Politico#State editions

Politico was founded in 2007 to focus on politics with fast-paced Internet reporting in granular detail, comparable to the sports analysis of SportsCenter{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Ben |date=2021-01-03 |title=They Seem to Think the Next Four Years Will Be Normal |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/business/media/punchbowl-playbook-capitol-hill-politics.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/business/media/punchbowl-playbook-capitol-hill-politics.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |issn=0362-4331 |df=mdy-all}}{{cbignore}} or ESPN.{{Cite news |last=Leibovich |first=Mark |date=2010-04-21 |title=The Man the White House Wakes Up To |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25allen-t.html |issn=0362-4331 |df=mdy-all |access-date=September 8, 2017 |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216141734/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25allen-t.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }} John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei left The Washington Post to become Politico{{'}}s editor-in-chief and executive editor, respectively. With the financial backing of Robert L. Allbritton, the pair launched the website on January 23, 2007.{{Cite news |last=Uberti |first=David |date=June 25, 2015 |title=Can Politico rise again? |language=en |work=Columbia Journalism Review |url=https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/can_politico_rise_again.php |access-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522205139/https://www.cjr.org/the_profile/can_politico_rise_again.php |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=McPherson |first=Lindsey |year=2008 |title=Politico Animal |url=http://ajrarchive.org/article.asp?id=4587 |access-date=July 28, 2017 |website=American Journalism Review}} Their first hire was Mike Allen, a writer for Time,{{Cite news |last=Leibovich |first=Mark |date=April 21, 2010 |title=Politico's Mike Allen, the Man the White House Wakes Up To |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25allen-t.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216141734/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25allen-t.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }} and Frederick J. Ryan Jr. served as its first president and chief executive officer.{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Mike |author-link=Michael Allen (journalist) |date=May 4, 2007 |title=Politico Playbook: Mitt's moment |url=https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/3841.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406160005/http://www.politico.com/story/2007/05/politico-playbook-mitts-moment-003841 |archive-date=April 6, 2016 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |publisher=Politico}} Martin Tolchin was another member of the editorial founding team.{{Cite news |last=Diamond |first=Dan |date=24 February 2020 |title=Trump set to ask for more coronavirus cash |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2020/02/24/trump-set-to-ask-for-more-coronavirus-cash-785616 |access-date=7 May 2020 |quote=Martin Tolchin, the founder of The Hill and a member of POLITICO's founding editorial team |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015536/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2020/02/24/trump-set-to-ask-for-more-coronavirus-cash-785616 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=Martin Tolchin |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/staff/martin-tolchin |access-date=7 May 2020 |quote=he is helping launch Politico |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015621/https://www.politico.com/staff/martin-tolchin |url-status=live }}

From the beginning, journalists covering political campaigns for Politico carried a video camera to each assignment,{{cite web |last=Jaffe |first=Harry |date=January 22, 2007 |title=Politico Hopes To Rock Washington Media |url=http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitics/3148.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205063344/http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitics/3148.html |archive-date=February 5, 2012 |website=Washingtonian}} and they were encouraged to promote their work elsewhere.{{Cite news |last=Seelye |first=Katharine Q. |date=January 8, 2007 |title=For journalists, it's not politics as usual |work=International Herald Tribune |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/technology/08iht-washington.4136182.html |access-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119131128/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/technology/08iht-washington.4136182.html |url-status=live }} By 2008, Politico received more than three million unique visits per month.{{Cite news |last=Pérez-Peña |first=Richard |date=December 14, 2008 |title=Politico and Reuters Forge News-Distribution Alliance |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/business/media/15politico.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411152039/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/business/media/15politico.html |url-status=live }}

In September 2008, The New York Times reported that Politico would expand its operations following the 2008 U.S. presidential election, and that "after Election Day, [Politico] will add reporters, editors, Web engineers and other employees; expand circulation of its newspaper edition in Washington; and print more often."{{Cite news |last=Pérez-Peña, Richard |date=September 22, 2008 |title=Politico Intends to Expand After Presidential Race Ends |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/business/media/22politico.html |access-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325032209/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/22/business/media/22politico.html |url-status=live }} Between the 2008 and 2012 elections, Politico{{'}}s staff more than tripled in size.{{Cite news |last=Peters |first=Jeremy W. |date=January 29, 2011 |title=Political News Sites See 2012 as Breakthrough Year |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/business/media/30blogs.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105083320/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/business/media/30blogs.html |url-status=live }} Notable additions included two political commentators, Michael Kinsley and Joe Scarborough, as opinion writers.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Smith (journalist) |date=September 8, 2010 |title=Kinsley, Scarborough to Politico |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/Kinsley_Scarborough_to_POLITICO_.html |access-date=July 27, 2017 |archive-date=May 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514093223/http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/Kinsley_Scarborough_to_POLITICO_.html |url-status=live }}

In 2009, the web pages shortened their name from The Politico to more simply Politico. In 2011, Politico began to focus more on long-form journalism and news analysis.{{Cite news |last=Filloux |first=Frédéric |date=September 5, 2011 |title=Politico: what are the secrets of its success? |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/05/politico-secrets-success |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015540/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/sep/05/politico-secrets-success |url-status=live }} This shift in coverage received further support in June 2013 with the hiring of Susan Glasser to oversee "opinion from prominent outside voices" and "long-form storytelling".{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Leslie |date=June 3, 2013 |title=Politico Expands Coverage Areas and Adds an Editor of Note |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/business/media/politico-expands-coverage-areas-and-adds-an-editor-of-note.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522210142/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/business/media/politico-expands-coverage-areas-and-adds-an-editor-of-note.html |url-status=live }} In September 2014, Glasser was tapped to serve as Politico{{'}}s new editor, following the resignation of Richard Berke the previous month.{{Cite news |last=Somaiya |first=Ravi |date=September 18, 2014 |title=Politico Names New Overseer of Washington News Content |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/business/media/susan-glasser-named-top-editor-at-politico.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921020542/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/business/media/susan-glasser-named-top-editor-at-politico.html |url-status=live }}

