The New York Post
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August 27, 2015, front page of New York Post, depicting the murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | News Corp |
| Publisher | Jesse Angelo |
| Editor | Stephen Lynch |
| Sports editor | Christopher Shaw |
| Founded | November 16, 1801 (as New-York Evening Post) |
| Political alignment | Conservative, populist |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 1211 Avenue of the Americas New York City, 10036 United States |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 500,521 daily (as of March 2013) |
| ISSN | 1090-3321 |
| Website | Official website |
New York Post is an American daily newspaper, primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area. It is the 13th-oldest and seventh-most-widely circulated newspaper in the United States. Established 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. The modern version of the paper is published in tabloid format.
In 1976, Rupert Murdoch bought Post for US$30.5 million. Since 1993, Post has been owned by News Corporation and its successor, News Corp, which had owned it previously from 1976 to 1988. Its editorial offices are located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas.
New York Post, established on November 16, 1801 as New-York Evening Post, describes itself as the nation's oldest continuously published daily newspaper. The Providence Journal, which began daily publication on July 21, 1829, bills itself as the nation's oldest continuously published daily newspaper because New York Post discontinued publication during strikes in 1958 and 1978.The Hartford Courant, believed to be the oldest continuously published newspaper, was founded in 1764 as a semi-weekly paper; it did not begin publishing daily until 1836. The New Hampshire Gazette, which has trademarked its claim of being The Nation's Oldest Newspaper, was founded in 1756, also as a weekly. Moreover, since the 1890s it has been published only for weekends.
Post was founded by Alexander Hamilton with about US$10,000 from a group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as New-York Evening Post, a broadsheet. Hamilton's co-investors included other New York members of the Federalist Party, such as Robert Troup and Oliver Wolcott, who were dismayed by the election of Thomas Jefferson as U.S. President and the rise in popularity of the Democratic-Republican Party. The meeting at which Hamilton first recruited investors for the new paper took place in the then-country weekend villa that is now Gracie Mansion. Hamilton chose William Coleman as his first editor.
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