Newsdayis a dailynewspaperin the United States primarily servingNassauandSuffolkcounties onLong Island,although it is also sold throughout theNew York metropolitan area.The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and formerly it was "Newsday, the Long Island Newspaper".[3]The newspaper's headquarters are located inMelville, New York.
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 The front page ofNewsdayon February 21, 2012 | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Newsday Media (Patrick Dolan) |
| Publisher | Debby Krenek |
| Editor | Don Hudson |
| Founded | September 3, 1940 |
| Headquarters | 6 Corporate Center Drive[1] Melville, New York,U.S. 11747 |
| Circulation | 97,182 Average print circulation[2] |
| ISSN | 0278-5587 |
| OCLCnumber | 5371847 |
| Website | newsday |
Since its founding in 1940,Newsdayhas won 19Pulitzer Prizes.[4]Historically, it penetrated the New York City market. As of 2023,Newsdayis theeighth-largestcirculation newspaper in the United States with aprint circulationof 86,850.
History
edit20th century
editFounded byAlicia Pattersonand her husband,Harry Guggenheim,the first edition ofNewsdaywas September 3, 1940, published fromHempstead.[5]
Until undergoing a major redesign in the 1970s,Newsdaycopied theDaily Newsformat of short stories and numerous pictures. Patterson was fired as a writer at her father'sDaily Newsin her early 20s, after getting the basic facts of a divorce wrong in a published report. She later went on the publish and editNewsday.Following Patterson's death in 1963, Guggenheim became publisher and editor.
In 1967, Guggenheim turned over the publisher position toBill Moyersand continued as president and editor-in-chief. But Guggenheim was disappointed by the liberal drift of the newspaper under Moyers, criticizing what he called the "left-wing" coverage of the anti-Vietnam Warprotests.[6][7]
The two ultimately split over the1968 presidential election,with Guggenheim authoring an editorial supportingRichard Nixonwhen Moyers supportedHubert Humphrey.[8]
In 1970, Guggenheim sold his majority share to the then-conservativeTimes-Mirror Companyover the attempt of newspaper employees to block the sale, even though Moyers offered $10 million more than the Times-Mirror purchase price; Moyers resigned a few days later.[6][9][10]Guggenheim, who died a year later, had Moyers removed from his will.[11]
After the competingLong Island Press(not to be confused with the alternative weekly of the same name) ceased publication in 1977,Newsdaylaunched a separateQueensedition, followed by a New York City edition dubbedNew York Newsday.In June 2000, Times Mirror merged with theTribune Company,partneringNewsdaywith the New York City television stationWPIX,also owned by Tribune.
With the Times Mirror-Tribune merger, the newspaper founded byAlicia Pattersonwas now owned by the company that was founded by her great-grandfather,Joseph Medill,who owned theChicago Tribuneand, until 1991, also owned her father'sDaily News.Tribune sold theDaily Newsto British newspaper magnateRobert Maxwell.
Following Maxwell's death in 1992, the family publishing empire collapsed, andMortimer Zuckermanpurchased theDaily News.[12]
21st century
editIn April 2008,News Corporation,headed by CEORupert Murdoch,attempted to purchaseNewsdayfor US$580 million.[13]This was followed by a matching bid from Zuckerman[14]and a $680 million bid fromCablevision.[15]
In May 2008, News Corporation withdrew its bid,[16]and on May 12, 2008,Newsdayreported that Cablevision would purchase the paper for $650 million.[17]The sale was completed July 29, 2008.[18]
In 2016,Altice,aNetherlands-based multinational telecommunications company, acquired Cablevision, includingNewsdayand News 12.[19][20]However, Altice then sold a majority (75%) stake inNewsdayback to Cablevision's former ownerCharles Dolanand his son Patrick, making Patrick the CEO ofNewsday.[21][22]Altice disposed of its remaining stake inNewsdayat the end of July 2018, which, combined with Charles Dolan's transfer of shares to son Patrick, made Patrick the sole owner ofNewsday.[23]
In July 2020,Newsdayreceived $10 million infederal governmentloans fromPaycheck Protection Programduring theCOVID-19 pandemicto pay salaries for 500 employees.[24]
In 2022, Don Hudson was named editor.[25]
In March 2023,Newsdaylaunched NewsdayTV, featuring formerNews 12 Networksanchor Elisa DiStefano. NewsdayTV is available online and through major streaming outlets. NewsdayTV takes a similar approach to news as other Long Island news outlets such as News12.