VandeHei was named Politico{{'}}s new CEO in October 2013.{{Cite news |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian |last2=Kaufman |first2=Leslie |date=October 13, 2013 |title=VandeHei, Politico Editor, Is Made Chief Executive |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/business/media/politico-editor-given-chief-executive-title.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017021024/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/business/media/politico-editor-given-chief-executive-title.html |url-status=live }} Under his leadership, Politico continued to grow: in 2014 alone, it expanded revenues by 25%.{{cite web |last=Ingram |first=Mathew |date=September 28, 2015 |title=Can Politico save political journalism, not just in the U.S. but in Europe too? |url=http://fortune.com/2015/09/28/politico-save-journalism/ |access-date=July 28, 2017 |website=Fortune |archive-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924033337/http://fortune.com/2015/09/28/politico-save-journalism/ |url-status=live }} By 2016, Politico had nearly 500 employees worldwide.{{Cite news |last=Somaiya |first=Ravi |date=January 29, 2016 |title=Leaders Deny Strife Caused Departures From Politico |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/business/media/leaders-deny-strife-caused-departures-from-politico.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202190451/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/30/business/media/leaders-deny-strife-caused-departures-from-politico.html |url-status=live }}

Amidst reports of tensions, VandeHei and Allen announced that they would leave Politico after the 2016 presidential election, but left far sooner.{{Cite news |last=Somaiya |first=Ravi |date=January 28, 2016 |title=Politico Will Lose Its Co-Founder and 4 Others |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/business/media/politico-mike-allen-jim-vandehei-leaving.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728075456/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/business/media/politico-mike-allen-jim-vandehei-leaving.html |url-status=live }} Allbritton, then Executive Chairman and owner, was named acting CEO in Vandehei's stead. Several months after their departure, Washingtonian Magazine reported that the relationship ultimately deteriorated during a series of events including VandeHei pushing Allbritton to sell the company, and Allbritton losing faith in VandeHei's abilities as a CEO.{{cite web |last1=Mullins |first1=Luke |title=What Really Happened at Politico - Washingtonian |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/07/17/politico-breakup-vandehei-allbritton-allen/ |website=Washingtonian|date=July 17, 2016 }}

Investment banker Patrick Steel served as CEO between 2017 and 2021.{{Cite news |last=Alpert |first=Lukas I. |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Politico Names Investment Banker as New CEO |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/politico-names-investment-banker-as-new-ceo-1493114400 |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=October 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019001127/https://www.wsj.com/articles/politico-names-investment-banker-as-new-ceo-1493114400 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Katie |date=February 2, 2021 |title=Politico's chief executive is stepping down this year. |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/business/Patrick-Steel-politico.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/business/Patrick-Steel-politico.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited }}{{cbignore}} He departed the company in early 2021 after four years.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/business/Patrick-Steel-politico.html | title=Politico's chief executive is stepping down this year | newspaper=The New York Times | date=February 2, 2021 | last1=Robertson | first1=Katie }}

Goli Sheikholeslami, who had been the CEO of WNYC public radio, was announced as CEO by new owner Axel Springer in January 2022 and tasked with leading operations of both Politico and Politico Europe.{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Katie |date=2022-01-10 |title=The head of New York Public Radio will take charge of Politico. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/business/politico-goli-sheikholeslami-new-york-public-radio.html |access-date=2022-04-11 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411190348/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/business/politico-goli-sheikholeslami-new-york-public-radio.html |url-status=live }}

Dafna Linzer, who had been at MSNBC and NBC News, was named as the new executive editor in March 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2022/03/23/politico-names-dafna-linzer-executive-editor-00019755 | title=POLITICO Names Dafna Linzer Executive Editor | website=Politico | date=March 23, 2022 }} She departed in 2023 after serving a year in the role.{{cite news |last1=Ellison |first1=Sarah |title=Dafna Linzer abruptly steps down as Politico's executive editor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/03/09/politico-dafna-linza-departs/ |date=March 9, 2023}}

On June 25, 2007,{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Mike |date=June 25, 2007 |title=Politico Playbook: Hijacked |url=https://www.politico.com/playbook/0607/7.html |access-date=July 27, 2017 |website=Politico |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015600/https://www.politico.com/playbook/0607/7.html |url-status=live }} Mike Allen launched Politico Playbook, a daily early-morning email newsletter.{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Mike |last2=Lippman |first2=Daniel |date=July 10, 2016 |title=Mike Allen's last Playbook: #3,304, a streak that started June 25, 2007 – Who'll Be First? Obama shops for a country club, and The Atlantic shops for an editor – B'Day: Julianna Smoot, Sam Stein |url=https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2016/07/mike-allens-last-playbook-3-304-a-streak-that-started-june-25-2007-wholl-be-first-obama-shops-for-a-country-club-and-the-atlantic-shops-for-an-editor-bday-julianna-smoot-sam-stein-215237 |access-date=July 28, 2017 |website=Politico |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015538/https://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2016/07/mike-allens-last-playbook-3-304-a-streak-that-started-june-25-2007-wholl-be-first-obama-shops-for-a-country-club-and-the-atlantic-shops-for-an-editor-bday-julianna-smoot-sam-stein-215237 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Mullins |first=Luke |date=July 17, 2016 |title=The Inside Story of the Politico Break-Up |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/07/17/politico-breakup-vandehei-allbritton-allen/ |access-date=July 28, 2017 |website=Washingtonian |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015537/https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/07/17/politico-breakup-vandehei-allbritton-allen/ |url-status=live }} Within a few years, the newsletter had attained a large readership amongst members of the D.C. community. By 2016, over 100,000 people—including "insiders, outsiders, lobbyists and journalists, governors, senators, presidents and would-be presidents"—read Playbook daily.{{Cite news |last=Rutenberg |first=Jim |date=June 19, 2016 |title=Mike Allen, Politico's Newsletter Pioneer, Is Handing Over the Reins |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/business/media/mike-allen-politicos-newsletter-pioneer-is-handing-over-the-reins.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125728/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/business/media/mike-allen-politicos-newsletter-pioneer-is-handing-over-the-reins.html |url-status=live }} Multiple commentators credit Allen and Playbook with strongly influencing the substance and tone of the rest of the national political news cycle.{{Cite news |last=Somaiya |first=Ravi |date=January 15, 2014 |title=Washington Post and Politico Talk About a Rift |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/business/media/washington-post-and-politico-talk-about-a-rift.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327020218/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/business/media/washington-post-and-politico-talk-about-a-rift.html |url-status=live }}

