New York Newsday


New York Newsday was an American daily newspaper that primarily served New York City and was sold throughout the New York metropolitan area. The paper, established in 1985, was a New York City-specific offshoot of Newsday, a Long Island-based newspaper that preceded New York Newsday. The paper was closed by its owner, Times Mirror Company, in 1995.

History

In its 10 years of existence, New York Newsday won three Pulitzer Prizes. Despite the critical praise, the paper struggled to build an audience that could support the economics of publishing in the New York metropolitan area."Once I got inside the company, not only was the total performance lower than it needed to be, every property was subpar," said by Mark Willis, CEO of Times Mirror Company in an interview from Newsweek. Circulation peaked at 300,000 and was 231,000 at the time of closure. New York Newsday invigorated local coverage in New York, especially at The New York Times, and Willis refused to entertain employee proposals to trim costs and save the paper. Many of the paper's reporters, including Pulitzer Prize winner Jim Dwyer, moved to roles in the other New York metropolitan market newspapers after New York Newsday's closure.