New York, NY – The New York Sun is shutting down. Newspaper spokesman Michael Moi says Tuesday’s edition of the conservative broadsheet will be the last.
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Editor Seth Lipsky announced on Sept. 4 that the feisty paper had endured “substantial” losses and would fail at the end of the month unless it found an infusion of cash.
The publication laid claim to a grand tradition in 2002 when it took the name of the original New York Sun, a Pulitzer Prize-winning giant that published for more than a century before disappearing in a merger in 1950.
Lipsky had hoped to carve out a profitable niche among New Yorkers, providing an alternative voice in a very crowded media market.
What a shame. This newspaper was a pleasure to read. Center-consevative, New York -centric, fresh. This is only good news for the NYT.
The owners and publishers are mechalelie shabbos and closed on rosh hashono