1 EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY Jurisdiction % of of Voting Stock Incorporation or Partnership or Interest Owned Name of Subsidiary Organization by Company ------------------ ------------ -------------- American PCS, L.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 70% (a) Bisbee Cable TV, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arizona 100% Bowater Mersey Paper Company Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nova Scotia 49% Capitol Fiber, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maryland 90% Coast TV Cable, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi 100% Coastal Bend Cablevision Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas 100% Digital Ink Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% The Gazette Newspapers, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maryland 100% I.H.T. Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 50% International Herald Tribune S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . France 33-1/3% International Herald Tribune S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . France 33-1/3% Legi-Slate, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D.C. 50% Marks Cablevision of Green, Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio 100% Newsprint, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia 100% Bear Island Paper Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia 35% (a) Bear Island Timberlands Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Virginia 35% (a) Newsweek, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New York 100% Newsweek Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Newsweek Services (Canada), Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Oklahoma Broadcasting Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 100% Omnicom Cablevision of Illinois, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois 100% Post-Newsweek Cable, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Post-Newsweek Cable of California, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . California 100% Post-Newsweek Cable of Indiana, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indiana 100% Post-Newsweek Cable of North Dakota, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% - --------------- (a) Limited partnership interest. 2 SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY (Continued) Jurisdiction % of of Voting Stock Incorporation or Partnership or Interest Owned Name of Subsidiary Organization by Company ------------------ ------------ -------------- Post-Newsweek Cable of Oklahoma, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma 100% Post-Newsweek Pacific Cable, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . California 100% Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Post-Newsweek Stations, Connecticut, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida 100% Post-Newsweek Stations, Michigan, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Pro Am Sports System, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Post-Newsweek U.K. Cable Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . England 100% Robinson Terminal Warehouse Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Sandoval County Cable Television Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Mexico 100% Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Post-Newsweek Education, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center of Canada Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ontario 100% Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center of Puerto Rico, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puerto Rico 100% The Daily Herald Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington 100% WPC Telecommunications, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 100% Moffet, Larson & Johnson, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware 71% - --------------- As permitted by Item 601(b)(22) of Regulation S-K, the foregoing list omits certain subsidiaries which, if considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a "significant subsidiary" as that term is defined in Rule 1-02(v) of Regulation S-X.