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''Newsday'' is a daily
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in the United States primarily serving
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and
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counties on
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, New York, although it is also sold throughout the
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. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and formerly it was "Newsday, the Long Island Newspaper". The newspaper's headquarters are located in
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. Since its founding in 1940, ''Newsday'' has won 19
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s. Historically, it penetrated the New York City market. As of 2023, ''Newsday'' is the eighth-largest circulation newspaper in the United States with a
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of 86,850.


History


20th century

Founded by
Alicia Patterson Alicia Patterson (October 15, 1906 – July 2, 1963) was an American journalist, the founder and editor of ''Newsday''. With Neysa McMein, she created the ''Deathless Deer'' comic strip in 1943. Early life Patterson was the middle daughter of A ...
and her husband,
Harry Guggenheim Harry Frank Guggenheim (August 23, 1890 – January 22, 1971) was an American businessman, diplomat, publisher, philanthropist, aviator, and horseman. Early life He was born August 23, 1890, in the Wst End section of Long Branch, New Jersey. H ...
, the first edition of ''Newsday'' was September 3, 1940, published from Hempstead. Until undergoing a major redesign in the 1970s, ''Newsday'' copied the '' Daily News'' format of short stories and numerous pictures. Patterson was fired as a writer at her father's ''Daily News'' in her early 20s after getting the basic facts of a divorce wrong in a published report. She later went on to publish and edit ''Newsday''. Following Patterson's death in 1963, Guggenheim became publisher and editor. In 1967, Guggenheim turned over the publisher position to
Bill Moyers Bill Moyers (born Billy Don Moyers; June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and political commentator. Under the Johnson administration he served from 1965 to 1967 as the eleventh White House Press Secretary. He was a director of the Council ...
and 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-
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protests. The two ultimately split over the 1968 presidential election, with Guggenheim authoring an editorial supporting
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
when Moyers supported
Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served from 1965 to 1969 as the 38th vice president of the United States. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 19 ...
. In 1970, Guggenheim sold his majority share to the then-conservative
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over 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. Guggenheim, who died a year later, had Moyers removed from his will. After the competing ''
Long Island Press The ''Long Island Press'' is a free monthly news and lifestyle magazine serving Long Island. It is owned by Schneps Media. History Its previous print incarnation was as a free, independent print and digital monthly news journal with extensive c ...
'' (not to be confused with the alternative weekly of the same name) ceased publication in 1977, ''Newsday'' launched a separate
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edition, followed by a New York City edition dubbed ''New York Newsday''. In June 2000, Times Mirror merged with the
Tribune Company Tribune Media Company, also known as Tribune Company, was an American multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Through Tribune Broadcasting, Tribune Media was one of the largest television broadcasting companies, owning 39 ...
, partnering ''Newsday'' with the New York City television station
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, also owned by Tribune. With the Times Mirror-Tribune merger, the newspaper founded by
Alicia Patterson Alicia Patterson (October 15, 1906 – July 2, 1963) was an American journalist, the founder and editor of ''Newsday''. With Neysa McMein, she created the ''Deathless Deer'' comic strip in 1943. Early life Patterson was the middle daughter of A ...
was now owned by the company that was founded by her great-grandfather,
Joseph Medill Joseph Medill (April 6, 1823 – March 16, 1899) was a Canadian-American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician. He was co-owner and managing editor of the ''Chicago Tribune'', and he was M ...
, who owned the ''
Chicago Tribune The ''Chicago Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once integrated WGN (AM), WGN radio and ...
'' and, until 1991, also owned her father's ''Daily News''. Tribune sold the ''Daily News'' to British newspaper magnate
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. Following Maxwell's death in 1992, the family publishing empire collapsed, and
Mortimer Zuckerman Mortimer Benjamin Zuckerman (born June 4, 1937) is a Canadian-American billionaire media proprietor, magazine editor, and investor. He is the co-founder, executive chairman and former CEO of Boston Properties, one of the largest real estate inve ...
purchased the ''Daily News''.


