List of newspapers in Washington, D.C.

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This is a list of newspapers in Washington, D.C. These newspapers are published or headquartered in Washington, D.C. There have been over 800 newspapers published in the District of Columbia since its founding in 1790. As of February 2020, there were approximately 75 newspapers in print in the District. [1] [2]

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Major daily newspapers

Current daily newspapers in Washington, D.C.
TitleYear est.OwnerPrint daily circulationReferences
The Hill 1994Capitol Hill Publishing Corporation (subsidiary)24,000 [3]
As of December 2012
ISSN   1521-1568, OCLC   31153202 [4]
Politico 2007 Capitol News Company 32,000
in 2009 [5]
[5] [6]
Roll Call 1955 FiscalNote 30,786 [6]
Stars and Stripes 1861 Defense Media Activity 7 million weekly editions
38 million page views per year
OCLC   44314138 [7]
The Washington Post 1877 Jeff Bezos, Nash Holdings 254,379 (daily, 2019)
838,014 (Sunday, 2013)
1,000,000 (digital, 2018)
OCLC   2269358, LCCN   sn79002172
The Washington Times 1982 The Washington Times, LLC; the LLC is owned by a diversified conglomerate owned by the Unification Church, Operations Holdings..59,185 daily
(As of November 2013)
OCLC   8472624, LCCN   sn82004118

Special interest newspapers

Special interest newspapers in Washington, D.C.
TitleYear est., freq.InterestReferences
Catholic Standard 1951, weeklyCatholics OCLC   11760218 [8]
County News 1973County governments, National Association of Counties OCLC   1643384, LCCN   sn82017007 [9]
DC Black African-American [10] [11]
DC Spotlight Newspaper [11]
The Georgetowner 1954, bi-weeklyAffluent community in Georgetown and elsewhere in the District OCLC   8079438, LCCN   sn82001168 [12]
El Imparcial Newspaper Hispanic [11]
Metro Weekly weeklyLGBTQ issues [6]
El Pregonero 1977Hispanic
Street Sense 2003, bi-weeklyFocusing on homelessness [6]
El Tiempo Latino 1991HispanicThe Washington Post Company [11]
The Washington Afro American 1892, weeklyAfrican American issues [11] [6]
Washington Blade 1969, weeklyLGBTQ issues [6] [13]
Washington Business Journal 1986Business
Washington City Paper 1981Free [6] [13]
The Washington Diplomat 1994Diplomats
The Washington Examiner 2005, weeklyPolitical journalism website and weekly magazine since 2013 [6] [13]
Washington Hispanic 1994Hispanic
The Washington Informer 1964, weeklyAfrican American issues OCLC   10269159, LCCN   sn84007874 [11] [6]
Washington Jewish Week (National Jewish Ledger)1930, weeklyJewish
World Journal (DC edition)1976Chinese language

Community papers

Current community newspapers in Washington, D.C.
TitleYear est.Frequency, ownerAreaReferences
DC Line 2018 [14]
D.C. North Northeast Washington [13]
East of the River Daily online, Monthly in Print, Capital Community News Anacostia [11] [13]
The Georgetown Dish 2009 Georgetown [15]
Hill Rag 1976Monthly print, online daily; Capital Community NewsCapitol Hill OCLC   39308468, LCCN   sn98062538 [16] [11] [6]
The InTowner 1968 Dupont Circle, Logan Circle and Adams Morgan OCLC   13435461, LCCN   sn86001289 [11] [6] [13]
MidcityDC Daily online, Monthly in print, Capital Community NewsMid-City [17]
The Southwester 1968Monthly, Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Southwest OCLC   39641161, LCCN   sn98062551
Washington Spark 2004 [13]

College newspapers

Magazines

Defunct publications

The "Republican" Building was built in 1871 at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street NW. It was demolished after a fire in 1916. The "Republican" Building, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg
The "Republican" Building was built in 1871 at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street NW. It was demolished after a fire in 1916.

Some selected, notable newspapers that were published in Washington, D.C. are listed below. See the main article for defunct newspapers founded in the District during the 18th- and 19th-centuries.

See also

U.S. newspapers

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