Last Day of The Sun

In the newspaper’s own obituary, a history of the newspaper’s six and a half years as told by its editors and more. The material is surprisingly frank, in a way normally reserved for the newspaper’s editorials, about the politics of its mission, but it’s all pretty fascinating and worth reading.

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Sun to Rise Several Times Daily

The editors of The New York Sun have started posting stories on their Web site during the day instead of waiting to put them in the next morning’s paper.

A memo sent to staff yesterday by city editor David Lombino said reporters should expect to file early when they’re working on certain kinds of stories. Read More

Post’s Allan Picks Crew for Victory Cruise

Perfection eludes us,” said Col Allan, editor in chief of the New York Post. “That’s the challenge of producing daily newspapers. We’re always trying to make it better.”

Perfection? Half a year ago, Mr. Allan had a less sublime quarry in his sights: the Daily News. But then, after years of slow-closing pursuit, he overtook Read More

Azi Poached

So my old employer, The New York Sun, has stolen away Politicker contributor and former New York Press reporter Azi Paybarah.

My only consolation is that I’ve obtained a copy of the memo from Sun managing editor Ira Stoll:

From: Ira Stoll

Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 2:30 PM

Subject: New employee

I’m Read More

Off The Record

When Will The Sun Set? New Paper Mulls Late Nights

The debut issue of The New York Sun remains months away, and in the meantime, editor Seth Lipsky and managing editor and sidekick Ira Stoll are trying to get a newsroom ready, wrangling with Verizon for phone service at the paper’s Chambers Street Read More