New York Post
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The New York Post (sometimes abbreviated as NY Post) is a daily newspaper in New York City. The Post also runs the celebrity gossip site PageSix.com and the entertainment site Decider.com, and produces the television show Page Six TV.
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | News Corp |
Editor | Stephen Lynch |
Sports editor | Christopher Shaw |
Founded | November 16, 1801; 222 years ago (1801-11-16) (as New-York Evening Post) |
Political alignment | Right-wing,[1] right-wing populism[2] |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York City 10036 United States |
Country | United States |
Circulation | 230,634 daily[3] |
ISSN | 1090-3321 |
Website | nypost |
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It was created in 1801 by Federalist and Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, it became a respected broadsheet in the 19th century, under the name New York Evening Post.
In 1976, Rupert Murdoch, creator of Fox News, bought the Post for US$30.5 million.[4]
Since 1993, the Post has been owned by News Corporation and its replacement, News Corp. Its distribution ranked 4th in the US in 2018.[5]