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The Times, and Patowmack Packet (1789–1791), first newspaper in the District; Voice of the Hill [30] Washington Bee (1882–1922) OCLC 10587828, ISSN 1940-7424 [31] [32] The Washington Daily News (1921–1972), predecessor to the Washington Star; Washington Globe [33] The Washington Herald (1906–1939) [34]
The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C., between 1852 and 1981. The Sunday edition was known as the Sunday Star. [1] The paper was renamed several times before becoming Washington Star by the late 1970s.
The company previously owned a newspaper on Capitol Hill – Voice of the Hill – but ceased publication on May 5, 2010, citing declines in advertising revenue. [2] This announcement came around 9 months after the death of the paper's co-founder, Bruce Robey, who was found dead due to an apparent heart attack in September, 2009. [3]
Although Washington was home to abolitionist papers prior to the American Civil War (1861-1865), the first known newspaper published by and for African Americans in the District of Columbia was the New Era, which Frederick Douglass launched in 1870.
Pages in category "Newspapers published in Washington, D.C." The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The daily Washington Times and the free weekly Washington City Paper also have readership in the District. On February 1, 2005, the free daily tabloid Washington Examiner debuted, having been formed from a chain of suburban newspapers known as the Journal Newspapers .
The newspaper was founded in 1892 by Civil War veteran Sgt. John H. Murphy, Sr. Murphy merged his church publication, The Sunday School Helper, with two other church publications, The Ledger and The Afro-American, and the publication rose to prominence under the control of his tenth-born child, Carl J. G. Murphy, who served as its editor for 45 years.
Alexandria, District of Columbia: 1802 1802 OCLC 11551715, ISSN 2574-9757; preceded by The Times and Alexandria Advertiser: Herald-Progress [29] Ashland: 1881 2018 Hook: Charlottesville: 2002 2013 Hopewell News: Hopewell: 1926 2018 Began as City and Tri-County News: King George Journal Press: King George: 2017 Ledger-Star: Norfolk 1876 [14 ...