The Washington Post
| Democracy Dies in Darkness | |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Nash Holdings |
| Founder(s) | Stilson Hutchins |
| Publisher | Frederick J. Ryan Jr. |
| Editor | Martin Baron |
| Managing editors | Emilio Garcia-Ruiz Cameron Barr Tracy Grant |
| Staff writers | Approx. 800 journalists |
| Founded | December 6, 1877 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 356,768 (Daily, 2015) 838,014 (Sunday, 2013) 1,000,000 (Digital, 2018) |
| ISSN | 0190-8286 |
| OCLC number | 2269358 |
| Website | washingtonpost |
The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. It is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper. It is also its oldest and was founded in 1877. It focuses on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed to be sold daily. Amazon's creator Jeff Bezos bought the newspaper company in 2013.