Daniel Lippman joined Politico in June 2014, in large part to assist Allen with Playbook.{{Cite news |last=Massella |first=Nick |date=June 2, 2014 |title=Politico Hires 'Citizen Journo' Daniel Lippman for Playbook |language=en-US |work=AdWeek |url=http://www.adweek.com/digital/politico-hires-citizen-journo-daniel-lippman-for-playbook/ |access-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021194922/https://www.adweek.com/digital/politico-hires-citizen-journo-daniel-lippman-for-playbook/ |url-status=live }} Upon Allen's departure in July 2016 to start Axios, Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman joined Lippman to assume Playbook-writing duties.{{cite web |last=Beaujon |first=Andrew |date=July 8, 2016 |title=Mike Allen's Last Playbook Is on Sunday |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/07/08/mike-allens-last-playbook-is-on-sunday/ |access-date=July 28, 2017 |website=Washingtonian |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015540/https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/07/08/mike-allens-last-playbook-is-on-sunday/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=March 20, 2017 |title=For a speedier D.C. news cycle, Politico is rolling out a second Playbook |language=en-US |work=Poynter Institute |url=http://www.poynter.org/2017/for-a-speedier-d-c-news-cycle-politico-is-rolling-out-a-second-playbook/452898/ |access-date=July 28, 2017 |archive-date=August 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812055533/http://www.poynter.org/2017/for-a-speedier-d-c-news-cycle-politico-is-rolling-out-a-second-playbook/452898/ |url-status=live }}

In 2017, a weekly sponsorship of Playbook cost between $50,000 and $60,000.{{cite news |last=Wemple |first=Erik |date=January 28, 2016 |title=Politico implodes |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/01/28/politico-implodes/ |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113144534/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2016/01/28/politico-implodes/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Watson |first=Libby |date=May 11, 2018 |title=Politico Playbook Can Fuck Right Off |url=https://splinternews.com/politico-playbook-can-fuck-right-off-1825951911 |website=Splinter News |access-date=May 12, 2018 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015537/https://splinternews.com/politico-playbook-can-fuck-right-off-1825951911 |url-status=live }} After Palmer and Sherman left to found Punchbowl News, Politico announced a new team of Playbook authors in 2021, including Rachael Bade, Ryan Lizza, Tara Palmeri and Eugene Daniels.{{cite web |date=2021-01-15 |title=Politico Announces Its New Playbook Team|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/01/15/politico-announces-its-new-playbook-team/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Washingtonian |language=en-US |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412160507/https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/01/15/politico-announces-its-new-playbook-team/ |url-status=live }} Mike Debonis, previously of the Washington Post, was hired as editor of Politico Playbook in 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2022/07/15/mike-debonis-joins-politico-as-editor-of-playbook-00046039 | title=Mike DeBonis joins POLITICO as Editor of Playbook | website=Politico | date=July 15, 2022 }} In April, 2022, Palmeri left Politico after being moved off of Playbook.{{cite news |last1=Razo |first1=Eduardo |title=Tara Palmeri to Leave Politico, Will Join Puck |url=https://barrettnewsmedia.com/2022/04/14/report-tara-palmeri-to-leave-politico-will-join-puck/ |date=April 14, 2024}}

Since its launch in 2007, Politico{{'}}s Playbook franchise has become global and exists in 13 different locations. These newsletters bring readers inside the conversation that matters within influential political villages and global power centers, including [https://www.politico.com/playbook Washington D.C.], [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/newyorkplaybook New York], [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/californiaplaybook California], [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/newjerseyplaybook New Jersey], [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/floridaplaybook Florida], [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinoisplaybook Illinois], [https://www.politico.com/massachusettsplaybook Massachusetts], [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/newjerseyplaybook New Jersey], [https://www.politico.com/newsletters/ottawa-playbook Ottawa], [https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/ Brussels], [https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/london-playbook/ London], [https://www.politico.eu/playbook-paris/ Paris], and, as of February 2024, [https://www.politico.eu/berlin-playbook/ Berlin]. More than one million influential readers currently subscribe to these Politico Playbooks.{{cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Melissa |title=POLITICO to launch 'Berlin Playbook' newsletter in Germany |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/politico-to-launch-berlin-playbook-newsletter-in-germany,248267 |date=February 19, 2024}}

Politico Pro, a paid subscription news service, launched in 2010.{{Cite news |last=Peters |first=Jeremy W. |date=October 25, 2010 |title=Politico Adds Subscription News Service |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/business/media/26politico.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418232549/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/business/media/26politico.html |url-status=live }} Politico Pro covers about a dozen topics.{{cite web |title=Politico Pro |url=https://www.politico.com/pro |access-date=July 28, 2017 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506050156/https://www.politico.com/pro |url-status=live }} Subscription costs are determined by licenses and topic area (verticals), with the costs in the high four figures to high six figures depending on the scope of the subscription. As of 2015, Politico Pro had a 93% subscription renewal rate, and provided about half of Politico{{'}}s overall revenue. During fiscal year 2024, the U.S. federal government paid about $8 million for subscriptions to Politico Pro and other Politico services.[https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5290282/politico-subscriptions-usaid-x-musk-trump How conspiracy theories about Politico led Trump to cancel subscriptions], NPR, February 7, 2025, [https://archive.today/20250208034921/https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5290282/politico-subscriptions-usaid-x-musk-trump Archive][https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trump-online-posts-misrepresent-government-subscriptions-to-news-services/ Trump, Online Posts Misrepresent Government Subscriptions to News Services], factcheck.org, February 13, 2025, [https://archive.today/20250213234932/https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trump-online-posts-misrepresent-government-subscriptions-to-news-services/ Archive]

