The Washington Post offering content to partner pubs

The Washington Post is piloting a new program that allows partner publications to offer its suite of digital products for free as an added value to their subscribers.

The program, which officially kicks off in May, will include The Dallas Morning News, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the Blade in Toledo, Ohio, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

"This program is a way for us to work with newspapers and other print and digital partners around the country to both add value to their subscriptions and expose The Post to a wider audience than ever before," said Stephen P. Hills, president of The Post.

Readers will have access to a redesigned WaPo app and desktop and mobile sites, which will also be redesigned throughout the year.

"We are excited to partner with The Washington Post on this initiative," said Jim Moroney, president and publisher of The Dallas Morning News. "It's great that one of the industry's global brands is experimenting with local media companies."