Editing Virginia (section)

==Media==
{{See also|List of newspapers in Virginia|List of radio stations in Virginia|List of television stations in Virginia}}
[[File:USA Today building.jpg|thumb|''[[USA Today]]'', one of the [[List of newspapers in the United States|nation's largest circulation newspapers]], is headquartered in [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]].|alt=Two geometric all glass towers connected by a central atrium stand in front of a grassy walkway and under a dark and cloudy sky]]
The [[Hampton Roads]] area is the 44th-largest [[media market]] in the United States as ranked by [[Nielsen Media Research]], while the [[Richmond-Petersburg]] area is 56th and [[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]]-[[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]] is 71st {{as of|2022|lc=on}}. Northern Virginia is part of the much larger Washington, D.C. media market, which is the country's ninth-largest.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nab.org/documents/resources/2022-2023DMARANKS.xlsx|title=Local Television Market Universe Estimates|date=January 1, 2023|access-date=January 4, 2023|website=National Association of Broadcasters}}</ref>

There are 36 [[List of television stations in Virginia|television stations in Virginia]], representing each major [[List of United States over-the-air television networks|U.S. network]], part of 42 stations which serve Virginia viewers including those broadcasting from neighboring jurisdictions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mondotimes.com/world/usa/tv.html?state=46|title=Virginia TV Stations|website=MondoTimes|year=2020|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> There are 595&nbsp;[[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]-licensed FM [[List of radio stations in Virginia|radio stations broadcast in Virginia]] and 239 AM stations {{as of|2020|lc=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?state=VA|title=FM Query|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=June 1, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?state=VA|title=AM Query|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=June 1, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2020}}</ref> The nationally available [[Public Broadcasting Service]] (PBS) is headquartered in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]]. Independent PBS affiliates exist throughout Virginia, and the Arlington [[PBS]] member station [[WETA-TV]] produces programs such as the ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'' and ''[[Washington Week]]''.

The most circulated [[List of newspapers in Virginia|native newspapers in the Commonwealth]] are [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk's]] ''[[The Virginian-Pilot]]'' with around 132,000&nbsp;subscribers,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tronc-buys-virginian-pilot-newspaper-20180529-story.html |title= Tronc buys Virginian-Pilot newspaper in Norfolk |first= Robert |last= Channick |newspaper= The Chicago Tribune |date= May 29, 2018 |access-date= June 1, 2020}}</ref> the ''[[Richmond Times-Dispatch]]'' with 86,219,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://bluevirginia.us/2018/10/dying-richmond-times-dispatch-announces-it-will-stop-making-endorsements-blames-its-customers |title= Dying Richmond Times-Dispatch Announces It Will Stop Making Endorsements |website= Blue Virginia |date= October 21, 2018 |access-date= June 1, 2020}}</ref> and ''[[The Roanoke Times]]'' {{As of|2018|lc=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Virginia Daily Newspapers by Circulation|website=Agility PR|url=https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/top-10-virginia-daily-newspapers-circulation/|access-date=June 1, 2020|date=January 2020}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'', which is headquartered in [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]], has seen its daily subscription number decline significantly from over 500,000 in 2019 to just over 180,000 in 2021, but is still the third-most circulated paper nationwide.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://pressgazette.co.uk/biggest-us-newspapers-by-circulation/ |title= Top 25 US newspapers by circulation: America's largest titles have lost 20% of print sales since Covid-19 hit |website= Press Gazette |first= William |last= Turvill |date= August 21, 2021 |access-date= August 14, 2022}}</ref> ''USA Today'' is the flagship publication of [[Gannett|Gannett, Inc.]], which merged with [[GateHouse Media]] in 2019, and operates over one hundred local newspapers nationwide.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/30/gannett-newspapers-furloughs/ |title= Gannett will furlough workers at more than 100 newspapers over next three months |newspaper= The Washington Post |first= Jacob |last= Bogage |date= March 30, 2020 |access-date= June 1, 2020}}</ref> In Northern Virginia, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' is the dominant newspaper and provides local coverage for the region.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. L. Jeffries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Aky-V0CFFWEC&pg=PA115|title=Virginia's Native Son: The Election and Administration of Governor L. Douglas Wilder|page=115|year=2000|publisher=Purdue University Press|isbn = 978-1-55753-411-8}}</ref> ''[[Politico (newspaper)|Politico]]'' and ''[[Axios (website)|Axios]]'', which both cover national politics, have their headquarters in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2022/04/21/inside-the-20-plus-year-relationship-that-made-arlington-a-new-global-media-capital/ |title= Inside the 20-Plus-Year-Relationship That Made Arlington a New Global Media Capital |magazine= Northern Virginia Magazine |first= James |last= Finley |date= April 21, 2022 |access-date= June 23, 2024}}</ref>