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[[File:Newsday (2007-08-08).svg|thumb|The ''Newsday'' logo in 2007]]
[[File:Newsday (2009-08-27).svg|thumb|The ''Newsday'' logo in 2009]]
'''''Newsday''''' is a daily [[newspaper]] in the United States primarily serving [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]] counties on [[Long Island]], although it is also sold throughout the [[New York metropolitan area]]. The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and formerly it was "Newsday, the Long Island Newspaper".<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zZqaDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT152 |title=Finding Patterns: Traveling Four Women'S Paths |author=Josefa Pace |year=2016 |page=16|publisher=Archway |isbn=9781480835450 }}</ref> The newspaper's headquarters
Since its founding in 1940, ''Newsday'' has won 19 [[Pulitzer Prize]]s
As of 2023, ''Newsday'' is the [[List of newspapers in the United States|eighth-largest]] circulation newspaper in the United States with a [[print circulation]] of 86,850.
On September 30, 2022, Don Hudson was named editor, effective December 1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don Hudson named editor of Newsday |url=https://www.newsday.com/business/newsday-editor-don-hudson-deborah-henley-kkldzhl8 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Newsday |language=en}}</ref>▼
In March 2023, ''Newsday'' launched NewsdayTV, featuring former [[News 12 Networks]] anchor Elisa DiStefano. NewsdayTV is available online and through major streaming outlets. NewsdayTV takes a similar approach to news as other Long Island news outlets such as News12.▼
==History==
===20th century===
Founded by [[Alicia Patterson]] and her husband, [[Harry Guggenheim]], the first edition of ''Newsday'' was September 3, 1940, published from [[Hempstead, New York|Hempstead]].<ref>Arlen, A., Arlen, M.J. ''The Huntress: The Adventures, Escapades, and Triumphs of Alicia Patterson: Aviatrix, Sportswoman, Journalist, Publisher'' (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016) {{ISBN|9781101871133}}</ref>
Until undergoing a major redesign in the 1970s, ''Newsday'' copied the ''[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]'' format of short stories and numerous pictures. Patterson was fired as a writer at her father's ''Daily News'' in her early 20s, after getting the basic facts of a divorce wrong in a published report.
In 1967, Guggenheim turned over the publisher position to [[Bill Moyers]] and continued as president and editor-in-chief. But Guggenheim was disappointed by the liberal drift of the newspaper under Moyers, criticizing what he called the "left-wing" coverage of the anti-[[Vietnam War]] protests.<ref name="time42770">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909136,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030152452/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909136,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 30, 2010|title=The Press: How Much Independence?|date=April 27, 1970|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref><ref name="keeler">{{cite book|last=Keeler|first=Robert F.|title=Newsday: a candid history of the respectable tabloid|publisher=Morrow|year=1990|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newsdaycandidhis00keel_0/page/460 460–61]|isbn=1-55710-053-5|url=https://archive.org/details/newsdaycandidhis00keel_0/page/460
The two ultimately split over the [[1968 United States presidential election|1968 presidential election]], with Guggenheim authoring an editorial supporting [[Richard Nixon]] when Moyers supported [[Hubert Humphrey]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/608632712.html?dids=608632712:608632712&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+17%2C+1968&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=NEWSDAY+GOES+FOR+NIXON%2C+BUT+MOYERS+BALKS&pqatl=google|title=Newsday Goes For Nixon, But Moyers Balks|date=October 17, 1968|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=February 15, 2010|archive-date=May 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511141630/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/608632712.html?dids=608632712:608632712&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+17%2C+1968&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=NEWSDAY+GOES+FOR+NIXON%2C+BUT+MOYERS+BALKS&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Guggenheim sold his majority share to the then-conservative [[Times-Mirror Company]] over the attempt of newspaper employees to block the sale, even though Moyers offered $10 million more than the Times-Mirror purchase price; Moyers resigned a few days later.<ref name="time42770"/><ref name="nyt51370">{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F12FC3F5D137B93C1A8178ED85F448785F9|title=Moyers Resigns Post at Newsday|date=May 13, 1970|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref><ref name="raymont313">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/13/archives/newsday-employes-seek-to-block-sale-of-the-paper.html|title=Newsday Employes [sic] Seek to Block Sale of the Paper|last=Raymont|first=Henry|date=March 13, 1970|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref> Guggenheim, who died a year later, disinherited Moyers from his will.<ref>{{cite news|title=$12 Million Left to Charity by Guggenheim|date=January 30, 1971|work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>▼
▲In 1970, Guggenheim sold his majority share to the then-conservative [[Times-Mirror Company]] over the attempt of newspaper employees to block the sale, even though Moyers offered $10 million more than the Times-Mirror purchase price; Moyers resigned a few days later.<ref name="time42770"/><ref name="nyt51370">{{cite news|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F12FC3F5D137B93C1A8178ED85F448785F9|title=Moyers Resigns Post at Newsday|date=May 13, 1970|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref><ref name="raymont313">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/13/archives/newsday-employes-seek-to-block-sale-of-the-paper.html|title=Newsday Employes [sic] Seek to Block Sale of the Paper|last=Raymont|first=Henry|date=March 13, 1970|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 15, 2010}}</ref> Guggenheim, who died a year later,
