The Washington Examiner will cease daily publication on June 14 and relaunch as a weekly magazine and website focused on national politics, its owner said today.

Today was the first day of publication of the Washington Examiner, which makes them, as their publisher James McDonald points out, “the first generally circulated daily newspaper to be created in the Washington metropolitan area in more than three decades.” The newspaper was started by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, an evangelical Christian and supporter of the group “Focus on the Family.” (The same group that outed SpongeBob) The Post profiled Anschuntz in detail in November….

Now this should be interesting newspaper war. Tuesday will be the first day that the Washington Post Company’s free commuter daily, the Express, will have some heated competition. The Washington Examiner, owned by the billionaire publisher of San Francisco Examiner, will hit the ground running with bright red distribution boxes, a nameplate branded with an eagle and an ambitious circulation game plan. And ads promoting the newspaper — using side-by-side photos of a girl playing…