New York Daily News editor-in-chief Martin Dunn announced he is stepping down today. He told Media Decoder (which characterized the news as "unexpected") that he will be spending time with his family and taking care of his wife, who has cancer, "She has an illness that is going to take us many months to get over, and I want to spend as much time as I can with her. The demands of running a tabloid newspaper in a city with a tabloid war are enormous. And if you can’t spend every ounce of energy doing that then unfortunately you don’t feel as though the paper is getting the best of you." more ›

What is it about Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand that makes so many people consider running against her? Today, two Republican candidates—one an economist, the other the father of a moderately famous person—announced that they will campaign against the appointed Senator. more ›

Days after former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford and Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman said they wouldn't run against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Mayor Bloomberg claimed either of them could have defeated her. He told the Post that voters would have been "better off" with more choices in the election. According to the Daily News, he called Ford "very qualified" and praised Zuckerman—a close friend and fellow media magnate—as "a very smart guy who really would add an awful lot, I think, to the Senate." Bloomberg hasn't been a big supporter of Gillibrand's, and has called her out for her stance on gun control. more ›

One day after former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford Jr. announced he wouldn't run for Senate, real estate billionaire and Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman also bailed out of the race. Unlike Ford, who claims he quit to avoid an ugly primary, the 72-year-old said he won't run because he's too busy with family and business obligations: "[I]t is very difficult to see how I can devote the necessary time to either a campaign, or to working in Washington, if I were to win." more ›

Now that Harold Ford Jr. is out of the Senate race, attention has turned to another speculative candidate—Daily News publisher and real estate billionaire Mort Zuckerman. According to Politico, the possible Republican and Independent candidate has a lot of things going for him, including a personal fortune and a media empire at his bidding. But the 72-year-old could run into trouble because he's also known for breaking up unions and eliminating pensions at the Daily News, and raising a baby but refusing to disclose the identity of the child's mother. more ›

Real estate billionaire and Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman has reportedly been contacting state Republican leaders in an effort to win their backing as he plots a possible Senate campaign. Zuckerman, 72, is not registered with a party in New York, and he would need the approval of the state's GOP committee in order to run on the Republican line against Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. more ›

Another unofficial candidate is considering vying for Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's seat. Real estate billionaire and Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman is apparently thinking about running against the Paterson appointee. Though he's a registered Democrat, the 72-year-old reportedly thinks Gillibrand is weak, and is considering entering the race as a Republican or an independent candidate so he doesn't have to take part in a primary. more ›

In a time when most newspapers see their futures on the internet, the Daily News has put $150 million where it might make the least sense: brand new printing presses. The paper "heralded a new era for New York's favorite newspaper" with a gala yesterday to celebrate its new printing presses, which are faster than the older presses and capable of printing color on every page — potentially allowing paper to secure more lucrative color ads and push back its deadlines to gain an an edge on the Post. more ›

With overall outrage and reflection in the Jewish community over the Bernard Madoff scandal, the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research held a discussion: "Madoff: A Jewish Reckoning." Panelists included Columbia professor Simon Schama and hedge fund investor Michael Steinhardt, but based on the NY Times' report, it seems Mort Zuckerman, real estate and media mogul, provided most of the sparks. Zuckerman, whose charity lost $30 million with Madoff, didn't like the theme, "I do not accept this at all as a Jewish thing." Calling Madoff a "sociopath," he noted that Enron's Kenneth Lay was not called a “prominent Protestant energy fraudster" and "argued that no one since Julius Rosenberg, executed for espionage in 1953, had 'so damaged the image and self-respect of Jews.'" It's unclear if Zuckerman read the Newsweek opinion piece, "Uncle Bernie and the Jews" which argues that the upside of the scandal could be that Jews acts...less Episcopalian. more ›

Newsweek released that latest list of 1,200 top high school rankings. It is precisely the kind of list that makes people many parts crazy, because their schools aren't listed at all or because their schools are listed and it'll drive up property prices. The NY Sun says that the list snubs the city, as none of the city's prestigious schools are listed in the top 100: "The top-ranked city school, the High School for Arts and Business in Queens, placed at no. 351. Forest Hills High School, also in Queens, squeezed in at no. 1,159." Three other high schools in Queens were listed, as were a school in Staten Island and one in Brooklyn. more ›

The Daily News reveals that more New Yorkers wants Michael Bloomberg as President than they do Rudy Giuliani, 46% to 29%. And when asked "Who do you think was the better mayor?," 56% say Bloomberg over Rudy's 29%. And there are quotes from two parts of the city:

"I like that everything Bloomberg said he is going to do for the city, he did. There are more charter schools and I like that," said Sharran Roberts, a 30-year-old mother from Bushwick, Brooklyn. "[Giuliani] did over his wife, he did over [New Yorkers] and he is not going to do it with the country." more ›

Two weeks ago, Post announced that it was raising its price from 25 cents to 50 cents, with the change going into effect this week. Gawker noticed that a camera crew was filming the new price change for the paper, but NY1 found that the Daily News lowered its price to 25 cents for the week! So sneaky - we almost expect Rupert Murdoch (whose News Corp owns the Post) to visit Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman with a sock full of quarters! more ›

Today, between 3PM and 7PM, many people are planning to attend an immigration rally at City Hall. There are a couple different plans (the Daily News says some are marching over the Brooklyn Bridge again while others will start at Washington Square Park), with students, taxi drivers and other service workers will walk out or leave work in order to attend the rally. Yesterday's rally in Dallas had hundreds of thousands of people. more ›

is about to get interesting again. Well, interesting if you find the ever dwindling newspaper circulation numbers interesting. Which for whatever reason, we actually kinda do. more ›