Washington City Paper

The Washington City Paper is an American alternative weeklynewspaper founded in 1981 to serve the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The newspaper is focused on local news and arts. In 2006, when the City Paper was a print publication distributed on Thursdays, it had an average circulation of 85,588. It was purchased in 2017 by Mark Ein and became an online-only publication in May 2022.