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''The Washington Post'' is an American daily newspaper. It is the most widely circulated newspaper published in Washington, D.C., and was founded in 1877, making it the area's oldest extant newspaper. Located in the capital city of the United States, the newspaper has a particular emphasis on national politics. Daily editions are printed for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. The newspaper is published as a broadsheet, with photographs printed both in color and in black and white. The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes. This includes six separate Pulitzers awarded in 2008, the second-highest number ever given to a single newspaper in one year. ''Post'' journalists have also received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards. In the early 1970s, in the best-known episode in newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press' investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal; reporting in the newspaper greatly contributed to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. In years since, its investigations have led to increased review of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In 2013, the newspaper was purchased by Jeff Bezos for $250 million in cash.〔〔 The newspaper is owned by Nash Holdings LLC, a holding company Bezos created for the acquisition. The newspaper is also known as the namesake of ''The Washington Post March'', composed in 1889 by John Philip Sousa. ==Overview== ''The Washington Post'' is generally regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers, along with ''The New York Times'' and ''The Wall Street Journal''. ''The Post'' has distinguished itself through its political reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress, and other aspects of the U.S. government. Unlike ''The New York Times'' and ''Wall Street Journal'', ''The Washington Post'' does not print an edition for distribution away from the East Coast. In 2009, the newspaper ceased publication of its ''National Weekly Edition'', which combined stories from the week's print editions, due to shrinking circulation. The majority of its newsprint readership is in District of Columbia and its suburbs in Maryland and Northern Virginia. The newspaper's weekday and Saturday printings include the following sections: * Main section, containing the front page, national and international news, business, politics, and editorials and opinions * Metro section, containing local news * Style section, with feature writing on pop culture, politics, fine and performing arts, film, fashion, and gossip, along with advice columns and comics * Sports section * Classified advertising Sunday editions largely include the weekday sections as well as Outlook (opinion), Arts, Travel, Comics, TV Week, and the ''Washington Post Magazine''. The ''Sunday Style'' section differs slightly from the weekday Style section; it is in a tabloid format, and it houses the reader-written humor contest The Style Invitational. Additional weekly sections appear on weekdays: Health & Science on Tuesday, Food on Wednesday, Local Living (home and garden) on Thursday, and Weekend, with details about upcoming events in the local area, on Friday. The latter two are in a tabloid format. The newspaper is one of a few U.S. newspapers with foreign bureaus, located in Beirut, Berlin, Beijing, Bogota, Cairo, Hong Kong, Islamabad, Jerusalem, Kabul, London, Mexico City, Moscow, Nairobi, New Delhi, Paris, and Tokyo. In November 2009, it announced the closure of its U.S. regional bureaus Chicago, Los Angeles and New York as part of an increased focus on "...political stories and local news coverage in Washington." The newspaper has local bureaus in Maryland (Annapolis, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Southern Maryland) and Virginia (Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun County, Richmond, and Prince William County). , its average weekday circulation was 474,767, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, making it the seventh largest newspaper in the country by circulation, behind ''USA Today'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The New York Times'', and the ''Los Angeles Times''. While its circulation (like that of almost all newspapers) has been slipping, it has one of the highest market-penetration rates of any metropolitan news daily.〔("Blog: Ranking of newspapers" ). Retrieved February 23, 2012.〕 For many decades, ''The Post'' had its main office at 1150 15th Street NW. This real estate remained with Graham Holdings when the newspaper was sold to Jeff Bezos' Nash Holdings in 2013. Graham Holdings sold 1150 15th Street (along with 1515 L Street, 1523 L Street, and land beneath 1100 15th Street) for $159 million in November 2013. ''The Washington Post'' continued to lease space at 1150 L Street NW. In May 2014, ''The Washington Post'' leased the west tower of One Franklin Square, a high-rise building at 1301 K Street NW in Washington, D.C. The newspaper will move to its new offices in 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Washington Post」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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