 The most circulated native newspapers in the Commonwealth are Norfolk 's The Virginian @-@ Pilot ( 142 @,@ 476 daily subscribers ) , the Richmond Times @-@ Dispatch ( 108 @,@ 559 ) , and The Roanoke Times ( 78 @,@ 663 ) , as of 2014 . Several Washington , D.C. papers are based in Northern Virginia , such as The Washington Examiner and Politico . The paper with the nation 's widest circulation , USA Today , with 1 @.@ 83 million daily subscriptions , is headquartered in McLean . Besides traditional forms of media , Virginia is the home base for telecommunication companies such as Voxant and XO Communications . In Northern Virginia , The Washington Post is the dominant newspaper , since Northern VA is located in the Washington , DC metropolitan area . 
