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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Nash Holdings |
Founder(s) | Stilson Hutchins |
Publisher | Fred Ryan[1] |
Editor | Martin Baron[2] |
Managing editors | Emilio Garcia-Ruiz Cameron Barr Tracy Grant[3] |
Staff writers | Approx. 800 journalists[4] |
Founded | December 6, 1877 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | |
Country | United States |
Circulation | 356,768 (Daily, 2015) 838,014 (Sunday, 2013) 1,000,000 (Digital, 2018) |
ISSN | 0190-8286 |
OCLC number | 2269358 |
Website | www |
The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. It is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper. It is also its oldest and was founded in 1877. It focuses on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed to be sold daily. Amazon's creator Jeff Bezos bought the newspaper company in 2013.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Somaiya, Ravi (September 2, 2014). "Publisher of The Washington Post Will Resign". The New York Times. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ↑ Clabaugh, Jeff (October 1, 2013). "Jeff Bezos Completes Washington Post Acquisition". Washington Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ↑ Washington Post Staff (January 1, 2016). "Leadership of The Washington Post". Washington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
- ↑ Ember, Sydney (April 2, 2018). "To Trump, It's the 'Amazon Washington Post.' To Its Editor, That's Baloney". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ↑ Achenbach, Joel (December 10, 2015). "Hello, new Washington Post, home to tiny offices but big new ambitions". Retrieved December 14, 2015.