The Economist is an English-language weekly newspaper owned by the
Economist Group and edited in offices in
London. Continuous publication began under founder
James Wilson in September 1843. For historical reasons,
The Economist refers to itself as a newspaper, but each print edition appears on small glossy paper like a
news magazine. In 2006, its average weekly
circulation was reported to be 1.5 million, about half of which were sold in the United States.