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In November 2013, Politico launched Politico Magazine ({{ISSN|2381-1595}}), which is published online and bimonthly in print.Kristen Hare, [http://www.poynter.org/2013/politico-magazine-launches-online/229767/ Politico magazine launches online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812052309/http://www.poynter.org/2013/politico-magazine-launches-online/229767/ |date=August 12, 2017 }}, Poynter Institute (November 14, 2013).[https://www.politico.com/magazine/about About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220709/https://www.politico.com/magazine/about |date=September 2, 2018 }}, Politico Magazine (accessed August 22, 2016). In contrast to Politico{{'}}s focus on "politics and policy scoops" and breaking news, Politico Magazine focuses on "high-impact, magazine-style reporting", such as long-form journalism.{{cite web |last=Byers |first=Dylan |date=June 2, 2013 |title=Politico hires FP's Susan Glasser to head new long-form journalism, opinion divisions |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/06/politico-hires-fps-susan-glasser-to-head-new-long-form-journalism-opinion-divisions-165226 |website=Politico |access-date=November 5, 2017 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522205149/https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/06/politico-hires-fps-susan-glasser-to-head-new-long-form-journalism-opinion-divisions-165226 |url-status=live }} The first editor of Politico Magazine was Susan Glasser, who came to the publication from Foreign Policy magazine.

After Glasser was promoted to become Politico{{'}}s editor, Garrett Graff was named editor of the magazine.{{cite web | url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/garrett-graff-named-editor-of-politico-mag/ |website=Poynter |first1=Benjamin |last1=Mullin | title=Garrett Graff named editor of Politico Mag | date=January 22, 2015 }} He was followed by Blake Hounshell (2016–18), and Stephen Heuser (2019–2022). In September, 2022, Elizabeth Ralph was named editor of POLITICO Magazine, now solely a digital publication.{{cite web |last1=Cooke |first1=Melissa |title=Elizabeth Ralph named Editor of POLITICO Magazine and a Managing Editor at POLITICO |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2022/09/15/elizabeth-ralph-named-editor-of-politico-magazine-and-a-managing-editor-at-politico-00056802 |website=Politico |date=September 15, 2022 }}

In February 2020, Robert Allbritton, the then owner of Politico, launched Protocol, a tech news website focused on the "people, power and politics of tech."{{Cite web |last=Medici |first=Andy |date=November 13, 2019 |title=Politico owner rolls out new tech-focused media venture |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/11/13/politico-owner-rolls-out-new-tech-focused-media.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Washington Business Journal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/LTfLS |archive-date= 24 Jun 2023 }} The site focused on how to "arm decision-makers in tech, business and public policy" with important global technology news.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.protocol.com/st/about_us |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Protocol}} It operated as a separate company and with separate business and editorial management than Politico. It was shut down at the end of 2022 after struggling to meet revenue goals.{{cite web |last1=Darcy |first1=Oliver |title=Protocol, the tech-news focused website, will shutter and lay off its entire staff |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/media/protocol/index.html |website=CNN |date=November 15, 2022 |access-date=November 15, 2022}}

In September 2013, Politico acquired the online news site Capital New York, which also operated separate departments covering Florida and New Jersey.{{cite web |last=Byers |first=Dylan |date=September 8, 2013 |title=Politico buys Capital New York |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/09/politico-publisher-buys-capital-new-york-172096.html |website=Politico |access-date=November 5, 2017 |archive-date=June 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628112036/http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/09/politico-publisher-buys-capital-new-york-172096.html |url-status=live }} In April 2015, Politico announced its intention to rebrand the state feeds with the Politico name (Politico Florida, Politico New Jersey, and Politico New York) to expand its coverage of state politics.{{Cite news |last=Somaiya |first=Ravi |date=April 15, 2015 |title=Politico to Expand Coverage of States, Starting With New Jersey |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/business/media/politico-to-expand-coverage-of-states-starting-with-new-jersey.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228035646/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/business/media/politico-to-expand-coverage-of-states-starting-with-new-jersey.html |url-status=live }} In September 2018, Politico announced it would launch Politico California Pro.{{Cite news |last=Pudwill |first=Katie |date=September 26, 2018 |title=Politico Announces Expanded California Presence |language=en |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2018/09/26/politico-announces-expanded-california-presence-843150 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130145946/https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2018/09/26/politico-announces-expanded-california-presence-843150 |url-status=live }}

In September 2014, Politico formed a joint venture with German publisher Axel Springer SE to launch its European edition, based in Brussels.{{Cite news |last=Pallota, Frank |date=September 9, 2014 |title=Politico's next battleground: Europe |work=CNN |url=https://money.cnn.com/2014/09/09/media/politico-europe-expansion/ |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327051230/https://money.cnn.com/2014/09/09/media/politico-europe-expansion/ |url-status=live }} In December 2014, the joint venture announced its acquisition of Development Institute International, a leading French events content provider, and European Voice, a European political newspaper, to be re-launched under the Politico brand. Politico Europe debuted in print on April 23, 2015.{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Jasper |date=March 17, 2015 |title=Politico to launch in Europe in April with more than 40 journalists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/17/poltico-europe-axel-springer-brussels-paris-london-berlin |access-date=February 12, 2021 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108110029/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/17/poltico-europe-axel-springer-brussels-paris-london-berlin |url-status=live }}

Politico.eu, the publication's Brussels-based European operation, was formally launched in 2015. In early 2016, it had about 50 editorial employees and two dozen business employees. A third-party survey published at the time ranked Politico.eu as most widely read news organization among 249 Brussels "influencers" surveyed, although the same panel found it less influential than The Financial Times, BBC, and The Economist.David Uberti, [https://www.cjr.org/analysis/politico.php What a major leadership change means for Politico's global ambitions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015537/https://www.cjr.org/analysis/politico.php |date=March 27, 2022 }}, Columbia Journalism Review (February 1, 2016).