After the competing ''[[Long Island Press]]'' (not to be confused with the alternative weekly of the same name) ceased publication in 1977, ''Newsday'' launched a separate [[Queens, New York City|Queens]] edition, followed by a New York City edition dubbed ''New York Newsday''. In June 2000, Times Mirror merged with the [[Tribune Company]], partnering ''Newsday'' with the New York City television station [[WPIX]] (Channel 11), also owned by Tribune.▼
▲After the competing ''[[Long Island Press]]'' (not to be confused with the alternative weekly of the same name) ceased publication in 1977, ''Newsday'' launched a separate [[
With the Times Mirror-Tribune merger, the newspaper founded by [[Alicia Patterson]] was now owned by the company that was founded by her great-grandfather, [[Joseph Medill]] — which owns the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' and, until 1991, also owned her father's ''Daily News''. Tribune sold the ''Daily News'' to British newspaper magnate [[Robert Maxwell]]. ▼
▲With the Times Mirror-Tribune merger, the newspaper founded by [[Alicia Patterson]] was now owned by the company that was founded by her great-grandfather, [[Joseph Medill]],
Following Maxwell's death in 1992, his publishing empire collapsed and [[Mortimer Zuckerman]] purchased the ''Daily News'', and [[Chicago]] real estate magnate [[Samuel Zell]] purchased the ''Tribune'' in 2007.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last1=Arango |first1=Tim |last2=Pérez-Peña |first2=Richard |author-link1=Tim Arango |author-link2=Richard Pérez-Peña|title=3 Moguls in Talks to Buy Newsday |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/business/media/21paper.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 21, 2008}}</ref>▼
▲Following Maxwell's death in 1992,
===21st century===
In April 2008, [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]], headed by CEO [[Rupert Murdoch]], attempted to purchase ''Newsday'' for US$580 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bznews0423,0,696524.story |title=''Newsday'' (April 23, 2008): "Murdoch tells LI officials deal for ''Newsday'' close", by Ellen Yan and James T. Madadore |access-date=April 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080425042230/http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bznews0423,0,696524.story |archive-date=April 25, 2008 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> This was followed by a matching bid from Zuckerman<ref>[http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/04/26/zuckerman_submits_580_million_newsday_bid_source/ Reuters (April 16, 2008): "Zuckerman submits $580 million Newsday bid: source"], by Robert Macmillan and Kenneth Lee</ref> and a $680 million bid from [[Cablevision]].<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSN0222014420080502 Reuters (May 2, 2008): "Cablevision submits $650 mln bid for Newsday: source"] by Jui Chakravorty Das</ref>
In May 2008, News Corporation withdrew its bid,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-newsday-cablevision.html/|title=Reuters (May 11, 2008)|website=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> and on May 12, 2008, ''Newsday'' reported that Cablevision would purchase the paper for $650 million.<ref>[http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bznews0512x,0,7341028.story Cablevision announces deal to buy Newsday] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513013419/http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bznews0512x,0,7341028.story |date=May 13, 2008 }}, ''Newsday'', May 12, 2008</ref> The sale was completed July 29, 2008.<ref>[http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6582623.html Cablevision Completes Newsday Buy from Tribune], Broadcasting and Cable, July 29, 2008</ref>
In 2016, [[Altice (company)|Altice]], a [[Netherlands]]-based multinational telecommunications company, acquired Cablevision, including ''Newsday'' and News 12
In July 2020, ''Newsday'' received $10 million in [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] loans from [[Paycheck Protection Program]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)|COVID-19 pandemic]] to pay salaries for 500 employees.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Izadi |first1=Elahe |last2=Barr |first2=Jeremy |title=Four takeaways from the PPP loans to media companies show the far-reaching toll of the pandemic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/four-takeaways-from-the-ppp-loans-to-media-companies-show-the-far-reaching-toll-of-the-pandemic/2020/07/07/baabe4a2-bfd9-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html |access-date=9 March 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=7 July 2020}}</ref>▼
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▲In July 2020, ''Newsday'' received $10 million in [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] loans from [[Paycheck Protection Program]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York|COVID-19 pandemic]] to pay salaries for 500 employees.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Izadi |first1=Elahe |last2=Barr |first2=Jeremy |title=Four takeaways from the PPP loans to media companies show the far-reaching toll of the pandemic |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/four-takeaways-from-the-ppp-loans-to-media-companies-show-the-far-reaching-toll-of-the-pandemic/2020/07/07/baabe4a2-bfd9-11ea-9fdd-b7ac6b051dc8_story.html |access-date=9 March 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=7 July 2020}}</ref>
▲In March 2023, ''Newsday'' launched NewsdayTV, featuring former [[News 12 Networks]] anchor Elisa DiStefano. NewsdayTV is available online and through major streaming outlets. NewsdayTV takes a similar approach to news as other Long Island news outlets such as News12.
