The Washington Sun

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The Washington Sun
Typeweekly
Format Tabloid
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Circulation 55,000
Website www.thewashingtonsun.com

The Washington Sun was a weekly local newspaper based in Washington, D.C. Founded in the mid-1960s, The Washington Sun was purchased by Joseph C. Cooke in 1968. Cooke became both editor and publisher. Under his editorship, the paper sought to put a positive light on local and national developments affecting the African-American community while declining to run cigarette and alcohol advertising. Following his death in 2008, ownership of the paper passed to his family. [1]

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