Stephen Brown, who was named editor-in-chief of Politico Europe in September 2019, died suddenly of a heart attack on March 18, 2021.{{cite web |date=September 29, 2019 |title=Press Release: Politico Europe names Stephen Brown Editor in Chief |url=https://www.politico.eu/politico-europe-names-stephen-brown-editor-in-chief/ |access-date=November 11, 2019 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015537/https://www.politico.eu/politico-europe-names-stephen-brown-editor-in-chief/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=2021-03-19 |title=Stephen Brown, editor in chief of POLITICO Europe, is dead at 57 |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/stephen-brown-politico-obituary/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407235433/https://www.politico.eu/article/stephen-brown-politico-obituary/ |url-status=live }}

Jamil Anderlini, previously Asia Editor of the Financial Times, was named Editor-in-Chief of Politico Europe in July 2021.{{cite web |last=Stenberg |first=Mark |date=July 12, 2021 |title=Politico Europe Names Jamil Anderlini Its New Editor in Chief |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/politico-europe-names-jamil-anderlini-its-new-editor-in-chief/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Adweek}} In late 2024 it was announced that Anderlini would move into the role of Regional Director of Politico's European operation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/politicos-next-chapter-in-europe/|title=Politico announces new leadership structure in Europe|website=Politico|date=21 November 2024|language=en|access-date=25 February 2025}} Kate Day was appointed Senior Executive Editor of the European operation of Politico in late 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2025/02/19/politicos-global-editor-in-chief-john-harris-announces-newsroom-organizational-structure-00204842 |first1=Melissa |last1=Cooke |title=Politico's Global Editor-In-Chief John Harris Announces Newsroom Organizational Structure |website=Politico|date=19 February 2025|language=en|access-date=25 February 2025}}

Under Glasser and successor Carrie Budoff Brown, Politico expanded its focus on investigating Washington policymakers, leading to multiple resignations. A series of stories by Sherman and Palmer in 2015 "helped break open the scandal that forced the resignation of Representative Aaron Schock of Illinois in 2015", according to The New York Times.{{Cite news |url-access=subscription |last=Rutenberg |first=Jim |date=2016-06-20 |title=Mike Allen, Politico's Newsletter Pioneer, Is Handing Over the Reins |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/business/media/mike-allen-politicos-newsletter-pioneer-is-handing-over-the-reins.html |access-date=2022-04-11 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125728/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/business/media/mike-allen-politicos-newsletter-pioneer-is-handing-over-the-reins.html |url-status=live }} Reporter Marianne Levine in 2017 "helped bring down Trump's Labor Secretary pick," Andy Puzder, after breaking the story that Puzder's ex-wife had accused him of spousal abuse, according to Poynter.{{cite web |date=2017-02-16 |title=How a Politico reporter helped bring down Trump's Labor Secretary pick |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2017/how-a-politico-reporter-helped-bring-down-trumps-labor-secretary-pick/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Poynter |language=en-US |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305080704/https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2017/how-a-politico-reporter-helped-bring-down-trumps-labor-secretary-pick/ |url-status=live }} Puzder withdrew his nomination after the story.

In September 2017, reporters Rachana Pradhan and Dan Diamond authored a "bombshell" investigation of how President Donald Trump's health secretary, Tom Price, was flying on charter jets paid for by taxpayers, according to the Washington Post.{{Cite news |last=Wemple |first=Erik |date=October 4, 2017 |title=Opinion: Stakeout at Dulles Airport launched Politico bombshell on Tom Price's charter-flight scandal |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/10/04/stakeout-at-dulles-airport-launched-politico-bombshell-on-tom-prices-charter-flight-scandal/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=June 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616114153/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/10/04/stakeout-at-dulles-airport-launched-politico-bombshell-on-tom-prices-charter-flight-scandal/ |url-status=live }} Price resigned after the stories.

The "indispensable" stories published by Politico under Budoff Brown in 2017 helped it "get its groove back," according to the Washingtonian{{'}}s Andrew Beaujon.{{cite web |date=2017-12-29 |title=The Year in DC Media Stories {{!}} Washingtonian (DC) |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/12/29/the-year-in-dc-media-stories/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Washingtonian |language=en-US |archive-date=April 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422230144/https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/12/29/the-year-in-dc-media-stories/ |url-status=live }}

Politico reporter Alex Thompson in February 2022 broke the "bombshell report" of how Eric Lander, President Joe Biden's science adviser, had been "demeaning" colleagues in the office, according to Endpoints News.{{cite web |title=On the heels of exposé revealing 'demeaning' conduct, Eric Lander resigns from White House's top science perch |url=https://endpts.com/on-the-heels-of-expose-revealing-demeaning-conduct-eric-lander-resigns-from-white-houses-top-science-perch/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Endpoints News |language=en |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226165102/https://endpts.com/on-the-heels-of-expose-revealing-demeaning-conduct-eric-lander-resigns-from-white-houses-top-science-perch/ |url-status=live }} Lander resigned after the story.

Politico acquired E&E News in December 2020 to expand its coverage of the energy and environmental sectors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.{{cite web |last=Cooke |first=Melissa |date=December 29, 2020 |title=POLITICO Acquires E&E News |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2020/12/29/politico-acquires-e-e-news-1525901 |website=Politico |access-date=December 29, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412064842/https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2020/12/29/politico-acquires-e-e-news-1525901 |url-status=live }}

