The "Express" has been published every weekday in a tabloid format since it started publication on August 4, 2003. It is distributed by hawkers at Washington Metro stations and in newspaper racks at other locations throughout the Washington metropolitan area. It was owned and printed by the Washington Post Company, owner of "The Washington Post", which is itself owned by Jeff Bezos through a holding company called Nash Holdings LLC. , it had a daily print circulation of 180,000. The "Express" is published by Express Publications Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Washington Post Company.