Washington Examiner

The Washington Examiner is a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C..

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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, and was published by Journal Newspapers Inc. The company 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.

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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 ... in the pejorative British sense ... a "tabloid". The Examiner covers world, national, and local news and sports. The Examiner's Editor-in-chief is John Wilpers. The newspaper employs news services, syndicated writers, and a number of (mostly local) freelance writers.

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Advertisement - Tabloid - John Wilpers

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