Capitol News Company, LLC is an American media company based in

Arlington, Virginia Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county is situated in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from the District of Columbia, of which it was once a part. The county ...

, United States. It is a private holding company owned by Robert L. Allbritton. Its primary publication is ''

Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), 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 intern ...

''. In 2020, it launched ''

Protocol Protocol may refer to: Sociology and politics * Protocol (politics), a formal agreement between nation states * Protocol (diplomacy), the etiquette of diplomacy and affairs of state * Etiquette, a code of personal behavior Science and technology ...

'', a publication covering the people, power and politics of tech. Capitol News Company was created when Politico was spun out of Allbritton Communications Company in 2009. The company also publishes ''Politico New York'', a web site and magazine focused on the politics of New York City and New York state, as well as the inner workings of the New York-based news media, and which later expanded to cover New Jersey and Florida before being rebranded as Politico websites.

References

2009 establishments in Virginia American companies established in 2009 Companies based in Arlington County, Virginia Corporate spin-offs Mass media companies of the United States Politico {{US-media-company-stub