21st century

In April 2008,
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, headed by CEO
Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian - American retired business magnate, investor, and media mogul. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of List of assets owned by News Corp, local, national, a ...
, attempted to purchase ''Newsday'' for US$580 million. This was followed by a matching bid from Zuckerman and a $680 million bid from
Cablevision Cablevision Systems Corporation was an American cable television company with systems serving areas surrounding New York City. It was the fifth-largest cable provider and ninth-largest television provider in the United States. Throughout its ex ...
. In May 2008, News Corporation withdrew its bid, and on May 12, 2008, ''Newsday'' reported that Cablevision would purchase the paper for $650 million. The sale was completed July 29, 2008. In 2016, Altice, a
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-based multinational telecommunications company, acquired Cablevision, including ''Newsday'' and News 12. However, Altice then sold a majority (75%) stake in ''Newsday'' back to Cablevision's former owner
Charles Dolan Charles Francis Dolan (October 16, 1926 – December 28, 2024) was an American billionaire businessman, best known as founder of Cablevision and HBO. Today, the Dolan family controls Madison Square Garden Sports, MSG Networks, Madison Square ...
and his son Patrick, making Patrick the CEO of ''Newsday''. Altice disposed of its remaining stake in ''Newsday'' at the end of July 2018, which, combined with Charles Dolan's transfer of shares to son Patrick, made Patrick the sole owner of ''Newsday''. In July 2020, ''Newsday'' received $10 million in
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loans from
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during the
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to pay salaries for 500 employees. In 2022, Don Hudson was named editor. In March 2023, ''Newsday'' launched NewsdayTV, featuring former
News 12 Networks The News 12 Networks are a group of regional cable news television channels in the New York metropolitan area that are owned by Altice USA. All channels provide rolling news coverage 24 hours a day, focusing primarily on regions of the met ...
anchor 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