Editorial style
editDespite having atabloidformat,Newsdayis not known for being sensationalistic, as are other local daily tabloids, such as the New YorkDaily Newsand theNew York Post.[26][27]This causes Newsday to sometimes be referred to as "the respectable tabloid".[28]
In 2004, the alternative weekly newspaperLong Island Press(which is not related to the defunct daily of the same name) wrote thatNewsdayhas used its clout to influence local politics inNassauandSuffolkCounties.[29]
Bill Moyersbriefly served as publisher.[30]During the tenure of publisherRobert M. Johnsonin the 1980s, Newsday made a major push into New York City. The paper's roster of columnists and critics has includedCathy Young,Jimmy Breslin,Barbara Garson,Normand Poirier,Murray Kempton,Gail Collins,Pete Hamill,Sydney Schanberg,Robert Reno(died 2012),Jim Dwyer,sportswriterMike Lupica,music criticTim Page,and television criticMarvin Kitman.The paper featured bothadvice columnistsAnn LandersandDear Abbyfor several years.
From 1985 to 2005, Michael Mandelbaum wrote a regular foreign affairs analysis column forNewsday.Writer and biographerRobert Carowas an investigative reporter. Its features section has included television reporters Verne Gay and Diane Werts, TV/film feature writerFrank Lovece,and film critic Rafer Guzman.Newsdaycarries the syndicated columnistFroma Harrop.Pulitzer PrizewinnerWalt Handelsman's editorial political cartoons animation are a nationally syndicated feature ofNewsday.In the 1980s, a new design director, Robert Eisner, guided the transition into digital design and color printing.[citation needed]
Newsdaycreated and sponsored a "Long Island at the Crossroads" advisory board in 1978, to recommend regional goals, supervise local government, and liaison with state and Federal officials.[31][32][33]It lasted approximately a decade.
On March 21, 2011,Newsdayredesigned its front page, scrapping thenameplateand font used since the 1960s in favor of a sans-serif wordmark.[34]
Circulation
editIn 2004, a circulation scandal revealed that the paper's daily and Sunday circulation had been inflated by 16.9% and 14.5%, respectively, in the auditing period September 30, 2002 to September 30, 2003.[35]The Audit Bureau of Circulation adjusted average weekday circulation to 481,816 from 579,599; average Saturday circulation to 392,649 from 416,830; and average Sunday circulation to 574,081 from 671,820, and instituted twice-yearly audits.[35]
In 2008,Newsdaywas ranked 10th in terms of newspaper circulation in the United States.[12]
On October 28, 2009,Newsdaychanged its web site to apaid-subscriber only model.Newsday.com would open its front page, classified ads, movie listings, and school closings to all site visitors, but access beyond this content would require a weekly fee – US$5 as of 2010. This fee would be waived for subscribers of the print edition of the paper, as well as for subscribers to parent-company Cablevision's Internet service.[36]Through its first three months only 35 non-Optimum, non-Newsdaysubscribers signed up for the paid website.[37]
Pulitzer Prizes
editNewsdayhas won 19Pulitzer Prizesand has been a finalist for 20 additional (if no individual is listed, award is forNewsdaystaff):[38]
- 1954: Public Service(Winner)
- 1970: Public Service(Winner)
- 1970: Editorial Cartooning(Winner)—Thomas F. Darcy
- 1974: Public Service(Winner)
- 1974: Criticism(Winner)—Emily Genauer,Newsday Syndicate
- 1980: Local Investigative Specialized Reporting (Finalist) — Carole E. Agus, Andrew V. Fetherston Jr., and Frederick J. Tuccillo
- 1982: International Reporting (Finalist) — Bob Wyrick
- 1982: Criticism (Finalist) —Marvin Kitman
- 1984: Local General or Spot News Reporting(Winner)
- 1984: International Reporting (Finalist) — Morris Thompson
- 1984: Criticism (Finalist) — Dan Cryer
- 1985: International Reporting(Winner)— Josh Friedman,Dennis Bell,andOzier Muhammad
- 1985: Commentary(Winner)—Murray Kempton
