New York Sun
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- For the original newspaper of the same name, see New York Sun (historical)
The modern New York Sun is a daily newspaper published in New York City. It is best known for its coverage of Israel, arts and culture, and its conservative policy positions.
An earlier newspaper of the same name began publication in 1833 and was merged with the New York World-Telegram in 1950. Other than the name and masthead, there is no connection between the modern and original papers of the same name. Making its debut on April 16, 2002, the modern version became "the first general interest broadsheet newspaper to be launched in New York in two generations."
The paper's owners include Hollinger International, the company once led by Conrad Black, and a group of New York City businessmen, as well as the paper's two founding editors. The paper's staff include many well-known political conservatives. Major backers of the paper include Bruce Kovner, a billionaire financier who is also a backer of the conservative Manhattan Institute and American Enterprise Institute, and Roger Hertog, a trustee of the American Enterprise Institute. The newspaper's president and editor-in-chief is Seth Lipsky, formerly editor of The Forward, a Jewish-centric weekly, and its managing editor is Ira Stoll.
The Sun was created to establish a pro-free market conservative broadsheet in New York City to rival the New York Times. One of the founders of the Sun, in fact, previously established and edited a website devoted to issuing daily critiques of the Times. Like the Washington Times, which was launched as a conservative rival to the Washington Post, the Sun is close to the Republican Party and neoconservative intellectuals. Especially on foreign policy issues the Sun's editorial opinions resemble those of the Jerusalem Post or the neoconservative The Weekly Standard magazine.
The New York Sun is well-known for its arts coverage, which includes such critics as Adam Kirsch on literature and Jay Nordlinger on classical music, Pia Catton on dance and Lance Esplund on Art, Otto Penzler on mystery writing and Carl Rollyson on biography, and Will Friedwald on jazz. The Sun has also received critical praise for its sports section, whose writers include Tim Marchman, John Hollinger, Sean Lahman, and Thomas Hauser.