In October 2021, the large German publishing and media firm Axel Springer SE announced that it had completed the acquisition of Politico for over $1 billion. The closing took place in late October 2021.{{Cite web |title=Axel Springer Completes Acquisition of POLITICO |url=https://www.axelspringer.com/en/ax-press-release/axel-springer-completes-acquisition-of-politico |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015548/https://www.axelspringer.com/en/ax-press-release/axel-springer-completes-acquisition-of-politico |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=www.axelspringer.com}}{{cite web |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Politico sells to German publishing giant Axel Springer in deal worth about $1 billion |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/26/axel-springer-to-buy-politico.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415201500/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/26/axel-springer-to-buy-politico.html |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |website=CNBC}}{{cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=2021-08-26 |title=Politico will be sold to Axel Springer for over $1 billion |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/media/politico-sale-axel-springer/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826144626/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/media/politico-sale-axel-springer/index.html |archive-date=August 26, 2021}} The new owners said they would add staff, and at some point, put the publication's news content behind a paywall.{{cite web |last1=Feiner |first1=Lauren |last2=Sherman |first2=Alex |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Politico sells to German publishing giant Axel Springer in deal worth about $1 billion |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/26/axel-springer-to-buy-politico.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415201500/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/26/axel-springer-to-buy-politico.html |archive-date=April 15, 2022 |access-date=August 26, 2021 |website=CNBC}}{{cite news |last1=Pancevski |first1=Bojan |date=October 15, 2021 |title=Politico's New Owner Plans to Grow Staff, Launch Paywall |publisher=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/politicos-new-owner-plans-to-grow-staff-launch-paywall-11634325249 |url-status=live |access-date=October 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211015213358/https://www.wsj.com/articles/politicos-new-owner-plans-to-grow-staff-launch-paywall-11634325249 |archive-date=October 15, 2021}}{{cite web |date=November 9, 2020 |title=American Views 2020: Trust, Media and Democracy |url=https://knightfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-Views-2020-Trust-Media-and-Democracy.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807214000/https://knightfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-Views-2020-Trust-Media-and-Democracy.pdf |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |access-date=January 17, 2021 |website=Knight Foundation |page=57}}

Axel Springer's Chief Executive Mathias Döpfner said that Politico staff would need to adhere to Axel Springer's principles,{{cite web | url=https://www.axelspringer.com/en/values | title=Values | access-date=December 23, 2022 | archive-date=October 31, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031190945/https://www.axelspringer.com/en/values | url-status=dead }} including support for a united Europe, Israel's right to exist, advocate the transatlantic alliance between the United States of America and Europe and a free-market economy, and that staff who disagree with the principles "should not work for Axel Springer, very clearly".{{cite news |last1=Pancevski |first1=Bojan |title=WSJ News Exclusive {{!}} Politico's New Owner Plans to Grow Staff, Launch Paywall |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/politicos-new-owner-plans-to-grow-staff-launch-paywall-11634325249 |access-date=18 October 2021 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=15 October 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211015213358/https://www.wsj.com/articles/politicos-new-owner-plans-to-grow-staff-launch-paywall-11634325249 |archive-date=October 15, 2021 |url-status=live }} Axel Springer said that they would not require Politico employees to sign documents in support of a transatlantic alliance or Israel, though this policy is enforced at German newspaper Bild, another Axel Springer subsidiary.{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Ben|date=2021-08-29|title=Inside Politico's Billion-Dollar Drama|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/business/media/politico-robert-allbritton.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/29/business/media/politico-robert-allbritton.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited|access-date=2021-12-04|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}

In September 2022, Politico published an exposé critical of NGO leadership at the helm of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic response, written in cooperation with the German newspaper Die Welt, another Axel Springer property.{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/14/global-covid-pandemic-response-bill-gates-partners-00053969 | title=How Bill Gates and partners used their clout to control the global Covid response — with little oversight | website=Politico |date=September 14, 2022 }}

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.{{cite web |last1=Gerstein |first1=Josh |last2=Ward |first2=Alexander |date=May 2, 2022 |title=Exclusive: Supreme Court had voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504032815/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473 |url-status=live }} Chief Justice John Roberts directed the Marshal of the Court to conduct an investigation into the source of the leak.{{cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_05-03-22|publisher=Supreme Court of the United States|date=3 May 2022|title=For Immediate Release|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506102338/https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_05-03-22|url-status=live}} The story became the most-trafficked in the publisher's history, with 11 million views by May 6. Politico{{'}}s first tweet on the report gained more than triple the impressions it normally saw in an entire month on Twitter.{{cite news |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |title=Politico's exclusive on Roe v. Wade was most-viewed story in outlet's history |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/06/media/politico-scotus-roe-v-wade-scoop/index.html |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=CNN |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507073601/https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/06/media/politico-scotus-roe-v-wade-scoop/index.html |url-status=live }}

In June 2024, several top Politico reporters left the company.{{Cite web |last=Tani |first=Max |date=June 25, 2024 |title=Top reporters leave Politico |url=https://www.semafor.com/article/06/25/2024/top-reporters-leave-politico |website=Semafor |access-date=June 26, 2024}}

In February 2025, Editor-in-Chief John Harris announced the latest changes in the newsroom's leadership, including the following appointments:

• Joseph Schatz, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
• Alex Burns, Senior Executive Editor, US
• Kate Day, Senior Executive Editor, Europe

On January 31, 2025, a Defense Department memo announced that Politico must move out of its longtime workspace on the Correspondents' Corridor in the Pentagon, a move under a new Annual Media Rotation Program for the Pentagon Press Corps.{{cite web | title=Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations as part of a new 'rotation program' | website=NBC News | date=2025-02-01 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/pentagon-removes-major-media-outlets-nbc-news-dedicated-workstations-p-rcna190276 | access-date=2025-02-01}}

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Politico editor Michael Hirsh resigned in November 2016 after publishing the home address of white supremacist Richard B. Spencer on Facebook.{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Christine |date=November 22, 2016 |title=Politico editor resigns after sharing addresses of white nationalist on Facebook |work=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/22/politico-editor-resigns-after-sharing-addresses-of-white-nationalist-on-facebook.html |access-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-date=November 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124025243/http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/22/politico-editor-resigns-after-sharing-addresses-of-white-nationalist-on-facebook.html |url-status=live }}

