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. At the beginning of 2020, there were approximately 75 newspapers in print in the District.[1][2]

Major daily newspapers

Current daily newspapers in Washington, D.C.
Title Year est. Owner Print daily circulation References
The Hill 1994 Capitol 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 59,185 daily
(as of November 2013) 		OCLC 8472624, LCCN sn82004118

Special interest newspapers

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

Community papers

Current community newspapers in Washington, D.C.
Title Year est. Frequency, owner Area References
DC Line 2018 [14]
D.C. North Northeast Washington [13]
East of the River Monthly, Capital Community News Anacostia [11][13]
The Georgetown Dish 2009 Georgetown [15]
Hill Rag 1976 Monthly print, online daily; Capital Community News Capitol 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 Monthly, Capital Community News Mid-City [17]
The Southwester 1968 Monthly, Southwest Neighborhood Assembly Southwest OCLC 39641161, LCCN sn98062551
Washington Spark 2004 [13]

College newspapers

Magazines

Defunct publications

Main article: Newspapers founded in Washington, D.C. during the 18th- and 19th-centuries
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

References

  1. ^ "District of Columbia Newspapers". w3newspapers.com. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Search for newspapers in the District of Columbia". Chronicling America, Library of Congress. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Who we are". The Hill. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  4. ^ "The Hill: 'An investment in the arts is an investment in economic growth'". Americans for the Arts Action Fund. February 2015. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Wolff, Michael (August 2009). "Politico's Washington Coup". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Newspapers in Washington, D.C." Nationalnews.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "About Stars and Stripes". Stripes.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  8. ^ "Catholic Standard". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  9. ^ "About County news. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1973-current". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "DC Black". DC Black. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "DC Newspapers". OnlineNewspapers.com. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  12. ^ "The Georgetowner". Facebook. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Our DC". Our DC. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  14. ^ "About the DCLine". thedcline.org. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "The Georgetown Dish, About us". The Georgetown Dish. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  16. ^ "Hill Rag". Facebook. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  17. ^ "MidCity DC". MidCityDCNews. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  18. ^ "The Colored American". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  19. ^ "Current Newspaper to Fold". GeorgeTowner.com. May 13, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  20. ^ "About The national intelligencer and Washington advertiser. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1800-1810". Chronicling American, Library of Congress. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  21. ^ "The National Republican". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  22. ^ "New National Era". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  23. ^ "The Washington Bee". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  24. ^ "The Bee". Library of Congress. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

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