About Us

Express was launched by a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company in August 2003. It currently distributes 190,000 copies of the newspaper along the Metrorail system and in urban locations with heavy daytime foot traffic.

Express is a free daily newspaper that features local, national and international news along with sports, business, entertainment, health, fashion, career and other information in a colorful, convenient tabloid format. Published Monday through Friday, the paper is distributed in more than 1,800 news racks at health clubs, apartment buildings, restaurants, college campuses, urban street locations and at Metrorail stations where it is also passed out by hawkers. Express reaches an audience of 285,900 daily and 531,300 weekly. It's a quick-read newspaper for people on the go.

Daily Features:
Local, National and World News, Entertainment, Sports, Money, Lookout, Eye Openers, Weather, TV Listings, Sudoku, Crossword, Comics

Weekly Features:
Careers (Monday), Personal Technology (Monday), Cars (Wednesday), Travel (Wednesday)

Weekly Sections:
FIT (Tuesday), Weekend Pass (Thursday), Lookout Weekend (Friday)

Monthly Features:
Getting Ahead - Second Wednesday of each month Apartments.com Guide - Last Wednesday of each month Condo Living - Last Friday of each month

Readexpress.com is the Web site for Express. It gives users the ability to download Express editions in PDF format, but offers much more, including a blog on daily news events with links to other relevant articles and the ability for readers to comment, a Metro-centric mapping feature that allows users to locate restaurants, museums, theaters and more near any Metro location, and a robust classified section that compiles local classified listings from hundreds of Web sites.

Express is handed out by distributors at the majority of Metrorail stations from approximately 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. It is also available in over 1,800 rack locations at Metro, health clubs, restaurants, apartment buildings and college campuses as well as urban neighborhood locations such as: Adams Morgan, Alexandria, Arlington, Bethesda, Clarendon, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, Georgetown, Rosslyn and Silver Spring.

For general advertising inquiries or to place a display ad, please call 202-334-6025 or e-mail ads@readexpress.com.

To place a help wanted/jobs ad, please call 202-334-4100.

To place other classified ads, please call 202-334-6200.

Refer to the "Advertise in Express" link in the bottom of readexpress.com for more information about the Express audience, demographics, reach and rates.

To submit Letters to the Editor, please e-mail inbox@readexpress.com.

Tell us what you think about Express at comments@readexpress.com.

For advertising information please call (202) 334-6025 or e-mail ads@readexpress.com.

For circulation inquiries or comments please call (202) 334-6992 or e-mail circulation@readexpress.com.

To submit event listings, please e-mail information to expressevents@readexpress.com.

For information on internships at Express, please e-mail holly.morris@readexpress.com.

Press release information may be faxed to (703) 469-2831.
 

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