The Washington Post (also known as the Post and, colloquially, WaPo) is a daily newspaper in Washington, D.C. It has a large national audience and is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia receive daily broadsheet editions. The Post was established in 1877. It went through several owners in its early years and struggled financially and editorially. Eugene Meyer, a financier, bought it out of bankruptcy in 1933 and restored its health and reputation; his successors, Katharine and Phil Graham (Meyer’s daughter and son-in-law) bought out several rival publications.
The publication of the Pentagon Papers in the Washington Post in 1971 fueled opposition to the Vietnam War. Following that, in what became known as the Watergate scandal, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press’s investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal, which resulted in President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974. With the advent of the internet, the Post’s national and international reach expanded. The Graham family sold the newspaper to Nash Holdings, a holding company owned by Jeff Bezos, for $250 million in October 2013.
The newspaper has received the Pulitzer Prize for its work 65 times, the second most of any publication (after The New York Times). In the United States, it is regarded as a newspaper of record. Journalists from the Post have also been awarded 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards. The newspaper is well-known for its political reporting and is one of the few American newspapers that still have foreign bureaus.
The Washington Post, along with The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal, is regarded as one of the leading daily newspapers in the United States. The Washington Post has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the United States government. In the United States, it is regarded as a newspaper of record. The Washington Post, unlike The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, does not print an edition for distribution outside of the East Coast. Due to declining circulation, the newspaper ceased publication of its National Weekly Edition (a compilation of stories from the previous week’s print editions) in 2009. The District of Columbia accounts for the vast majority of its newsprint readership and is in the District of Columbia and its suburbs in Maryland and Northern Virginia.
The newspaper is one of only a few in the United States that has foreign bureaus in Baghdad, Beijing, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Cairo, Dakar, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Istanbul, Jerusalem, London, Mexico City, Moscow, Nairobi, New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Tokyo, and Toronto. It announced the closure of its U.S. regional bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York in November 2009, as part of a greater emphasis on “political stories and local news coverage in Washington.” Local bureaus are located in Maryland (Annapolis, Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, and Southern Maryland) and Virginia.
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, its average weekday circulation was 474,767 in May 2013, ranking it seventh in the country behind USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Daily News, and the New York Post. Despite declining circulation (as has almost all newspapers), it has one of the highest market penetration rates of any metropolitan news daily.
For many decades, the Post’s main office was located at 1150 15th Street NW. When the newspaper was sold to Jeff Bezos’ Nash Holdings in 2013, Graham Holdings kept the real estate. In November 2013, Graham Holdings sold 1150 15th Street (along with 1515 L Street, 1523 L Street, and the land beneath 1100 15th Street) for US$159 million. The Washington Post kept its lease at 1150 L Street NW. The Washington Post leased the west tower of One Franklin Square, a high-rise building located at 1301 K Street NW in Washington, D.C., in May 2014. On December 14, 2015, the newspaper moved into its new headquarters.
Mary Jordan was the founding editor, head of content, and moderator for Washington Post Live, The Post’s editorial events business that organizes political debates, conferences, and news events for the media company, such as “The 40th Anniversary of Watergate” in June 2012, which featured key Watergate figures such as former White House counsel John Dean, Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, and reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, and was held at the Watergate Hotel. Frances Stead Sellers is a regular host. Lois Romano was the former editor of the Washington Post Live. 20071 is the Post’s exclusive zip code.
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