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Washington Examiner (opinion)

U.S. right

Owned byPhilip Anschutz, via Clarity Media Group (a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation); the outlet is published by Washington Newspaper Publishing Company, LLC, itself a Clarity subsidiary operating under the MediaDC brand
FundingPrivately funded by Anschutz; revenue from digital advertising and print magazine subscriptions; no outside investment rounds on record
On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

The Washington Examiner was founded in 2005 when Philip Anschutz acquired the parent company of the Journal Newspapers and relaunched the publication as a free daily tabloid distributed in the Washington, D.C., metro area. From the outset, Anschutz directed the editorial and opinion pages to carry exclusively conservative content, a policy confirmed by Politico reporting on former staff accounts. In June 2013, the daily print newspaper ceased publication; the outlet then pivoted to national political coverage, relaunching as a weekly print magazine while expanding its digital operation. Hugo Gurdon became editor-in-chief in 2014 and oversaw significant growth in web traffic, cementing the outlet's role as a prominent destination for right-of-center commentary and reporting. Media bias trackers—AllSides, Media Bias/Fact Check, and Ad Fontes Media—consistently rate the Washington Examiner as leaning right, with story selection and opinion content that almost exclusively favors conservative positions. The opinion section in particular serves as a platform for Republican officials and conservative commentators; during the second Trump term it has published op-eds from administration figures such as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and editorials broadly supportive of Trump's policy agenda. No ownership changes have occurred in recent years; the outlet remains wholly within the Anschutz private media portfolio.

Sources

  1. Washington Examiner – Wikipedia
  2. Washington Examiner – Media Bias/Fact Check
  3. Washington Examiner – AllSides Media Bias
  4. Washington Examiner Bias and Reliability – Ad Fontes Media
  5. How the Washington Examiner became a traffic monster – Columbia Journalism Review
  6. Washington Examiner – Grokipedia

Profile compiled 2026-07-05; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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