Despite having a tabloid format, ''Newsday'' is not known for being sensationalistic, as are other local daily tabloids, such as the New York '' Daily News'' and the ''
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''. This causes Newsday to sometimes be referred to as "the respectable tabloid". In 2004, the alternative weekly newspaper ''
Long Island Press The ''Long Island Press'' is a free monthly news and lifestyle magazine serving Long Island. It is owned by Schneps Media. History Its previous print incarnation was as a free, independent print and digital monthly news journal with extensive c ...
'' (which is not related to the defunct daily of the same name) wrote that ''Newsday'' has used its clout to influence local politics in
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and
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Counties.
Bill Moyers Bill Moyers (born Billy Don Moyers; June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and political commentator. Under the Johnson administration he served from 1965 to 1967 as the eleventh White House Press Secretary. He was a director of the Council ...
briefly served as publisher. During the tenure of publisher Robert M. Johnson in the 1980s, Newsday made a major push into New York City. The paper's roster of columnists and critics has included
Cathy Young Catherine Alicia Young (born Yekaterina Jung; ; born February 10, 1963) is a Russian-American journalist. Young is primarily known for her writing about feminism and other cultural issues, as well as about Russia and the former Soviet Union. Sh ...
,
Jimmy Breslin James Earle Breslin (October 17, 1928 – March 19, 2017) was an American journalist and author. Until the time of his death, he wrote a column for the New York ''Daily News'' Sunday edition.''Current Biography 1942'', pp. 648–51: "Patterson, ...
,
Barbara Garson Barbara Garson (born July 7, 1941) is an American playwright and author, perhaps best known for the 1966 play '' MacBird!'' Education and personal life Garson attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a B.A. specializi ...
,
Normand Poirier Normand Poirier (1928February 3, 1981) was an American journalist, essayist, and newspaper editor. His name is often spelled Norman Poirier. Poirier is noted as one of the first journalists to report on war crimes on Vietnamese civilians by Am ...
,
Murray Kempton James Murray Kempton (December 16, 1917 – May 5, 1997) was an American journalist and Advocacy journalism, social and political commentator. He won a National Book Award in 1974 List of winners of the National Book Award#Current, (category, "Co ...
,
Gail Collins Gail Collins (born November 25, 1945) is an American journalist, op-ed columnist and author, most recognized for her work with ''The New York Times''.
,
Pete Hamill William Peter Hamill (June 24, 1935August 5, 2020) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and editor. During his career as a New York City journalist, he was described as "the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavo ...
,
Sydney Schanberg Sydney Hillel Schanberg (January 17, 1934 July 9, 2016) was an American journalist who was best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. He was the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two George Polk awards, two Overseas Press Club awards, ...
, Robert Reno (died 2012), Jim Dwyer, sportswriter
Mike Lupica Michael Lupica (; born May 11, 1952) is an author and former American newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative commentary on sports in the ''New York Daily News'' and his appearances on ESPN. Biography Lupica was born in Oneida, ...
, music critic Tim Page, and television critic
Marvin Kitman Marvin Kitman (November 24, 1929 – June 29, 2023) was an American television critic, humorist, and author. He was a columnist for ''Newsday'' for 35 years and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1982. Kitman was the aut ...
. The paper featured both
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ists
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and
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for several years. From 1985 to 2005, Michael Mandelbaum wrote a regular foreign affairs analysis column for ''Newsday''. Writer and biographer
Robert Caro Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is an American journalist and author known for his biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson. After working for many years as a reporter, Caro wrote '' The Power Bro ...
was an investigative reporter. Its features section has included television reporters Verne Gay and Diane Werts, TV/film feature writer
Frank Lovece Frank Lovece () is an American journalist, author, and a comic book writer primarily for Marvel Comics, where he and artist Mike Okamoto created the miniseries '' Atomic Age''. His longest affiliation has been with the New York metropolitan are ...
, and film critic Rafer Guzman. ''Newsday'' carries the syndicated columnist
Froma Harrop Froma Harrop (born March 18, 1950, in New York City) is an American writer and author. Though liberal / left-of-center, she is known for her unconventional approach and libertarian streak. She is best known for her bi-weekly syndicated column ...
.
Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...
winner
Walt Handelsman Walt Handelsman (born December 3, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an editorial cartoonist for ''The Advocate'' in New Orleans. His cartoons are syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning ...
's editorial political cartoons animation are a nationally syndicated feature of ''Newsday''. In the 1980s, a new design director, Robert Eisner, guided the transition into digital design and color printing. ''Newsday'' created 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. It lasted approximately a decade. On March 21, 2011, ''Newsday'' redesigned its front page, scrapping the
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and font used since the 1960s in favor of a sans-serif wordmark.


Circulation

In 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. 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. In 2008, ''Newsday'' was ranked 10th in terms of newspaper circulation in the United States. On October 28, 2009, ''Newsday'' changed its web site to a paid-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. Through its first three months only 35 non-Optimum, non-''Newsday'' subscribers signed up for the paid website.


