Washington Examiner
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| Washington Examiner | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Philip Anschutz |
| Editor | Nicholas Horrock |
| Founded | 1865 |
| Price | Free |
| Headquarters | 1015 15th St. NW Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20005 United States |
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| Website: DCExaminer.com | |
The Washington Examiner is a daily newspaper published in Alexandria, Virginia, and distributed around Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and their suburbs.
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[edit] History
The newspaper was formerly distributed only in the suburbs of Washington, under the titles of Montgomery Journal, Prince George's Journal, and Northern Virginia Journal. Their parent company, Journal Newspapers Inc., was purchased by Philip Anschutz in October 2004. On February 1, 2005, the paper's name changed to the Washington Examiner, and it adopted a logo and format similar to that of another newspaper owned by Anschutz, the San Francisco Examiner.
[edit] Distribution
The newspaper is supported entirely by advertisements and is distributed free of charge. It is printed in a "compact", sometimes referred to as a tabloid, format, but is not a "tabloid" in the pejorative sense. The Examiner covers world, national, and local news and sports. The Examiner's executive editor is Stephen G. Smith. The newspaper employs news services, syndicated writers, and a number of freelance writers. The newspaper has a small, non-union editorial staff, with about four reporters for each edition (Virginia, DC, and Maryland).
[edit] Editorial shakeups
John Wilpers, the Examiner's first editor-in-chief, resigned in December 2005. His departure was unexpected, and it followed a number of other shake-ups on the newly launched tabloid's masthead. The paper's Virginia editor also left, in December 2005. Wilpers' replacement, Vivienne Sosnowski, served through 2000 before Stephen G. Smith's becoming chief editor.
