Newsday facts for kids
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The front page of Newsday on February 21, 2012
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Newsday Media (Patrick Dolan) |
| Publisher | Debby Krenek |
| Founded | September 3, 1940 |
| Headquarters | 6 Corporate Center Drive Melville, New York, U.S. 11747 |
| Circulation | 97,182 Average print circulation |
| ISSN | 0278-5587 |
| OCLC number | 5371847 |
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Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States. It mainly serves Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island. You can also find it sold in the wider New York metropolitan area. Its slogan is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI," which means it helps you see what's happening on Long Island. The newspaper's main office is in Melville, New York.
Since it started in 1940, Newsday has won 19 Pulitzer Prizes. These are very important awards for journalism.
In 2014, Newsday printed about 437,000 copies on weekdays. By 2019, its weekday circulation was about 250,000. This made it the eighth-largest newspaper in the nation. It was also the biggest among newspapers serving suburban areas. In 2022, the newspaper printed about 97,182 copies on average.
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The Story of Newsday
How Newsday Began
Newsday was started by Alicia Patterson and her husband, Harry Guggenheim. The very first newspaper was printed on September 3, 1940. It was published from Hempstead.
For many years, Newsday looked a lot like the Daily News. It had short stories and lots of pictures. Alicia Patterson had worked at her father's Daily News before. She was fired after making a mistake in a story. After Alicia Patterson passed away in 1963, Harry Guggenheim took over as the main leader.
In 1967, Guggenheim gave the publisher job to Bill Moyers. But Guggenheim was not happy with how the newspaper changed. He felt it became too liberal. He didn't like how it covered protests against the Vietnam War.
Guggenheim and Moyers disagreed a lot. They especially disagreed about the 1968 presidential election. Guggenheim wrote an article supporting Richard Nixon. Moyers, however, supported Hubert Humphrey.
Guggenheim later sold his part of the newspaper to the Times-Mirror Company. Newspaper employees tried to stop the sale. Moyers even offered more money, but Guggenheim still sold it to Times-Mirror. Moyers then quit his job. Guggenheim passed away a year later. He even removed Moyers from his will.
Newsday's Growth and Changes
In 1977, another newspaper called the Long Island Press stopped printing. After this, Newsday started a special edition for Queens. Then, it launched a New York City edition called New York Newsday. In June 2000, Times Mirror joined with the Tribune Company. This meant Newsday became partners with the New York City TV station WPIX.
With this big merger, Newsday was now owned by a company connected to Alicia Patterson's family. The Tribune Company was started by her great-grandfather, Joseph Medill. He also owned the Chicago Tribune.
Later, the Tribune Company sold the Daily News to Robert Maxwell. After Maxwell passed away, Mortimer Zuckerman bought the Daily News. In 2007, Samuel Zell bought the Tribune company.
Newsday in the 2000s
In April 2008, News Corporation tried to buy Newsday. They offered $580 million. Then, Zuckerman made a similar offer. Cablevision offered even more, $680 million.
In May 2008, News Corporation decided not to buy Newsday. On May 12, 2008, Newsday announced that Cablevision would buy the paper for $650 million. The sale was finished on July 29, 2008.
In 2016, Altice, a company from the Netherlands, bought Cablevision. This included Newsday and News 12. However, Altice then sold most of Newsday (75%) back to Cablevision's former owner, Charles Dolan. His son, Patrick Dolan, became the CEO of Newsday. Altice sold its last part of Newsday in July 2018. This made Patrick Dolan the only owner of Newsday.
In July 2020, Newsday received $10 million in government loans. This was part of the Paycheck Protection Program during the COVID-19 pandemic. It helped them pay the salaries for 500 employees.
In 2022, Don Hudson became the new editor of Newsday.
In March 2023, Newsday started NewsdayTV. It features Elisa DiStefano, a former anchor from News 12 Networks. You can watch NewsdayTV online and on streaming services. It shares news in a similar way to other Long Island news channels.
Newsday's Style
Newsday uses a tabloid format. This means it's a smaller size, like the New York Daily News or the New York Post. However, Newsday is not known for being overly dramatic or sensational. Because of this, people sometimes call Newsday "the respectable tabloid."
In 2004, another newspaper, the Long Island Press, wrote about Newsday. It said that Newsday used its influence to affect local politics. This was in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Bill Moyers was briefly the publisher. In the 1980s, under publisher Robert M. Johnson, Newsday tried to reach more readers in New York City. Many famous writers and critics have worked for Newsday. These include Jimmy Breslin, Gail Collins, Pete Hamill, and Jim Dwyer. Sportswriter Mike Lupica and music critic Tim Page also wrote for the paper. Newsday even had both advice columnists Ann Landers and Dear Abby for a while.
From 1985 to 2005, Michael Mandelbaum wrote about world events for Newsday. The writer Robert Caro was an investigative reporter there. The features section has included TV reporters Verne Gay and Diane Werts. Film critic Rafer Guzman also wrote for the paper. Newsday publishes columns by Froma Harrop. Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Handelsman creates political cartoons for Newsday. In the 1980s, Robert Eisner helped the paper switch to digital design and color printing.
On March 21, 2011, Newsday changed its front page design. It updated its nameplate and the font it had used since the 1960s.
Circulation Numbers
In 2008, Newsday was the 10th largest newspaper in the United States. This was based on how many copies it sold.
On October 28, 2009, Newsday started charging for its website. You could see the front page and some ads for free. But to read more, you had to pay a weekly fee. This fee was waived for people who bought the print newspaper. It was also free for people who used Cablevision's internet service.
Pulitzer Prizes Won by Newsday
Newsday has won 19 Pulitzer Prizes. It has also been a finalist for 20 other awards. Here are some of its wins:
- 1954: Public Service (Winner)
- 1970: Public Service (Winner)
- 1970: Editorial Cartooning (Winner) — Thomas F. Darcy
- 1974: Public Service (Winner)
- 1974: Criticism (Winner) — Emily Genauer, Newsday Syndicate
- 1984: Local General or Spot News Reporting (Winner)
- 1985: International Reporting (Winner) — Josh Friedman, Dennis Bell, and Ozier Muhammad
- 1985: Commentary (Winner) — Murray Kempton
- 1992: Spot News Reporting (Winner)
- 1992: International Reporting (Winner) — Patrick J. Sloyan
- 1993: International Reporting (Winner) — Roy Gutman
- 1995: Investigative Reporting (Winner) — Brian Donovan and Stephanie Saul
- 1995: Commentary (Winner) — Jim Dwyer
- 1996: Explanatory Journalism (Winner) — Laurie Garrett
- 1996: Beat Reporting (Winner) — Bob Keeler
- 1997: Spot News Reporting (Winner)
- 2002: Criticism (Winner) — Justin Davidson
- 2005: International Reporting (Winner) — Dele Olojede
- 2007: Editorial Cartooning (Winner) — Walt Handelsman