- 1986: Feature Writing (Finalist) — Irene Virag
- 1989: Investigative Reporting (Finalist) — Penny Loeb
- 1990: Specialized Reporting (Finalist) –Jim Dwyer
- 1991: Spot News Reporting (Finalist)
- 1991: Spot News Photography (Finalist)
- 1992: Spot News Reporting(Winner)
- 1992: International Reporting(Winner)—Patrick J. Sloyan
- 1993: International Reporting(Winner)—Roy Gutman
- 1994: Explanatory Journalism (Finalist)
- 1995: Investigative Reporting(Winner)—Brian DonovanandStephanie Saul
- 1995: Commentary(Winner)—Jim Dwyer
- 1996: Explanatory Journalism(Winner)— Laurie Garrett
- 1996: Beat Reporting(Winner)— Bob Keeler
- 1996: International Reporting (Finalist) — Laurie Garrett
- 1997: Spot News Reporting(Winner)
- 1998: Beat Reporting (Finalist) —Laurie Garrett
- 1999: Criticism (Finalist) — Justin Davidson
- 1999: Editorial Writing (Finalist) —Lawrence C. Levy
- 2002: Criticism(Winner)—Justin Davidson
- 2004: Breaking News Reporting (Finalist)
- 2005: International Reporting(Winner)—Dele Olojede
- 2005: Explanatory Reporting (Finalist)
- 2007: Editorial Cartooning(Winner)—Walt Handelsman
- 2008: Public Service (Finalist) — Jennifer Barrios, Sophia Chang, Michael R. Ebert, Reid J. Epstein, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Eden Laikin, Herbert Lowe, Joseph Mallia, Jennifer Maloney, Luis Perez and Karla Schuster
- 2013: Editorial Writing (Finalist) — Editorial Board staff
- 2014: Public Service (Finalist)
In popular culture
edit- 1969:The novelNaked Came the Strangeris written as a literary hoax poking fun at contemporary American culture. Although credited to "Penelope Ashe", it was in fact written by a group of 24 journalists led byNewsdaycolumnistMike McGrady,who intended to author a deliberately terrible book with a lot of sex to illustrate the point that popular American literary culture had become mindlessly vulgar. The book fulfilled the authors' expectations and became a bestseller in 1969; they revealed the hoax later that year, further spurring the book's popularity.
- 1985:In the comedy/thrillerCompromising Positions,the lead character, played bySusan Sarandon,is a formerNewsdayjournalist who is trying reestablish her career by selling a freelance story to the publication.
- 1986:In theCrocodile Dundeefilms,Linda Kozlowski's character, reporter Sue Charlton, works atNewsday.
- 1996:The episode "The Homer They Fall"in season eight ofThe SimpsonsquotesNewsdaycallingboxing"the cruelest sport".
- 1996 to 2005:In theCBSsitcomEverybody Loves Raymond,the fictional characterRay Baroneplayed byRay Romanois employed byNewsdayas a sportswriter.
- 2016:In the documentaryThree Identical Strangers,former editor Howard Schneider discussesNewsday's coverage of three young men who discovered they were separated as infants.[39]
References
edit- ^"Newsday signs 15-year lease on new Melville headquarters".Newsday. March 14, 2019.RetrievedOctober 16,2020.
- ^Turvill, William (June 24, 2022)."Top 25 US newspaper circulations: Print sales fall another 12% in 2022".Press Gazette.RetrievedJune 28,2022.
- ^Josefa Pace (2016).Finding Patterns: Traveling Four Women'S Paths.Archway. p. 16.ISBN9781480835450.
- ^"Newsday".www.goodreads.com.RetrievedMarch 30,2023.
- ^Arlen, A., Arlen, M.J.The Huntress: The Adventures, Escapades, and Triumphs of Alicia Patterson: Aviatrix, Sportswoman, Journalist, Publisher(Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016)ISBN9781101871133
- ^ab"The Press: How Much Independence?".Time.April 27, 1970. Archived fromthe originalon October 30, 2010.RetrievedFebruary 15,2010.
- ^Keeler, Robert F. (1990).Newsday: a candid history of the respectable tabloid.Morrow. pp.460–61.ISBN1-55710-053-5.
- ^"Newsday Goes For Nixon, But Moyers Balks".Chicago Tribune.October 17, 1968. Archived fromthe originalon May 11, 2011.RetrievedFebruary 15,2010.
- ^"Moyers Resigns Post at Newsday".The New York Times.May 13, 1970.RetrievedFebruary 15,2010.
