Last but not least: Man bites dog
The conservative media flagship, the *New York Sun*, has finally gone under after 18 years of turbulent sailing. The sense of mission held by its founders and financiers took precedence over business considerations.
News from overseas: The conservative journalistic flagship "New York Sun" has finally been shipwrecked after 18 years of stormy sailing, in the midst of the financial crisis. The traditional title was published from 1833 to 1950 and then revived by journalist Seth Lipsky in 2002. Lipsky's project fought against all real and perceived enemies of Israel - including the United Nations and the New York Times, which he considered too liberal. The Sun allegedly celebrated the start of the 2nd Iraq War with champagne, later recommending that critics of the Iraq War be put on trial.
The Sun's sense of mission went so far that with 14,000 copies sold, 96,000 copies were distributed free of charge. Two years ago, Lipsky said that his newspaper was losing a million dollars a month, even though he had strong conservative backers. In September of this year, he announced that if he could not raise funds, the paper would have to close. In this situation, the financial crisis didn't exactly help. Despite solidarity money transfers from readers, it was over at the beginning of October.
A local editor of the old Sun is credited with the timeless phrase that if a dog bites a man, it's not news, but if a man bites a dog, it is. The question of the nature of the news of the Sun's demise would have to be of the dog-bites-man variety, given the financial crisis. However, in view of the fact that the Sun really did go under and was not nationalized, one would have to say: man bites dog.
One way or another, however, the newspaper seems to have retained its sense of mission even after its journalistic death. In the short obituary "Seven Years of the Sun", the website states: "In a city saturated with news coverage and commentary, the Sun shone brightly, though too briefly."
The Sun's sense of mission went so far that with 14,000 copies sold, 96,000 copies were distributed free of charge. Two years ago, Lipsky said that his newspaper was losing a million dollars a month, even though he had strong conservative backers. In September of this year, he announced that if he could not raise funds, the paper would have to close. In this situation, the financial crisis didn't exactly help. Despite solidarity money transfers from readers, it was over at the beginning of October.
A local editor of the old Sun is credited with the timeless phrase that if a dog bites a man, it's not news, but if a man bites a dog, it is. The question of the nature of the news of the Sun's demise would have to be of the dog-bites-man variety, given the financial crisis. However, in view of the fact that the Sun really did go under and was not nationalized, one would have to say: man bites dog.
One way or another, however, the newspaper seems to have retained its sense of mission even after its journalistic death. In the short obituary "Seven Years of the Sun", the website states: "In a city saturated with news coverage and commentary, the Sun shone brightly, though too briefly."
