17 Facts About Politico

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Politico, known originally as The Politico, is an American, German-owned political journalism newspaper company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally.

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Politico was founded in 2007 to focus on politics with fast-paced Internet reporting in granular detail, comparable to the sports analysis of SportsCenter or ESPN.

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In 2011, Politico began to focus more on long-form journalism and news analysis.

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4.

Politico departed the company in early 2021 after four years.

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5.

In March 2017, Politico announced the creation of a second, mid-day edition of Playbook—entitled "Playbook Power Briefing"—written by the same people who authored the morning edition.

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6.

The first editor of Politico Magazine was Susan Glasser, who came to the publication from Foreign Policy magazine.

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Politico was followed by Blake Hounshell, and Stephen Heuser.

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8.

In September 2013, Politico acquired the online news site Capital New York, which operated separate departments covering Florida and New Jersey.

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In September 2014, Politico formed a joint venture with German publisher Axel Springer SE to launch its European edition, based in Brussels.

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10.

Under Glasser and successor Carrie Budoff Brown, Politico expanded its focus on investigating Washington policymakers, leading to multiple resignations.

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11.

On May 2,2022, Politico obtained and released a 98-page draft document indicating that the Supreme Court was poised to strike down the landmark Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, as well as Planned Parenthood v Casey, in its ruling on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization.

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In September 2022 Politico published an expose' critical of NGO leadership at the helm of the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic response, written in cooperation with the German newspaper Welt.

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Politico Magazine published an article in April 2017 purporting to show long-term links among US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty Chabad-Lubavitch.

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In March 2019 Politico was again accused of antisemitism when it published an article depicting imagery of presidential candidate US Senator Bernie Sanders next to money trees.

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Matthew Kaminski, editor in chief of Politico, declined to apologize and defended the decision to publish the article, stating that, "We're not going to back away from having published something because some people think it was a mistake to do so", and that the newspaper "stands by every word" in the article.

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16.

Politico won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012, for Matt Wuerker's editorial cartoons.

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Politico has won three George Polk Awards, the first in 2014 for Rania Abouzeid's investigation of the rise of the Islamic State, the second in 2019 for Helena Bottemiller Evich's investigation of the Trump administration's efforts to bury its climate change plans, and the third in 2020 for Diamond's investigation of political interference in the US federal government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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