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TheWashingtonPost(WP)BYXXXXXXXXXPart1:OverviewPart2:HistoryPart3:AchievementsOverviewTheWashingtonPost(WP)isanAmericandailynewspaper.ItisthemostwidelycirculatednewspaperpublishedinWashington,D.C.,andtheoldestextant

inthearea,foundedin1877.AnditislocatedinthecapitalcityoftheUnitedStates.ThePostisgenerallyregardedasoneoftheleadingdailyAmericannewspapers,alongwithTheNewYorkTimes,andTheWallStreetJournal.ThePosthasdistinguisheditselfthroughitspoliticalreportingontheworkingsoftheWhiteHouse,Congress,andotheraspectsoftheU.S.government.OverviewUnliketheTimesandtheJournal,thePostdoesnotprintaneditionfordistribution

awayfromtheEastCoast.DailyeditionsareprintedfortheDistrictofColumbia,MarylandandVirginia.Thenewspaperispublishedasabroadsheet,withphotographsprintedbothincolorandinblackandwhite.In2023,thenewspaperceasedpublicationofits"NationalWeeklyEdition",whichcombinedstoriesfromtheweek'sprinteditions,duetoshrinkingcirculation.ThemajorityofitsnewsprintreadershipisinDistrictofColumbiaanditssuburbsinMarylandandNorthernVirginia.More>>DailyeditionsThenewspaper'sweekdayandSaturdayprintingsincludethefollowingsections:•Mainsection,containingthefrontpage,nationalandinternationalnews,business,politics,andeditorialsandopinions•Metrosection,containinglocalnews•Stylesection,withfeaturewritingonpopculture,politics,fineandperformingarts,film,fashion,andgossip,alongwithadvicecolumnsandcomics•Sportssection•ClassifiedadvertisingSundayeditionslargelyincludetheweekdaysectionsaswellasOutlook(opinion),Arts,Travel,Comics,TVWeek,andtheWashingtonPostMagazine.The"SundayStyle"sectiondiffersslightlyfromtheweekdayStylesection;itisinatabloidformat,andithousesthereader-writtenhumorcontestTheStyleInvitational.SundayeditionsbackMoreaboutitTheWashingtonPostDailynewspaperTheWashingtonPostCompanyKatharineWeymouthMartinBaronapproximately740journalists1877TypeOwnerPublisherEditorStaffwritersFoundedTheWashingtonPostCompany2023/12/9ThenewspaperispartofTheWashingtonPostCompany,adiversifiededucationandmediacompanythatalsoownseducationalservicesproviderKaplan,Inc.,Post-NewsweekStations,CableOne,theonlinemagazineSlate,TheGazetteandSouthernMarylandNewspapers,andTheHerald,adailypaperinEverett,Washington.ThecompanyalsodistributesthefreedailyExpressnewspaperintheD.C.areaandrunsitsownsyndicationserviceforitscolumnistsandcartoonists,TheWashingtonPostWritersGroup.In2023,thecompanyrankedNo470ontheFortune500annuallistofAmerica'slargestcorporations.Itdroppedoffthelistin2023.2023/12/9Part1:OverviewPart2:HistoryPart3:AchievementsFoundingandearlyperiodMeyer-GrahamperiodPost-GrahamperiodAboutitshistory18771880188919031916

Thenewspaperwasfoundedby

StilsonHutchins

(1838-1912)ItaddedaSundayedition,thusbecomingthecity'sfirstnewspapertopublishsevendaysaweek.In1889,HutchinssoldthenewspapertoFrankHatton,aformerPostmasterGeneral,andBeriahWilkins,aformerDemocraticcongressmanfromOhio.Topromotethenewspaper,thenewownersrequestedtheleaderofthe

MarineBand,

JohnPhilipSousa,tocomposeamarchforthenewspaper'sessaycontestawardsceremony.Sousacomposed

TheWashingtonPost,whichremainsoneofhisbest-knownworks.In1894WilkinsacquiredHatton'sshareofthenewspaperatHatton'sdeath.AfterWilkins'deathin1903,hissonsJohnandRobertran

ThePost

fortwoyearsbeforesellingitin1905to

JohnRollMcLean,ownerofthe

CincinnatiEnquirer.WhenJohnMcLeandiedin1916,heputthenewspaperintrust,havinglittlefaiththathisplayboyson

Edward"Ned"McLean

couldmanagehisinheritance.Nedwenttocourtandbrokethetrust,but,underhismanagement,thenewspaperslumpedtowardruin.Foundingandearlyperiod(1877-1933)19331954196319722023Meyer-Grahamperiod(1933-1996)Thenewspaperwaspurchasedinabankruptcyauctionin1933byamemberofthe

FederalReserve'sboardofgovernors,

EugeneMeyer,whorestoredthenewspaper'shealthandreputation.In1946,Meyerwassucceededaspublisherbyhisson-in-law

