The Virginian-Pilot
Overview
 
The Virginian-Pilot is a daily newspaper
Newspaper
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 based in Norfolk
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....

, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, and serving the Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
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 metropolitan area, southeastern Virginia, the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Eastern Shore of Virginia
The Eastern Shore of Virginia consists of two counties on the Atlantic coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region is part of the Delmarva Peninsula and is separated from the rest of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay. Its population was 45,553 as of 2010...

, and northeastern North Carolina
North Carolina
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. The flagship property of Landmark Media Enterprises, The Pilot is Virginia's largest daily metro paper. It is sometimes erroneously called The VIRGINIA Pilot.
The Virginian-Pilot and its sister afternoon edition, the Ledger-Star (which ceased publication in 1995) were created by Samuel L.
 
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