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Washington Post Gets In The Online Worship Business

OnFaithThe Washington Post Company will make an investment in FaithStreet.com, a digital outreach and donations platform for places of worship. The transaction will include a financial investment, as well as the content of its popular website OnFaith.com.

Sean Coughlin (CEO, FaithStreet ): Faith leaders create exceptional content, and OnFaith by FaithStreet will give them a new platform to publish that content and expand their audiences.

Sally Quinn, editor-in-chief, will remain founding editor of OnFaith and will work closely with FaithStreet.

[Image courtesy: OnFaith.com]

 

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