Politico

American journalism company and news website
Organization newspaper Q3109740
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Summary

Politico is a newspaper[1]. Politico ranks in the top 0.045% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,368 views/month, #3 of 6,592).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: JournalList[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: magazine[5], news website[6]
  • Owned by: Capitol News Company[7], Axel Springer SE[8]
  • Headquarters location: Arlington County[9]
  • Chief executive officer: Robert Allbritton[10]
  • Place of publication: Washington, D.C.[11]
  • Commons category: Politico (company)[12]
  • Language of work or name: English[13]
  • Industry: mass media[14]
  • Country of origin: United States[15]
  • Inception: January 23, 2007[16]
  • Parent organization or unit: Axel Springer SE[17]
  • Official website: https://www.politico.com[18], https://www.politico.eu/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Politico[20]
  • Main subject: politics[21]
  • Employees: 500[22], 700[23]
  • Described by source: Columbia Journalism Review's Guide to Online News Startups[24]
  • Political alignment: centre-left[25], right-wing[26]
  • Title: Politico[27], Politico magazine[28]
  • Different from: Politico LLC[29]
  • Street address: 1100 Wilson Blvd Suite 601 Arlington, VA 22209[30]
  • Social media followers: 9,760,099[31], 110,000,999[32], 117,000[33], 131,000[34], 148,000[35], 165,000[36], 182,000[37]
  • Shortened URL formatter: https://politi.co/$1[38]

Why It Matters

Politico has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Politico is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Gamaliel · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Political alignment → centre-left, right-wing
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Political alignment: right-wing"
  2. 8w ago · WebRunner95 · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent organization or unit → Axel Springer SE
    Official website → https://www.politico.com, https://www.politico.eu/
    Inception → —
    Described by source → Columbia Journalism Review's Guide to Online News Startups
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Member of: JournalList, Update outlet to include JournalList trust.txt membership ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/2a8bea6934f|details]])"
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