PhilipGraham.In1954,thenewspaperconsolidateditspositionbyacquiringandmergingwithitslastmorningrival,the

WashingtonTimes-Herald.(Thecombinedpaperwouldofficiallybenamed

TheWashingtonPostandTimes-Herald

until1973,althoughthe

Times-Herald

portionofthemastheadbecamelessandlessprominentafterthe1950s.)AfterPhilGraham'sdeathin1963,controlofTheWashingtonPostCompanypassedto

KatharineGraham

(1917-2023),hiswifeandMeyer'sdaughter.Sheservedaspublisherfrom1969to1979.In1972,the"BookWorld"sectionwasintroducedwithPulitzerPrizewinningcritic

WilliamMcPherson

asitsfirsteditor.ItfeaturedPulitzerPrizewinningcriticssuchas

JonathanYardley

and

MichaelDirda,thelatterofwhomestablishedhiscareerasacriticat

ThePost.1996202320232023TABFIVEPost-Grahamperiod(1996-now)In1996,thenewspaperestablisheda

website.In2023,thenewspaperciteditslocalfocusasareasonforrunningitsfirst-everfrontpageadvertisement:the

CapitalOne

adwasbeingruntodrawattentiontotherebrandingof

ChevyChaseBank,abankCapitalOneboughtin2023.AccordingtothePost'svicepresidentofadvertising,thepageoneadvertisementisa"verylocal,useful-information-for-our-readerstypeofcampaign."In2023,thenewspaperannouncedthatithasplanstostartchargingfrequentusersofitswebsite,withmanyexceptions(suchasforgovernmentemployeesbrowsingfromwork,andforstudentsbrowsingfromschool).AsofMarch2023,pricinghasnotbeendeterminedyet.In2023,after37years,withgreatreaderoutcriesandprotest,"TheWashingtonPostBookWorld"asastandaloneinsertwasdiscontinued,thelastissuebeingSunday,February15,2023,alongwithageneralreorganizationofthepaper,suchas

placingtheSundayeditorialsonthebackpageofthemainfrontsection--the"Outlook"sectionanddistributingsomeotherlocally-oriented"op-ed"lettersandcommentariesinothersections.Part1:OverviewPart2:HistoryPart3:Achievements2023/12/9Achievements

AsofSeptember2023,itsaverageweekdaycirculationwas582,844,accordingtothe

AuditBureauofCirculations,makingitthe

fifthlargestnewspaperinthecountrybycirculation,behind

USAToday,

TheWallStreetJournal,

TheNewYorkTimes,andthe

LosAngelesTimes.In2023,thecompanyrankedNo.470ontheFortune500annuallistofAmerica'slargestcorporations.In1899,duringtheSpanish–AmericanWar,

ThePost

printed

CliffordK.Berryman'sclassicillustration

RemembertheMaine,

whichbecamethebattle-cryforAmericansailorsduringtheWar.

In1902,Berrymanpublishedanotherfamouscartoonin

ThePost—"DrawingtheLineinMississippi."ThiscartoondepictsPresidentTheodoreRooseveltshowingcompassionforasmallbearcubandinspiredNewYorkstoreowner

MorrisMichtom

tocreatethe

teddybear.2023/12/9AchievementsThenewspaperhaswon

47PulitzerPrizes.Thisincludessixseparate

Pulitzersawardedin2023,thesecond-highestnumberevergiventoasinglenewspaperinoneyear.ThePost

hasalsoreceived18

NiemanFellowships

and368WhiteHouseNewsPhotographersAssociationawards,amongothers.2023/12/9Intheearly1970s,inthebestknownepisodeintherecenthistoryofThePost,reportersBobWoodward

ledtheAmericanpress'sinvestigationintowhatbecameknownastheWatergatescandal;reportinginthenewspapergreatlycontributedtotheresignation

ofPresidentRichardNixon.Inyearssince,itsinvestigationshaveledtoincreasedreviewoftheWalterReedArmyMedicalCenter.Thenewspaperisalsoknownasthenamesakeof"TheWashingtonPostMarch",whichJohnPhillipSousacomposedin1889whilehewasleadingtheUnitedStatesMarine

Band;itbecamethestandardmusictoaccompanythetwo-step,alate19th-centurydancecraze.AchievementsWatergatescandal2023/12/9TheWatergatescandalwasapoliticalscandalthatoccurredintheUnitedStatesinthe1970sasaresultoftheJune17,1972,break-inattheDemocraticNationalCommitteeheadquartersattheWatergateofficecomplexinWashington,D.C.,andtheNixonadministration'sattemptedcover-upofitsinvolvement.ThescandaleventuallyledtotheresignationofRichardNixon,thePresidentoftheUnitedStates,onAugust9,1974—theonlyresignationofaU.S.Presidenttodate.Thescandalalsoresultedintheindictment,trial,conviction,andincarcerationofforty-threepersons,dozensofwhomwereNixon'stopadministrationo