The Slate Group is an online publishing entity established in June 2008 by The Washington Post Company. Among the publications overseen by The Slate Group are Slate

Slate (magazine)

Slate is a US-based English language online current affairs and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. On 21 December 2004 it was purchased by the Washington Post Company...

, Slate V, The Root, The Big Money, and ForeignPolicy.com.

The creation of The Slate Group was announced by Donald Graham

Donald Graham

Donald Graham may refer to:* Donald Graham , politician in British Columbia, Canada* Donald E. Graham , chairman of the Washington Post Company, 2000–present, publisher of Washington Post* Donald W...

, Chairman and CEO of The Washington Post Company, in a press release on June 4, 2008. Its stated mission is to develop and manage a family of web-only magazines. The Slate Group is expected to work closely with Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive was an online subsidiary of the Washington Post Company, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. WPNI operated washingtonpost.com, the website of the Washington Post, as well as the Web sites Newsweek.com, Slate, Foreign Policy Magazine, Budget...

in the areas of advertising sales, technology and marketing services.