at The Washington Post, including
David Broder, Dan Balz, Anne Kornblut and Dana Milbank, plus
Newsweek's Howard Fineman, Richard Wolff, Jonathan Alter and Eleanor
Clift will deliver the Web's most intelligent, in-depth analysis of
political events as they happen.

Prominent Web political and media figures will join in the
conversation, including The Daily Kos's Markos Moulitsas, YouTube's
Steve Grove, The Huffington Post's Arianna Huffington, MySpace's Lee
Brenner, Bob Boorstin from Google, Facebook's Chris Kelly, Jeff Jarvis
from BuzzMachine, MoveOn.org's Eli Pariser, Crooks and Liars's John
Amato, and Voto Latino's Maria Teresa Peterson.

"We're committed to giving our users and readers the best
perspective we can on this historic race, and the Web casts have
proven to be an engaging way of offering reporting and analysis that
people cannot find anywhere else," said Jon Meacham, Editor of
Newsweek.

"Convention '08" will air twice a day, Monday through Thursday,
from 4 - 6 pm and 7 - 11 pm ET during the weeks of the Democratic and
Republican conventions.

Tammy Haddad and Chet Rhodes are the Executive Producers of
"Convention 08" coverage.

About washingtonpost.com

washingtonpost.com is an award-winning news and information
destination that delivers world-class reporting and innovative
multimedia content, creating a truly interactive news experience.
Using the latest technology and tools, washingtonpost.com encourages
participation and content customization across all platforms, allowing
readers to engage with washingtonpost.com anytime, anywhere. Winner of
four consecutive Edward R. Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence for
Non-Broadcast Affiliated Web site, washingtonpost.com is owned by
Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, the online publishing subsidiary
of The Washington Post Company. (NYSE: WPO)

About Newsweek

Founded in 1933, Newsweek provides comprehensive coverage of
national and international affairs, business, culture, science and
technology, and arts and entertainment. Headquartered in New York,
Newsweek has 20 bureaus located in the U.S. and around the globe. In
addition to its U.S. edition, Newsweek publishes three
English-language editions overseas and is the only news magazine with
six weekly local-language editions--in Japanese, Korean, Spanish,
Polish, Arabic Chinese and Russian. Newsweek's worldwide circulation
is more than 3.5 million and a total readership of more than 21
million. The magazine appears in more than 190 countries. Newsweek
holds more National Magazine Awards, given by the American Society of
Magazine Editors (ASME), than any other newsweekly.

Newsweek.com, launched in Oct. 1998, offers daily news updates,
Web-only columns from Newsweek's top writers, photo galleries, audio
and video reports from correspondents, podcasts, mobile content and
archives as well as all content from the weekly print edition. The
site has won more than 20 awards since 2002 and has been nominated
twice for a National Magazine Award.

washingtonpost.com
Maria Cereghino, 703-469-3176
maria.cereghino@wpni.com
or
Newsweek
Jan Angilella, 212-445-5638
Jan.Angilella@newsweek.com

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