You want your business on DC News Now. Not in a directory, not on a coupon page, but on dcnewsnow.com, the capital region news site that people across DC, suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia read every day. This page gives you the complete answer: whether a business like yours can buy this, the proof that small DMV businesses already appear there in labelled sponsored features, what you actually get, how publishing works step by step, what decides the price, and the one email that starts it.
The short answer: yes, a DMV business can get featured on DC News Now
Yes. A business in the DMV can be published on DC News Now through a paid article placement on dcnewsnow.com. This is not pitching a story to the newsroom and hoping an assignment editor bites. It is a separate, legitimate route: a sponsored article about your business, reviewed by the outlet before it goes live, and permanent once published.
The evidence is sitting on the site itself. Articles on dcnewsnow.com run under explicit "Sponsored Content:" and "Sponsored:" title lines, including features for small local businesses tied to the station's Living Local DMV strand: a permanent jewellery brand, a cookie bakery, a fashion label. Small DMV firms publish their own "featured on DC News Now" pages about these appearances, because the credential is worth displaying. Advertiser demand in this market is visibly active. What has never existed is a page that explains the written article route to the businesses doing the searching. This is that page, and the route runs through us. You do not need a PR firm or a media contact. You need a business worth writing about and one email. If you want to compare how outlets handle paid placements first, our guide to which news outlets accept sponsored content lays out the landscape honestly.
Ready to get your business on DC News Now?
Send us your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. You get a fit confirmation and your individual quote back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgOne email starts it. No form, no obligation.
What you actually get: your business on the DMV's own news site
Picture the finished thing, because that is what you are buying. A live article page on dcnewsnow.com carries your business name in the headline and your story in the text: what you do, why you are good at it, and where customers across the capital region can find you. It sits on the site your customers already use for regional news, weather and traffic.
Then the article starts working in the places a small firm actually wins business. You put the link in proposals and partner emails. You add it to your listings, where a "featured on DC News Now" line separates you from every competitor who only has reviews. You add DC News Now to the "As Featured On" row of your own website, the same credential small DMV businesses already display publicly about their sponsored appearances. In a region where trust is checked before contracts are signed, a permanent article on the region's own news site is proof that keeps answering for you.
Why DC News Now carries weight in the capital region
DC News Now is young, and this page will not pretend otherwise. The news service launched on 11 July 2022 as WDCW's news operation, and its rise is the story: it already produces more than 67 hours of local news programming a week, with content running 24/7 on dcnewsnow.com. Youth is not the claim here. Trajectory and footprint are.
The footprint is genuinely regional, which is what DMV businesses actually need. Beyond the Beltway, DC News Now runs bureaus in Frederick, Hagerstown and Lanham in Maryland and in Chantilly, Virginia, gathering news where the region's customers actually live rather than only downtown. The station behind it, WDCW channel 50, first aired on 1 November 1981 and was one of the charter affiliates of The CW in 2006. In February 2024 the station became the television home of Loudoun United FC, with home matches livestreamed on dcnewsnow.com for local viewers, one more thread tying the site to the region's daily life.
The numbers, stated plainly rather than dressed up. In our outlet directory, DC News Now carries a Domain Authority of 63 and roughly 433K monthly organic visits. For a service launched in 2022, that is a young, growing audience in the exact market you sell to. Businesses do not buy this placement for raw national scale. They buy it because it is the capital region's own news name, read by the professional and government adjacent households who make this region's buying decisions.
What a sponsored article on dcnewsnow.com actually looks like
Let us be precise about the product, because precision is where vague offers fall apart.
The article is a full page on dcnewsnow.com itself. It runs in the labelled form you can already see on the site, where sponsored pieces carry explicit "Sponsored Content:" and "Sponsored:" title lines. Many of the visible examples are tied to Living Local DMV features for small local businesses, which tells you two things at once: the format is real, and the buyers using it are businesses like yours, not only national brands.
The article is reviewed by the outlet before it is published, so what goes live has passed DC News Now's own check. Once live, the placement is permanent. It does not disappear when a show airs or a week passes. The article links to your website, and those links carry sponsored attributes, as paid content rules require. Anyone who promises you a plain editorial dofollow link from a paid placement is describing something that does not exist. What you get is better: a permanent, credible page about your business on the region's own news site, sending real local readers to you.
The Living Local DMV segment and the article are two different buys
This distinction matters, because the visible sponsored examples on the site are tied to the show. Living Local DMV is the station's lifestyle programme. A business appearance there is a broadcast arrangement: it airs, it is seen, and then it is over. Even the sponsored interview series a federal credit union ran there was a broadcast arrangement, not a web article.
