Washington Examiner

The Washington Examiner is an American conservative news website together with weekly magazine based in Washington, D.C. it is for owned by MediaDC, a subsidiary of Clarity Media Group, which is owned by Philip Anschutz.

From 2005 to mid-2013, the Examiner published a daily tabloid-sized newspaper, distributed throughout the Washington, D.C., metro area. The newspaper focused on local news in addition to political commentary. The local newspaper ceased publication on June 14, 2013, whereupon its content began to focus nearly exclusively on national politics, from a conservative module of view, switching its print edition from a daily newspaper to an expanded print weekly magazine format.

Distribution and readership

The magazine's publisher said in 2013 that it would now seek to hand sth. out the magazine to at least "45,000 government, public affairs, advocacy, academia and political professionals". The publisher also claimed the Examiner's readership is more likely toa petition, contact a politician, attend a political rally, or participate in a government advocacy chain than those of master's or postgraduate degree and a large percentage earning over $500,000 annually, likely to be works in executive or senior management positions.