Who owns Washington City Paper?

philanthropist Mark Ein
Local businessman and philanthropist Mark Ein purchased Washington City Paper in 2017 for $50,000, according to Washingtonian. He was the first local owner in more than 30 years.

What are the Washington DC papers?

Major daily newspapers

Title	Year est.	Print Daily Circulation
Roll Call	1955	30,786
Stars and Stripes	1861	7 million Weekly editions 38 million page views per year
The Washington Post	1877	254,379 (Daily, 2019) 838,014 (Sunday, 2013) 1,000,000 (Digital, 2018)
The Washington Times	1982	59,185 daily (as of November 2013)

Is Washington DC a city?

Founded in 1790, the nation’s capital has been a dynamic city with plenty of highs and lows to match its place in American history. Founded on July 16, 1790, Washington, DC is unique among American cities because it was established by the Constitution of the United States to serve as the nation’s capital.

Is Washington, D.C. a state?

Washington, DC, isn’t a state; it’s a district. DC stands for District of Columbia. Its creation comes directly from the US Constitution, which provides that the district, “not exceeding 10 Miles square,” would “become the Seat of the Government of the United States.”

Is Washington Informer a newspaper?

The Washington Informer is a weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C. The Informer is female-owned and is targeted at the African-American population of the D.C. metropolitan area. The publisher is Denise Rolark Barnes, whose father, Calvin W. Rolark (1927–1994), founded the paper in 1964.

Is The Washington Informer black owned?

We are The Washington Informer, a Black, woman-owned multimedia news organization serving the African-Americans in the DMV. We are three generations strong — that’s 57 years of delivering accurate, timely, need-to-know information that has built an established trust among our audience.

Who owns the Washington Informer?

Denise Rolark Barnes
As owner and publisher of the Washington Informer, Denise Rolark Barnes faces many of the challenges putting local newspapers out of business: fickle revenue streams, aging readership and the rise of social media as a primary source of news, just to name a few.

Can Washington, D.C. legally become a state?

Statehood will be achieved by the House and Senate passing and the President signing legislation admitting the new state. Statehood legislation, which requires a simple majority vote and cannot be repealed, is the way that every state, except for the original 13, became part of the United States.

Do DC residents pay tax?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the federal tax filing season kicks off today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reminded the American public that the District of Columbia pays more federal taxes per capita than any state and more federal taxes overall than 21 states, but that D.C. residents do not have the voting …

What is DC considered if not a state?

What is Washington, DC? Washington, DC, isn’t a state; it’s a district. DC stands for District of Columbia. Its creation comes directly from the US Constitution, which provides that the district, “not exceeding 10 Miles square,” would “become the Seat of the Government of the United States.”

What is Washington the State of?

The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, Oregon to the south, Idaho to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north—was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state’s largest city is Seattle….Washington (state)

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Do people in Washington, D.C. pay taxes?

DC residents pay the highest per-capita federal income taxes in the US. In total, DC residents pay more in total federal income tax than residents of 22 other states, but have no say over how those tax dollars are spent.