DC Examined
Did anyone catch the new free daily paper yesterday? The D.C. Examiner is an independent paper whose first issue came out on Tuesday. The front page featured an article on school violence and the coming of the DC Nationals. Finally, a daily paper that's really about Washington. A nifty section is their weekly column, Notable Neighbors, which unfortunately isn't available online yet. It includes interviews with famous D.C. residents on everyday things like their favorite place to get coffee, favorite radio station...etc.
posted by Elaine at 9:49 PM
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It ain't exactly independent.
http://www.slate.com/id/2113319/
"[The Washington Examiners'] billionaire owner, Qwest Communications founder Philip Anschutz, possesses ambitions every bit as royal as the old press baron. Anschutz entered the newspaper business in early 2004 with the purchase of the San Francisco Examiner, which post-Hearst owners had reduced to a free daily tabloid. In September, he bought a Washington community newspaper chain, revamped it, and rebadged it the Washington Examiner. Signaling his expansion plans, Anschutz has filed for trademark rights to the Examiner name in nearly 70 cities."
Thanks for the info. I should perhaps take out the word independent. Thinking about it now, I don't exactly know what people mean by independent, like independent rock. What makes it independent, just because it comes from a small label? Or just because it's avant garde? Or because the company is only in one industry?
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