The 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 |
Politico (newspaper) Politico Magazine (bimonthly magazine) Politico.com (website) Politico Europe (newspaper) Politico.eu (website) |
| Owner | Capitol News Company |
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Number of employees
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500 (2017) |
| Website | politico |
Politico is an American political-journalism company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally. It distributes content through 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 2015, Politico launched a Brussels-based European edition called Politico Europe.
In April 2017, Politico announced that Patrick Steel would replace Allbritton as CEO effective May 8.
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.
Journalists covering political campaigns for Politico carry a video camera to each assignment, and journalists are encouraged to promote their work elsewhere. Though Politico seeks to break the traditional journalism mold, it expects to make much of its money initially from Washington, D.C.–focused newspaper advertising. Among the journalists who have worked for Politico are Mike Allen, John Bresnahan, Carrie Budoff Brown, Alex Burns, Dylan Byers, Josh Gerstein, Andrew Glass, Susan B. Glasser, Darren Goode, Maggie Haberman, James Hohmann, Anna Palmer, Manu Raju, Daria Knight, Lois Romano, Darren Samuelsohn, Jack Shafer, Jake Sherman, Ben Smith, Eli Stokols, Glenn Thrush, Kenneth Vogel, and Ben White.Roger Simon became The Politico's Chief Political Columnist in December 2006. In 2010, The Politico added two "opinion" columnists, Michael Kinsley and Joe Scarborough.
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