The article is the written, permanent, searchable version of that presence: your business's story on dcnewsnow.com as its own page, with your own link inside it, findable by customers long after any segment would have aired. This page sells the article. If a televised appearance is what you want, that is arranged through the station's broadcast side. If what you want is a permanent written feature that people can find, read and share, you are in the right place.
Who a DC News Now article is right for, and who should skip it
This placement fits businesses whose customers live and buy across the capital region: DC itself, suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. It is especially strong for firms that sell to the region's professional households and to the government adjacent economy around them, and for any local business whose customer checks credibility before spending. The visible sponsored run on the site, small retailers and service brands among them, shows the size of business this product is actually built for.
It does not fit a business with no capital region customers. A Washington name alone is not a strategy if the people who would read your article can never buy from you. Spend the money on the outlet your customers actually read, and we would rather tell you that now than sell you the wrong placement. If a major market station article at a larger scale is the real need, the PIX11 guide explains that route, and if your buyers are businesses rather than consumers, our Business Journals guide covers the B2B side.
How publishing on DC News Now works, step by step
Step 1: Email us. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. That email is the whole application. There is no form, no account to create, no retainer to sign.
Step 2: Fit confirmation and your quote. We confirm that your business and your topic fit the outlet, and you receive your individual quote. What decides that quote is covered in the final section below.
Step 3: The article. You can supply the article yourself, or we arrange the writing for you. Either way, the draft goes to the outlet for review before anything is published.
Step 4: Review and go live. DC News Now reviews the article. Once it is approved, it is published on dcnewsnow.com, fast once the review is complete. Your exact timeline is confirmed in your quote before you pay anything.
Step 5: Your live link. You receive the live link to your article. It is yours for proposals, listings, partner emails and your own website from that day on.
Your protection is stated plainly, because it is part of the arrangement before you pay anything: payment is in full in advance, and if the article does not go live, you receive a full refund, in writing. There is no version of this where you pay and end up with nothing.
What decides the price, the honest limits, and how to start
There is no public price for a DC News Now article, and this page is not hiding one to force you into a conversation. The price is set per placement because the deciding factors differ for every business: the scope of the article, whether you supply it or we arrange the writing, the placement specifics, and timing. Every placement is therefore quoted individually, by email, with no obligation to proceed. Whether it fits your budget is answered by that quote, which costs nothing to request. Our guide to how much a sponsored article costs explains the factor model in full.
The limits, stated the way we would want them stated to us. The article is paid content and is labelled as such; it is not editorial coverage and it is not the newsroom endorsing your business. No one can guarantee you search rankings, a traffic figure, or sales from a placement like this, and anyone who promises those numbers is selling something that does not exist. What the article does, permanently, is put a credible, findable page about your business on the capital region's own news site.
If DC News Now is the outlet your customers read, the next step is a single email. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and the story the article should tell. You will get a fit confirmation and your individual quote back. Our services page covers the wider picture of what we do, but the email is how a DC News Now article actually begins.
Get your business on DC News Now
One email with your business name, your website, and the story you want told. Your fit confirmation and individual quote come back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgFull refund in writing if your article does not go live.
Frequently asked questions
How can my business get featured on DC News Now?
Email us with your business name, your website and your story. We confirm fit, quote individually, place a labelled article on dcnewsnow.com after the outlet's review, and send you the live link.
How much does a DC News Now sponsored article cost?
There is no public price, because each placement is quoted individually. The factors are the article's scope, whether you supply it or we arrange the writing, the placement specifics and timing. One email to uzairasad@pressfeature.org returns your exact quote, with no obligation.
How do I get on Living Local DMV?
Living Local DMV is the station's TV lifestyle show, and appearances on it are broadcast arrangements. The permanent written route is an article on dcnewsnow.com, which is what we arrange.
Does DC News Now publish sponsored content on dcnewsnow.com?
Yes, visibly. Articles on the site run under explicit "Sponsored Content:" and "Sponsored:" labels, including features for small local businesses.
How do DC businesses get a sponsored segment on DC News Now?
Segments run through the station's own broadcast operation. For a permanent written article rather than a segment, the route is the placement arranged through us.
Who do I contact at DC News Now about sponsored content?
For the article, you contact us. We handle the placement, and you deal with one email address throughout.
How long does a sponsored article stay on dcnewsnow.com?
The article placement is a permanent page. It does not end when a segment airs, and if it does not go live you receive a full refund in writing.
Can a small business afford to be featured on DC News Now?
Small DMV businesses are visibly among the featured buyers on the site. Whether it fits your budget is answered by your individual quote, which costs nothing to request and carries no obligation.
Disclosure: PressFeature sells article placements on DC News Now, and this page is our own marketing content, published to explain the placement honestly. Figures cited are from our public outlet directory. Published October 2026. Last reviewed: October 2026.