Washington Post

Extracted Attributes

• Name

  The Washington Post

• Type

  American daily newspaper

• Slogan

  Democracy Dies in Darkness

• Founder

  Stilson Hutchins

• Headquarters

  Washington, D.C., United States

• Also Known As

  The Post, WaPo, WP

• Current Owner

  Nash Holdings (Jeff Bezos)

• Founding Date

  1877

• Pulitzer Prizes Won

  76

• International Bureaus

  London, Seoul

• Print Subscribers (2023)

  130,000

• U.S. Circulation Ranking

  3rd

• Digital Subscribers (2023)

  2.5 million

• Acquisition Price by Jeff Bezos

  $250 million

• Key Editorial Focus (post-Bezos acquisition)

  Personal Liberties, Free Markets

Timeline

• Founded by Stilson Hutchins. (Source: Summary, Web Search)

  1877

• Acquired by financier Eugene Meyer out of bankruptcy. (Source: Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1933

• Printed the Pentagon Papers, helping spur opposition to the Vietnam War. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1971

• Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein began their investigation into the Watergate scandal, which ultimately led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1972-06-17

• Donald Graham became publisher. (Source: Web Search)

  1979

• Katharine Weymouth named publisher and CEO of Washington Post Media. (Source: Web Search)

  2008

• Acquired by Jeff Bezos through his holding company, Nash Holdings, for $250 million. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2013-10

• Jeff Bezos adopted a more hands-on approach, aiming to shift the paper's editorial direction towards personal liberties and free markets. (Source: Related Documents)

  Post-2013 Acquisition

The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as The Post and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience. As of 2023, the Post had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the third-largest among U.S. newspapers after The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. The Post was founded in 1877. In its early years, it went through several owners and struggled both financially and editorially. In 1933, financier Eugene Meyer purchased it out of bankruptcy and revived its health and reputation; this work was continued by his successors Katharine and Phil Graham, Meyer's daughter and son-in-law, respectively, who bought out several rival publications. The Post's 1971 printing of the Pentagon Papers helped spur opposition to the Vietnam War. Reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the investigation into the break-in at the Democratic National Committee, which developed into the Watergate scandal and the 1974 resignation of President Richard Nixon. In October 2013, the Graham family sold the newspaper to Nash Holdings, a holding company owned by Jeff Bezos, for US$250 million. The newspaper has won the Pulitzer Prize 76 times for its work, the second-most of any publication after The New York Times. It is considered a newspaper of record in the U.S. Post journalists have received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards. The paper is well known for its political reporting and is one of the few remaining American newspapers to operate foreign bureaus, with international breaking news hubs in London and Seoul.

Web Search Results

• The Washington Post - Wikipedia

  _The Washington Post_, locally known as _The_ _Post_ and, informally, _WaPo_ or _WP_, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area( and has a national audience. As of 2023, the _Post_ had 130,000 print subscribers and 2.5 million digital subscribers, both of which were the third-largest among U.S. newspapers after _The New York Times_ and _The Wall Street Journal_. [...] _The Washington Post_ is regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers along with _The New York Times_, the _Los Angeles Times_, and _The Wall Street Journal_.( The _Post_ has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the U.S. government. It is considered a newspaper of record in the U.S.( [...] An investigation by _The Intercept_, _The Nation_, and DeSmog found that _The Washington Post_ is one of the leading media outlets that publishes advertising for the fossil fuel industry.( Journalists who cover climate change for _The Washington Post_ are concerned that conflicts of interest with the companies and industries that caused climate change and obstructed action will reduce the credibility of their reporting on climate change and cause readers to downplay the climate crisis.(

• Washington Post: a brief history

  The newspaper that dominated Washington, DC into the 21 st century was founded in 1877 by Stilson Hutchins, a New Englander who later served as state representative in Missouri, to promote the agenda of the Democratic Party. Among others, the Post published Joseph Pulitzer and Theodore Roosevelt. But it fell on hard times and, in 1933, Republican financier Eugene Meyer bought it at bankruptcy auction. The paper, he said, was “mentally, morally, physically and in every other way bankrupt.” [...] During the Meyer-Graham years, the Post broke numerous stories and built a reputation that reached well beyond the confines of Washington. In 1971, it played a part in publishing the celebrated Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page top-secret study of US involvement in Indochina and the Vietnam War. A military analyst (Daniel Ellsberg) had leaked the documents to the New York Times. When a court temporarily enjoined the Times from further publication, the Post [...] ). Her son, Donald Graham, became publisher in 1979. In 2008, a fourth-generation Meyer descendant, Katharine Weymouth, was named publisher and CEO of a new division, Washington Post Media, which included the newspaper and washingtonpost.com; Donald Graham remained chairman and CEO of The Washington Post Company.

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