The first edition of The New York Post of July 6, 2004 incorrectly declared that U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry would choose U.S. Representative Dick Gephardt to be his vice-presidential running mate that day (in reality, Kerry chose John Edwards). Later editions corrected the error.

The New York Post is the oldest continuously-published newspaper in the United States. As its front page asserts, it was founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801— as the New-York Evening Post, a broadsheet quite unlike today's racy tabloid. Early editorial work was done in the country weekend villa that is now Gracie Mansion. Hamilton chose for his first editor William Coleman, but the more famous 19th-century Evening Post editor was William Cullen Bryant, a strong Abolitionist. In 1881 Henry Villard took control of the Evening Post, which in 1897 passed to the management of his son, Oswald Garrison Villard, a founding member of both the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union. Dorothy Schiff purchased the paper in 1939; her editor Ted Thackrey turned it into a streamlined tabloid format, but after it was bought by Rupert Murdoch in 1977 it redefined "tabloid journalism" and attracted attention with its famous and characteristic 1983 headline: This work is copyrighted. ... This work is copyrighted. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ... Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005. ... Johnny Reid John Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is a former United States Senator from North Carolina. ... Reading the newspaper: Brookgreen Gardens in Pawleys Island, South Carolina. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1792. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Gracie Mansion is the official residence of the mayor of New York City. ... William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) was an American poet and journalist. ... Abolition is the act of formally destroying something through legal means, either by making it illegal, or simply no longer allowing it to exist in any form. ... Henry Villard (April 10, 1835 – 1900), was an American journalist and financier of German origin. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. ... The American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, is a non-governmental organization devoted to defending civil rights and civil liberties and baby-killing in the United States. ... Dorothy Schiff (March 11, 1903—August 30, 1989) was an American publisher of the New York Post, and was owner and publisher for nearly 40 years. ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931), Australian-born American media proprietor, is the major shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches (597 by 375 mm) per spread. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, verifying, reporting and analyzing information gathered regarding current events, including trends, issues and people. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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In 1980, the Columbia Journalism Review called the Post "a force for evil." Many in mainstream journalism seem to feel that the Post allows its editorial positions to shape its story selection and news coverage to an unacceptable degree. As Steven D. Cuozzo, the Post executive editor, sees it, it was the Post that "broke the elitist media stranglehold on the national agenda." Post supporters cite a series of recent scandals at the supposedly-reputable broadsheet New York Times as proof that this problem is scarcely unique to the Post. Murdoch was forced to sell the paper due to the institution of federal regulations limiting foreign media ownership. The Post then ran through a series of unsteady owners: Peter S. Kalikow, a real estate magnate who went bankrupt; Steven Hoffenberg, a financier who pleaded guilty to securities fraud; and Abraham D. Hirschfeld, a true eccentric who made his fortune building parking garages. The Post was repurchased in 1988 by Murdoch's News Corporation, after his receiving American citizenship ended any restriction upon his ownership of U.S. media. Under his direction the paper has taken a consistently conservative, populist editorial viewpoint since being re-acquired by Murdoch after its near-insolvency in 1993. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Columbia Journalism Review is an American magazine for professional journalists published bimonthly by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. ... Editor has four major senses: a person who obtains or improves material for a publication; a film editor, a person responsible for the flow of a motion picture or television program from scene to scene a sound editor, a person responsible for the flow and choice of music, voice, and... Elitism is a belief or attitude that an elite— a selected group of persons whose personal abilities, specialized training or other attributes place them at the top of any field (see below)— are the people whose views on a matter are to be taken most seriously, or who are alone... Mass media is the term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). ... A scandal involves widely publicized allegations of wrong-doing, disgrace or moral outrage. ... Broadsheet is a size and format for newspapers, and a descriptive term applied to papers which use that format rather than the smaller tabloid format. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Bankruptcy - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... In the broadest sense a fraud is any crime (or civil wrong) for gain that utilises some deception practiced on the victim as its principal method. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) is a media conglomerate that operates world-wide. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...

The paper is also known for its sports section has been praised for its comprehensiveness; like that of many other tabloids, it begins on the back page. Some readers who have no use for its editorial positions or its hard news stories purchase it for its sports coverage alone. A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ...

The New York Post is also well known for its gossip columnists Liz Smith, Cindy Adams and Elisa Lipsky-Karasz. The best- known gossip section is 'Page Six', edited by Richard Johnson, which counterintuitively never runs on page six of the paper each day. It is reported that "Page Six" is the first thing many celebrities turn to each morning. Gossip is both the act of spreading news from person to person, especially rumors or private information, and the news spread through the act of gossiping. ... The gossip columnist Liz Smith was born in Fort Worth, Texas. ...

The daily circulation of the Post slumped from 700,000 in the late 1960s to approximately 418,000. But the Post experienced the largest growth of any major paper two years ago, and grew again this year to reach a circulation around 680,000. Despite being one of New York City's most widely-read newspapers, reports made public in 1993 suggest that the Post has been run at a significant loss, perhaps as much as $40 million a year ago, but continues to be supported by Rupert Murdoch, whose son Lachlan is the executive editor, to keep a conservative-leaning major newspaper in the City. When Rupert Murdoch once asked the chairman of Bloomingdale's why he wasn't buying ads in the Post, he was told "because, dear Rupert, your readers are my shop-lifters." [1] (http://keywords.dsvr.co.uk/freepress/body.phtml?category=&id=583) Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... A Bloomingdales store in Lenox Square mall in Atlanta. ... Generally speaking, advertising is the paid promotion of goods, services, companies and ideas by an identified sponsor. ...

External links

• New York Post Online (http://www.nypost.com/)

Reference

• The Post's New York : Celebrating 200 Years of New York City As Seen Through the Pages and Pictures of the New York Post, 2001