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

Arlington, Virginia Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county is located in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the Potomac River directly across from Washington, D.C., the nati ...

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

Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007. It covers politics and policy in the Unit ...

'', which was acquired by

Axel Springer SE Axel Springer SE () is a European multinational corporation, multinational mass media, mass and online media company, based in Berlin, Germany. The company offers printing and publishing of advertisements, digital classifieds portfolio, marketi ...

, a German publisher in 2021.

History

Capitol News Company was created when Politico (founded in 2007) 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. In 2020, it launched '' Protocol'', a publication covering the people, power and politics of tech. In 2021 Politico and Protocol were acquired by

, a German publisher for US$1billion.

References

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