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Ideal of the Scoop; [New York Sun goes belly-up]
NewYorkSun ^ | September 30, 2008 | Seth Lipsky

Posted on 09/30/2008 6:52:44 AM PDT by Daffynition

Following are excerpts of remarks by the Editor of the Sun, Seth Lipsky, to the newspaper's staff:

It is my duty to report today that Ira Stoll and I and our partners have concluded that the Sun will cease publication. Our last number will be the issue dated September 30, the first day of Rosh Hashanah. I want you to know that Ira and I, and our partners, explored every possible way to avoid having to cease publication.

We have spoken with every individual who seemed to be a prospective partner, and everywhere we were received with courtesy and respect. I tend to be an optimist and held out hope for a favorable outcome as late as mid-afternoon today. But among other problems that we faced was the fact that this month, not to mention this week, has been one of the worst in a century in which to be trying to raise capital, and in the end we were out not only of money but time.

So we are at this sad moment. It is sad for any newspaper to go out of publication, and it is particularly sad for one that is as loved as much as all of us here love The New York Sun and the readers we have won in our six-and-a-half years of publication. [snip]

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Local News
KEYWORDS: newyorksun; nysun

1 posted on 09/30/2008 6:52:46 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition
"New York Sun goes belly-up"

Nah nah, nah, nah

Nah nah, nah, nah

Hey, hey hey

Goo-ood bye

2 posted on 09/30/2008 6:57:52 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: Daffynition; Clemenza; firebrand; rmlew; Yehuda; neverdem

Pitty, it was the only papaer approaching any level of decency in New York. Moderately center compared to all the other fishwrap in town. They should have stuck to being an online version with advertising they might have survived. Print editions are a thing of the past.


3 posted on 09/30/2008 7:08:41 AM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: Mad Dawgg

What are you guys chortling about? The NY Sun was one of the few papers in NYC that offered conservative views.


4 posted on 09/30/2008 7:08:58 AM PDT by LongsforReagan (Liberals believe global warming is the greatest threat and that 9-11 was an inside job. Enough said.)
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To: LongsforReagan

It’s easy to assume a newspaper is liberal, that why the celebrations


5 posted on 09/30/2008 7:14:22 AM PDT by Mr. K (Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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To: LongsforReagan
"What are you guys chortling about? The NY Sun was one of the few papers in NYC that offered conservative views."

Because the Dead-Tree media is a thing of the past, no matter what its political leanings.

The faster they "all" go the better.

6 posted on 09/30/2008 7:15:26 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: LongsforReagan

This is a terrible loss.

The N.Y. Sun provided a a credible, well-written conservative counter view to the monolithic liberalism of the NY Times. In some cases, the Sun scooped and embarrassed the Times for their warped, one-sided coverage.


7 posted on 09/30/2008 7:25:19 AM PDT by ggekko60506
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To: Daffynition

Very bad news indeed.


8 posted on 09/30/2008 7:29:25 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: ggekko60506

It is a pity to see the Sun go out of business. They might have made it as a strictly on line publication but that’s a big leap for any company.


9 posted on 09/30/2008 7:47:35 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

How sad. I really liked the Sun, although it got harder and harder to buy as less and less news stands stocked it.

Ed


10 posted on 09/30/2008 1:14:54 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
six-and-a-half years of publication

11 posted on 09/30/2008 3:53:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile hasn't been updated since Friday, May 30, 2008)
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To: Cacique

A great loss. I will miss some of their op-ed columnists immensely.


12 posted on 09/30/2008 5:09:28 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Cacique

Not so many years ago, I used to read it *every* day, along with the NYT. There were articles and opinions in both that you couldn’t find anywhere else. But like most papers, they lost their credibility along the way. Sad. But I have no sympathy for them.


13 posted on 09/30/2008 11:56:24 PM PDT by Daffynition (Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, SorosÂ… use a RED crayon.)
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