- ^Raymont, Henry (March 13, 1970)."Newsday Employes [sic] Seek to Block Sale of the Paper".The New York Times.RetrievedFebruary 15,2010.
- ^"$12 Million Left to Charity by Guggenheim".Chicago Tribune.January 30, 1971.
- ^abArango, Tim;Pérez-Peña, Richard(March 21, 2008)."3 Moguls in Talks to Buy Newsday".The New York Times.
- ^"Newsday(April 23, 2008): "Murdoch tells LI officials deal forNewsdayclose ", by Ellen Yan and James T. Madadore".Archived fromthe originalon April 25, 2008.RetrievedApril 23,2008.
- ^Reuters (April 16, 2008): "Zuckerman submits $580 million Newsday bid: source",by Robert Macmillan and Kenneth Lee
- ^Reuters (May 2, 2008): "Cablevision submits $650 mln bid for Newsday: source"by Jui Chakravorty Das
- ^"Reuters (May 11, 2008)".The New York Times.
- ^Cablevision announces deal to buy NewsdayArchivedMay 13, 2008, at theWayback Machine,Newsday,May 12, 2008
- ^Cablevision Completes Newsday Buy from Tribune,Broadcasting and Cable, July 29, 2008
- ^Kostov, Nick."Altice to Buy Cablevision for $10 Billion,"Wall Street Journal(Sept. 17, 2015).
- ^Madore, James T."Gordon McLeod Steps Down as Publisher of Newsday Media Group,"Newsday(June 29, 2016).
- ^Madore, James T."Patrick Dolan Becomes Majority Owner of Newsday Media Group,"Newsday(July 7, 2016).
- ^Smith, Gerry."Patrick Dolan Acquires Majority Stake in Newsday from Altice,"Bloomberg (July 7, 2016).
- ^Solnik, Claude (August 1, 2018)."Patrick Dolan becomes Newsday sole owner".Long Island Business News.RetrievedAugust 19,2018.
- ^Izadi, Elahe; Barr, Jeremy (July 7, 2020)."Four takeaways from the PPP loans to media companies show the far-reaching toll of the pandemic".Washington Post.RetrievedMarch 9,2021.
- ^"Don Hudson named editor of Newsday".Newsday.September 30, 2022.RetrievedMay 4,2023.
- ^Stevens, John D.,Sensationalism and the New York Press(New York: Columbia University Press, 1991)ISBN0-231-07396-8
- ^Hamill, Pete,News Is a Verb: Journalism at the End of the Twentieth Century(New York: Ballantine Books, 1998)ISBN0-345-42528-6
- ^Keeler, Robert F. (1990). Newsday: a candid history of the respectable tabloid. Morrow. pp. 460–61.ISBN1-55710-053-5.
- ^Long Island Press,"Game Over: How the Paper's Monopoly Control Has Warped its Coverage and Hurt Long Island", by Christopher Twarowski, December 30, 2004: "Numerous politicians in both counties, county workers, directors of community groups and other sources claim that 'Newsday' uses its position as Long Island's only daily paper to strong-arm county officials, nonprofit directors, local leaders and rival publications and even to influence pieces of legislation — often through fear, intimidation and other anti-competitive practices — to further its political or commercial agenda".
- ^"The Museum of Broadcast Communications: Moyer biography".Archived fromthe originalon May 17, 2008.RetrievedAugust 2,2006.
- ^"A Decade Later, Still at Crossroads"[dead link],by Tom Morris,Newsday(April 19, 1988):
- ^"L.I. Planners Need Cooperation, Not Competition" (editorial),Newsday(Dec. 13, 1988)
- ^"Back to the Future",Newsday(Feb. 4, 1991): by Greg Steinmetz
- ^"Meet the new Newsday"Newsday(March 21, 2011)
- ^ab"Audit Bureau of Circulation," ABC ReleasesNewsdayAudit ", November 16, 2004".
- ^Flamm, Matthew (October 22, 2009)."Newsday to begin charging for online articles".Crain's New York.RetrievedOctober 31,2009.
- ^Koblin, John (January 26, 2010)."After Three Months, Only 35 Subscriptions for Newsday's Web Site".The New York Observer.RetrievedApril 26,2012.
- ^Pulitzer Prizeofficial site:Newsdaysearch results
- ^"Film chronicles LI triplets separated at birth".Newsday.RetrievedMarch 16,2019.
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