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Photo of editor Seth Lipsky addressing The Sun staff yesterday courtesy Konrad Fiedler/The Sun.
Despite a record-breaking month for advertising revenues, The Sun published its last edition today. Started in 2002, the neoconservative daily lasted just long enough to publish on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, surviving into year 5769 of the Jewish calendar. Editor Seth Lipsky addressed the staff in the paper's Lower Manhattan newsroom yesterday; excerpts from his remarks were published in today's edition:
This was always a risk, and all the greater is the heroism of our financial backers. Even at the end they were offering millions of dollars if we could find the partners we needed. I don't mind saying to you, as I have to them, that I very much regret — I will always regret — that we were not able to return to them the capital that they invested in us.Lipsky assured the staff that while the paper was folding, The Sun would not file bankruptcy and would pay the 110 full-time employees through November, with their health insurance lasting until the end of the year. An editorial in the final edition charts "the Arc of the Sun," whose name was taken from the old New York Sun that merged with The World-Telegram in 1950. The editorial explains that the 21st century iteration of The Sun was inspired by the former paper's stated opposition "to indecency and rascality, public and private."It is in the nature of things that there are going to be some jeers as we go out, as there were when we came in. Do not be discouraged by this...All of you will be able to tell your children and your grandchildren or simply your friends that not only did you appear in arms in a great newspaper war but that you did so on your own terms, for principles you believed in, and worked with some of the greatest newspaper craftsmen and craftswomen of your generation — and you covered yourselves with distinction.
The Times had reporters in The Sun's newsroom yesterday and noted that the staff won't miss the working "in a 19th-century building with 19th-century conveniences. They said the paper’s computers and telephones were problem-prone, the fire alarms sometimes sounded for no reason, the elevator stalled regularly and the bathroom plumbing backed up." Elizabeth Green, an education reporter, remarked that readers will remember the paper for its commitment "to having a substantial conversation and holding our leaders accountable."
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What a shame--there was great reporting from the Sun.
whatev, the mayor can't buy it?
Too bad. I like my political opposition to at least be intelligent, and the Sun was.
Although I didn't really agree with the conservative opinions espoused by The Sun, I did like that there was a newspaper that was opposite my views without the jingoistic mouth-breather mentality (*cough* Daily News *cough* Post *cough cough*)
I agree completely, #3 & #4. Another day, another step toward complete monoculture.
The title on this is a little over the top even for you JDS.
good riddance
Another viewpoint that will be sorely missed - whether you liked 'em or not.
It would be great if they could maintain a Web presence.
Bye, bye Sun. Also, goodbye Steve Dunleavy.
I wonder if the woman resting her head on her arm with the pad had anything to do with some of the elevator and bathroom plumbing problems referenced.
and the big gulp cup to her left.
"The Sun Hits Nadir, Burns Out and Sets, Eclipsed by Money Woes"
sphincter
They had some good arts coverage and the paper had a great look to it. The rest of the content, well. . .
Good riddance, an one-sided paper that spew rhetoric. I am glad they are gone. They even monitored the comments. No respect for the truth or real journalism. Also they seem to have some inside into city hall. Wonder why? I wouldn't use the sun to wipe my ass.
before my building provided plastic bags for dog crap people used their free copies of the sun to pick up after their dogs. did anyone really pay for this paper and to those that did, it was expensed, right?
The only thing I'll miss about the Sun is the value the newsprint had for wrapping fish when it arrived free and unsolicited at my door every morning. They had good arts coverage but that's already been done to death in NYC. Their news coverage was disjointed and all over the place.
In the marketplace of ideas, it turns out that The Sun's neoconservative, free marketeers are big losers.
While I enjoyed columnists such as Michael Stoler and Sam Stern, the NYSun has been part of the problem of the last 8 years. Do a google seach on "iraq war" site:nysun.com and see how misguided their editorials have been. They sound like W on steroids.
So I guess our only sources for news should be CNN, the Times, and NPR, right?
Because all conservatives are bad and all liberals are good.
Yea?
yea and the myriad of Internet sites.
#19- Most of which that don't get the same kind of exposure.
You got FOX, you got the Post, the Wall Street Journal, countless kooky radio commentators -- there are plenty of prominent conservative outlets to preach to the right wing choir (and boy do they love being preached to).
Those people at the Sun should have no problem getting new jobs in this market. But hey, at least they won't have to start making those COBRA payments until January.
TheEdge: there were conservatives who thought, rightfully, that the Iraq war was a mistake. It's not about conservatism and much of the last 8 years has had little to do with traditional conservative values. Maybe this election will set the GOP straight and get them back to basics and away from their divisive and cynical ways.
#22, I agree. Neocons are a different breed, and based THEIR war off of an ill-informed theory. Conservatives, on the other hand, are all nice peoples.
Bit of a tangent, but check out http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/thinkingpoints/ThinkingPoints_Chapter2.pdf
I guess we all have some neocon lurking inside of us.
The next time these guys want to pursue a 19th century hobby, they should take up stamp collecting.