The Washington Post is one of the US's leading newspapers, with a strong focus on domestic affairs. It exposed the Watergate scandal in 1972. By 2020, it had received 65 Pulitzer Prizes for its reporting. It was taken over by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2013. Thanks to numerous innovations on its online platform the paper has managed to continue attracting new readers.
| Political orientation | Liberal |
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| Circulation | 159,000 (2022) |
| Frequency of publication | Daily |
| Visits | 100.000.000 – 150.000.000 |
| Online payment model | Content partially fee-based |
| Location | Washington DC, U.S. |
| Publisher | Nash Holdings LLC |
| Area of distribution | Nationwide |
| Established | 1877 |
| Address | 1301 K Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20071, USA |
| Phone | 001 202 334 6000 |
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| @washingtonpost |