Politico
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| Industry | News media |
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| Founded | January 23, 2007 |
| Headquarters | Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
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Key people
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Robert L. Allbritton (executive chairman & CEO) Vinay Mehra (CFO) John F. Harris (publisher & editor-in-chief) Carrie Budoff Brown (editor) Poppy MacDonald (President, US) ) |
| Products |
The Politico (newspaper) Politico Magazine (bimonthly magazine) Politico.com (website) |
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Number of employees
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300 (2016) |
| Website | politico |
Politico is an American political-journalism organization based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally. It distributes content via television, the Internet, The Politico newspaper, radio, and podcasts. Its coverage in Washington, D.C., includes the U.S. Congress, lobbying, media and the presidency.
John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei left The Washington Post to become The Politico's editor in chief and executive editor, respectively, launching the newspaper on January 23, 2007. Frederick J. Ryan Jr. served as its first president and chief executive officer.Robert L. Allbritton is founder and publisher. In October 2013, Jim VandeHei, longtime editor of The Politico, took over as CEO and president. In 2015, Politico launched a Brussels-based European edition called Politico Europe.
The newspaper has a circulation of approximately 40,000, distributed for free in Washington, D.C., and Manhattan. The newspaper prints up to five issues a week while Congress is in session and sometimes publishes one issue a week when Congress is in recess. It carries advertising, including full-page ads from trade associations and a large help-wanted section listing Washington political jobs.
Politico is a partner with several news outlets that co-report and distribute its video, print and audio content. Partners include CBS News,Allbritton Communications's ABC station WJLA and cable channel NewsChannel 8, radio station WTOP-FM, and Yahoo! News election coverage.
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