The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Nash Holdings
Founder(s)	Stilson Hutchins
Publisher	Frederick J. Ryan Jr.[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; 147 years ago (1877-12-06)
Language	English
Headquarters	1301 K Street NW Washington, D.C. 20071 [5]
Country	United States
Circulation	356,768 (Daily, 2015) 838,014 (Sunday, 2013) 1,000,000 (Digital, 2018)
ISSN	0190-8286
OCLC number	2269358
Website	washingtonpost.com

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.

1. ↑ Post, Washington. "Washington Post Leadership". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
2. ↑ Clabaugh, Jeff (October 1, 2013). "Jeff Bezos Completes Washington Post Acquisition". Washington Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
3. ↑ Washington Post Staff (January 1, 2016). "Leadership of The Washington Post". Washington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ Achenbach, Joel (December 10, 2015). "Hello, new Washington Post, home to tiny offices but big new ambitions". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2015.