In January 2022, Politico Playbook incorrectly reported that United States Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor had been seen having dinner with leading Democrats, after Sotomayor earlier having claimed that she could not appear in person for oral arguments at the court. It later turned out that Politico had mistaken Chuck Schumer's wife Iris Weinshall for Sotomayor, who had never been at the dinner, and Politico did not verify the report.{{cite web |author=Martin Pengelly |date=January 9, 2022 |title=DC media makes meal of supposed Sotomayor restaurant sighting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/09/politico-sonia-sotomayor-dc-eatery |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504172903/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/09/politico-sonia-sotomayor-dc-eatery |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |work=The Guardian}}{{cite web |author=Zachary Petrizzo |date=January 8, 2021 |title=Politico Playbook Issues Correction for Botched Sotomayor Sighting |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/politico-playbook-issues-correction-after-botched-justice-sonia-sotomayor-sighting-at-le-diplomate |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407091749/https://www.thedailybeast.com/politico-playbook-issues-correction-after-botched-justice-sonia-sotomayor-sighting-at-le-diplomate |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=The Daily Beast}}{{cite web |author=Diane Haithman |date=January 8, 2022 |title=Politico Savaged for 'Erroneously' Putting Justice Sonia Sotomayor at DC Dinner After Court Argument Over COVID Mandates |url=https://www.thewrap.com/politico-put-sotomayor-at-democrats-dinner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407091749/https://www.thewrap.com/politico-put-sotomayor-at-democrats-dinner/ |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=January 11, 2021 |work=The Wrap}}

Politico Magazine published an article in April 2017 purporting to show long-term links between U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, through the Orthodox Jewish Hasidic organisation Chabad-Lubavitch.{{Cite news |last=Schreckinger |first=Ben |date=April 9, 2017 |title=The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/the-happy-go-lucky-jewish-group-that-connects-trump-and-putin-215007 |url-status=live |access-date=November 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520014231/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/the-happy-go-lucky-jewish-group-that-connects-trump-and-putin-215007 |archive-date=May 20, 2019}} The article was widely criticised for failing to contact Chabad, and failing to show a connection between Trump and Putin through Chabad.{{Cite news |last=Zalman |first=Jonathan |date=April 10, 2017 |title=Politico's Dubious Chabad Story Receives Widespread Criticism |work=Tablet Magazine |url=http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/229930/politicos-dubious-chabad-story-receives-widespread-criticism |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081938/http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/229930/politicos-dubious-chabad-story-receives-widespread-criticism |archive-date=April 14, 2017}}{{Cite news |last=Sales |first=Ben |date=April 10, 2017 |title=Politico says Chabad is Trump's partner in – something. Not so fast. |work=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |url=https://www.jta.org/2017/04/10/news-opinion/united-states/politico-says-chabad-is-trumps-jewish-movement-not-so-fast |url-status=live |access-date=July 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503033118/http://www.jta.org/2017/04/10/news-opinion/united-states/politico-says-chabad-is-trumps-jewish-movement-not-so-fast |archive-date=May 3, 2017}}

In March 2019, Politico was again accused of antisemitism when it published an article depicting imagery of presidential candidate U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders next to money trees. Sanders, one of two Jewish candidates for the 2020 U.S. presidential election, was targeted for the amount of wealth he accumulated over his lifetime.{{Cite news |last=Auber |first=Tamar |date=March 25, 2019 |title=AOC Calls Out Politico for 'Anti-Semitic' Tweet Labeling Bernie Sanders as 'Rich' and 'Cheap' |work=Mediaite |url=https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/aoc-calls-out-politico-for-anti-semitic-tweet-labeling-bernie-sanders-as-rich-and-cheap |access-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015540/https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/aoc-calls-out-politico-for-anti-semitic-tweet-labeling-bernie-sanders-as-rich-and-cheap/ |url-status=live }} Politico staff writer Michael Kruse wrote the article detailing the senator's wealth, writing that Sanders "might still be cheap", according to one of the senator's friends, "but he's sure not poor", which was criticized as combining two antisemitic tropes (Jews are cheap; Jews are rich). Politico{{'s}} official Twitter account used the quote to share the story; the tweet was later deleted.{{cite web |last=Browden |first=John |date=May 25, 2019 |title=Ocasio-Cortez, progressives trash 'antisemitic' Politico illustration of Bernie Sanders |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445562-ocasio-cortez-progressives-trash-antisemitic-politico-illustration-of-bernie |access-date=December 15, 2020 |website=The Hill |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015536/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445562-ocasio-cortez-progressives-trash-antisemitic-politico-illustration-of-bernie |url-status=live }}

On January 14, 2021, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro was featured as a guest writer for Politico's Playbook newsletter, where he defended Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who opposed the second impeachment of Donald Trump.{{cite web |last=Shapiro |first=Ben |title=POLITICO Playbook: The real reason most Republicans opposed impeachment |url=https://politi.co/2N5X4nN |website=POLITICO |date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507073601/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2021/01/14/the-real-reason-most-republicans-opposed-impeachment-491399 |url-status=live }} The newsletter drew backlash from Politico staffers. Matthew Kaminski, editor in chief of Politico, declined to apologize and defended the decision to publish the article, stating: "We're not going to back away from having published something because some people think it was a mistake to do so." He added that the newspaper "stands by every word" in the article.{{cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/politico-faces-backlash-for-handing-playbook-over-to-right-wing-bomb-thrower-ben-shapiro|title='Mischief Making': Politico Boss Defends Handing Over Playbook to Right-Wing Bombthrower Ben Shapiro|access-date=March 22, 2022|date=January 14, 2021|publisher=The Daily Beast|author=Maxwell Tani|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126150907/https://www.thedailybeast.com/politico-faces-backlash-for-handing-playbook-over-to-right-wing-bomb-thrower-ben-shapiro|url-status=live}} According to The Daily Beast, more than 100 Politico staffers signed onto a letter to publisher Robert Allbritton criticizing Politico{{'}}s decision to feature Shapiro's article and the response from Kaminski.{{cite news |last1=Tani |first1=Maxwell |title=100+ Politico Staffers Send Letter to Publisher Railing Against Publishing Ben Shapiro |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/more-than-100-politico-staffers-send-letter-to-ceo-railing-against-publishing-ben-shapiro |access-date=October 16, 2021 |publisher=The Daily Beast |date=February 3, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424154603/https://www.thedailybeast.com/more-than-100-politico-staffers-send-letter-to-ceo-railing-against-publishing-ben-shapiro |url-status=live }}

Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm, microtargeted pro-Trump voters and anti-Hillary Clinton voters with native advertising and sponsored or branded content on Politico.{{cite web |last=Uberti |first=David |date=March 23, 2018 |title=Politico Apparently Helped Make One of the Trump Campaign's Most Successful Ads |url=https://splinternews.com/politico-apparently-helped-make-one-of-the-trump-campai-1824022827 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407091749/https://splinternews.com/politico-apparently-helped-make-one-of-the-trump-campai-1824022827 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=May 12, 2018 |website=Splinter News}}{{cite web |title=Sponsor-generated content: Ten inconvenient truths about the Clinton Foundation |url=http://www.politico.com/sponsor-content/2016/08/inconvenient-truths-about-clinton-foundation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327015550/https://www.politico.com/sponsor-content/2016/08/inconvenient-truths-about-clinton-foundation |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |access-date=May 12, 2018 |website=Politico}}{{Cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Paul |last2=Hilder |first2=Paul |date=March 23, 2018 |title=Leaked: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for Trump victory |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/23/leaked-cambridge-analyticas-blueprint-for-trump-victory |url-status=live |access-date=May 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718074802/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/23/leaked-cambridge-analyticas-blueprint-for-trump-victory |archive-date=July 18, 2019}}

In 2024, Politico were handed leaked confidential materials from the Donald Trump presidential campaign. Politico confirmed that the documents were authentic but refused to report on their contents. The Associated Press wrote that the decision by Politico to not report on the Trump campaign leaks stands "in marked contrast" to Politico{{'}}s extensive reporting on the leaked email communications of Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign manager, John Podesta.{{Cite web |last=Bauder |first=David |date=2024-08-13 |title=News outlets were leaked insider material from the Trump campaign. They chose not to print it |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-vance-leak-media-wikileaks-e30bdccbdd4abc9506735408cdc9bf7b?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter |website=AP News |language=en}}

An investigation by The Intercept, The Nation, and DeSmog found that Politico is one of the leading media outlets that publishes advertising for the fossil fuel industry while failing to adequately distinguish between independent journalism and native advertising.{{cite news|date=December 5, 2023|author=Amy Westervelt & Matthew Green|url=https://theintercept.com/2023/12/05/fossil-fuel-industry-media-company-advertising/|title=Leading News Outlets Are Doing the Fossil Fuel Industry's Greenwashing|publisher=The Intercept|access-date=September 1, 2024}} Journalists who cover climate change for Politico are concerned that conflicts of interest with the companies and industries that cause climate change, obstruct action, and engage in greenwashing through sponsored content will reduce the credibility of their reporting on climate change and cause readers to be misinformed.

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As of 2017, Politico claimed to average 26 million unique visitors a month to its American website, and more than 1.5 million unique visitors to its European site.{{Cite news |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Politico Facts |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/about/press/facts |access-date=November 5, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004257/https://www.politico.com/about/press/facts |url-status=live }} Following the acquisition of the company by Axel Springer SE, Haaretz and Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting reported that Politico would enforce a policy on employees requiring them to acknowledge Israel's right to exist.{{cite web|date=2021-11-05|title=Politico's Staff Must Toe New Owner's Line—Including Endorsing Israel|url=https://fair.org/home/politicos-staff-must-toe-new-owners-line-including-endorsing-israel/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-04|website=Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting|language=en-US|archive-date=May 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505123501/https://fair.org/home/politicos-staff-must-toe-new-owners-line-including-endorsing-israel/}}

The print newspaper had a circulation of approximately 32,000 in 2009, distributed free in Washington, D.C., and Manhattan.{{Cite news |last=Wolff, Michael |author-link=Michael Wolff (journalist) |date=August 2009 |title=Politico's Washington Coup |work=Vanity Fair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/wolff200908 |url-status=live |access-date=May 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414030945/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2009/08/wolff200908 |archive-date=April 14, 2016}} The newspaper prints up to five issues a week while Congress is in session and sometimes publishes one issue a week when Congress is in recess.{{cite web |date=January 22, 2007 |title=Editor sees room for Politico coverage |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jan/21/20070121-102604-6082r/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231256/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jan/21/20070121-102604-6082r/ |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=May 10, 2016 |website=The Washington Times}} It carries advertising, including full-page ads from trade associations and a large help-wanted section listing Washington political jobs.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

Allsides.com rates its media bias as “Leans Left” as of its last editorial review in June 2022.{{Cite web |date=2012-05-24 |title=Politico Media Bias Rating |url=https://www.allsides.com/news-source/politico-media-bias |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=AllSides |language=en}}

Multiple commentators have credited Politico{{’}}s original organizational philosophy—namely, prioritizing scoops and publishing large numbers of stories—with forcing other, more-established publications to make a number of changes, such as increasing their pace of production and changing their tone.{{Cite news |last=Douthat |first=Ross |date=August 10, 2013 |title=How the Post Was Lost |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/douthat-how-the-post-was-lost.html |access-date=July 28, 2017 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407091751/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/douthat-how-the-post-was-lost.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |last=Kraushaar |first=Josh |date=June 2009 |title=Online News Leads Presidential Campaign Cycle |journal=Journalism Studies |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=435–438 |doi=10.1080/14616700902987256 |s2cid=145109555}} Other outlets, including Axios and Punchbowl News, were started by Politico employees.{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Ben |date=2021-01-03 |title=They Seem to Think the Next Four Years Will Be Normal |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/business/media/punchbowl-playbook-capitol-hill-politics.html |access-date=2022-04-11 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/business/media/punchbowl-playbook-capitol-hill-politics.html |url-status=live }}

Politico won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012, for Matt Wuerker's editorial cartoons.{{Cite web |title=Matt Wuerker of POLITICO |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/matt-wuerker |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.pulitzer.org |language=en}} Politico also has won four 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, the third in 2020 for Dan Diamond's investigation of political interference in the U.S. federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the fourth in 2022 for Josh Gerstein, Alex Ward, Peter Canellos, and the staff of Politico for revealing a draft of the Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.{{Cite web |title=Past Winners {{!}} Long Island University |url=https://www.liu.edu/polk-awards/past-winners#2014 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.liu.edu}}

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