New York Post
The New York Post (NY Post) is an American daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The Post also operates three online sites, NYPost.com,[4] PageSix.com, a gossip site, and Decider.com, an entertainment site.
Type
NYP Holdings, Inc. (News Corp)
Alexander Hamilton (as The New-York Evening Post)
Sean Giancola[1]
Keith Poole
Christopher Shaw
November 16, 1801 (as The New-York Evening Post)
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York City 10036
United States
United States
146,649 Average print circulation[3]
The newspaper was founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, a Federalist and Founding Father who was appointed the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury by George Washington. The newspaper became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century, under the name New York Evening Post.[5] Its most notable 19th-century editor was William Cullen Bryant.
In the mid-20th century, the newspaper was owned by Dorothy Schiff, who developed the tabloid format that has been used since by the newspaper. In 1976, Rupert Murdoch bought the Post for US$30.5 million.[6]
The New York Post is the ninth-largest circulation newspaper in the U.S. as of 2023.[7]
"Oldest" claim[edit]
The 1801-established newspaper describes itself as the oldest continuously published daily U.S. newspaper. However, the New York Post halted publication during strikes in 1958 and in 1978. Therefore, The Providence Journal is understood as the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the U.S. While it began daily publication on July 21, 1829, (28 years after the New York Post) it has not halted daily publication once since its founding, unlike the Post.[139]
The Hartford Courant is generally understood to be the oldest continuously published newspaper in America, as it was founded in 1764; however, it was founded as a semi-weekly paper and did not begin publishing daily until 1836, 35 years after the New York Post began doing so, and cannot be considered a true challenge to the New York Post claim as "the nation's oldest continuously published daily newspaper," despite it being an older continuously published paper than the New York Post. The New Hampshire Gazette trademarked its claim of being The Nation's Oldest Newspaper, as it was founded in 1756; however, it was founded as a weekly paper and since the 1890s has only published on the weekends. To date, The New Hampshire Gazette has never published daily and therefore cannot be considered a challenger to the Providence Journal and New York Post claims to being the nation's oldest continuously published daily newspaper.[140]