Pulitzer Prizes

''Newsday'' has won 19
Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...
s and has been a finalist for 20 additional (if no individual is listed, award is for ''Newsday'' staff): * 1954: Public Service (Winner) * 1970: Public Service (Winner) * 1970: Editorial Cartooning (Winner) — Thomas F. Darcy * 1974: Public Service (Winner) * 1974: Criticism (Winner) —
Emily Genauer Emily Genauer (July 19, 1911 – August 23, 2002) was an American art critic for the '' New York World'', the '' New York Herald Tribune'', and '' Newsday''. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1974. Biography She was born on Staten Isl ...
, 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 Marvin Kitman (November 24, 1929 – June 29, 2023) was an American television critic, humorist, and author. He was a columnist for ''Newsday'' for 35 years and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1982. Kitman was the aut ...
* 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,
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, and
Ozier Muhammad Ozier Muhammad is an American photojournalist who was on the staff of ''The New York Times'' from 1992 to 2014. He has also worked for ''Ebony Magazine'', ''The Charlotte Observer'', and ''Newsday''. He earned a B.A. in 1972 in photography from C ...
* 1985: Commentary (Winner) —
Murray Kempton James Murray Kempton (December 16, 1917 – May 5, 1997) was an American journalist and Advocacy journalism, social and political commentator. He won a National Book Award in 1974 List of winners of the National Book Award#Current, (category, "Co ...
* 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 Roy Gutman (born March 5, 1944) is an American journalist and author. Biography Gutman received a B.A. degree from Haverford College with a major in History and an MSc. degree from the London School of Economics in International Relations. Roy ...
* 1994: Explanatory Journalism (Finalist) * 1995: Investigative Reporting (Winner) — Brian Donovan and
Stephanie Saul Stephanie Saul is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist known for her work at ''Newsday'' and ''The New York Times''. Early life Saul grew up in New Albany, Mississippi. In middle school, she wrote the "Snoop" column for the school newspaper. In h ...
* 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 Laurie Garrett (born 1951) is an American science journalist and author. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism in 1996 for a series of works published in ''Newsday'' that chronicled the Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire. Bi ...
* 1999: Criticism (Finalist) — Justin Davidson * 1999: Editorial Writing (Finalist) — Lawrence C. Levy * 2002: Criticism (Winner) —
Justin Davidson Justin Davidson (born May 16, 1966) is an American classical music and architecture critic of Italian birth. He has been the ''New York'' magazine's critic in both disciplines since 2007. He won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism for "his ...
* 2004: Breaking News Reporting (Finalist) * 2005: International Reporting (Winner) —
Dele Olojede Dele Olojede (born 1961) is a Nigerian journalist and former foreign editor for ''Newsday''. He is the first African-born winner of the Pulitzer Prize in International Journalism for his work covering the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. He s ...
* 2005: Explanatory Reporting (Finalist) * 2007: Editorial Cartooning (Winner) —
Walt Handelsman Walt Handelsman (born December 3, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an editorial cartoonist for ''The Advocate'' in New Orleans. His cartoons are syndicated by Tribune Content Agency. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning ...
* 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

* 1969: The novel ''
Naked Came the Stranger ''Naked Came the Stranger'' is a 1969 novel written as a literary hoax poking fun at the American literary culture of its time. Though credited to "Penelope Ashe", it was in fact written by a group of twenty-four journalists led by ''Newsday' ...
'' is 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 by ''Newsday'' columnist Mike 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/thriller '' Compromising Positions'', the lead character, played by
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, is a former ''Newsday'' journalist who is trying reestablish her career by selling a freelance story to the publication. * 1986: In the ''
Crocodile Dundee ''Crocodile Dundee'' is a 1986 action comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee and American actress Linda Kozlowski as reporter Sue Charlton. Inspired by the true-life ex ...
'' films,
Linda Kozlowski Linda Kozlowski (born January 7, 1958) is a retired American actress. She is best known for her role as Sue Charlton in the ''Crocodile Dundee'' film series (1986–2001), with the first installment earning her a Golden Globe Award nomination. ...
's character, reporter Sue Charlton, works at ''Newsday''. * 1996: The episode "
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" in season eight of ''
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'' quotes ''Newsday'' calling
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"the cruelest sport". * 1996 to 2005: In the
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sitcom ''
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'', the fictional character
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played by
Ray Romano Raymond Albert Romano (born December 21, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Raymond "Ray" Barone on the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005), for which he won three Primetime Emm ...
is employed by ''Newsday'' as a sportswriter. *2016: In the documentary ''
Three Identical Strangers ''Three Identical Strangers'' is a 2018 documentary film, directed by Tim Wardle, about the lives of Edward Galland, David Kellman, and Robert Shafran, a set of identical-triplet brothers adopted as infants by separate families. Combining archiv ...
'', former editor Howard Schneider discusses ''Newsday'''s coverage of three young men who discovered they were separated as infants.


References


External links


Official website
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