==Editorial style==
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In 2004, the alternative weekly newspaper ''[[Long Island Press]]'' (which is not related to the defunct daily of the same name) wrote that ''Newsday'' has used its clout to influence local politics in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]] Counties.<ref>''[[Long Island Press]]'', "Game Over: How the Paper's Monopoly Control Has Warped its Coverage and Hurt Long Island", by Christopher Twarowski, December 30, 2004: "Numerous politicians in both counties, county workers, directors of community groups and other sources claim that 'Newsday' uses its position as Long Island's only daily paper to strong-arm county officials, nonprofit directors, local leaders and rival publications and even to influence pieces of legislation — often through fear, intimidation and other anti-competitive practices — to further its political or commercial agenda".</ref>
[[Bill Moyers]] briefly served as publisher.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/moyesrbill/moyersbill.htm|title=The Museum of Broadcast Communications: Moyer biography|access-date=August 2, 2006|archive-date=May 17, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517085456/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/moyesrbill/moyersbill.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> During the tenure of publisher [[Robert M. Johnson (publisher)|Robert M. Johnson]] in the 1980s, Newsday made a major push into New York City. The paper's roster of columnists and critics has included [[Cathy Young]], [[Jimmy Breslin]], [[Barbara Garson]], [[Normand Poirier]], [[Murray Kempton]], [[Gail Collins (journalist)|Gail Collins]], [[Pete Hamill]], [[Sydney Schanberg]], [[Robert Reno]] (died 2012), [[Jim Dwyer (journalist)|Jim Dwyer]], sportswriter [[Mike Lupica]], music critic [[Tim Page (music critic)|Tim Page]], and television critic [[Marvin Kitman]]. The paper featured both [[advice column]]ists [[Ann Landers]] and [[Dear Abby]] for several years.
From 1985 to 2005, Michael Mandelbaum wrote a regular foreign affairs analysis column for ''Newsday''. Writer and biographer [[Robert Caro]] was an investigative reporter. Its features section has included television reporters Verne Gay and Diane Werts, TV/film feature writer [[Frank Lovece]], and film critic Rafer Guzman. ''Newsday'' carries the syndicated columnist [[Froma Harrop]]. [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner [[Walt Handelsman]]'s editorial political cartoons animation are a nationally syndicated feature of ''Newsday''. In the 1980s, a new design director, Robert Eisner, guided the transition into digital design and color printing. {{Citation needed|date=July 2012}}
''Newsday'' created and sponsored a "Long Island at the Crossroads" advisory board in 1978, to recommend regional goals, supervise local government, and liaison with state and Federal officials.<ref>[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/103955983.html?ids=103955983:103955983&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+19%2C+1988&author=By+Tom+Morris&pub=Newsday&edition=Combined+editions&startpage=47&desc=A+Decade+Later%2C+Still+at+Crossroads "A Decade Later, Still at Crossroads"]{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, by Tom Morris, ''Newsday'' (April 19, 1988):</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070301134538/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104789761.html?dids=104789761:104789761&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+13%2C+1988&author=&pub=Newsday&edition=Combined+editions&startpage=58&desc=LI+Planners+Need+Cooperation%2C+Not+Competition "L.I. Planners Need Cooperation, Not Competition" (editorial)], ''Newsday'' (Dec. 13, 1988)</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070301135630/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/102519729.html?dids=102519729:102519729&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+4%2C+1991&author=By+Greg+Steinmetz.+STAFF+WRITER&pub=Newsday&edition=Combined+editions&startpage=29&desc=Planners+tried+before+to+set+a+course+for+Long+Island%2C+but+it+was+a+road+not+taken.+At+a+summit+this+week+they%27ll+once+again+go..BACK+TO+THE+FUTURE "Back to the Future"], ''Newsday'' (Feb. 4, 1991): by Greg Steinmetz</ref> It lasted approximately a decade.
On March 21, 2011, ''Newsday'' redesigned its front page, scrapping the [[nameplate (publishing)|nameplate]] and font used since the 1960s in favor of a sans-serif wordmark.<ref>[http://www.newsday.com/long-island/meet-the-new-newsday-1.2773390 "Meet the new Newsday"] ''Newsday'' (March 21, 2011)</ref>
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In 2008, ''Newsday'' was ranked 10th in terms of newspaper circulation in the United States.<ref name=nyt />
On October 28, 2009, ''Newsday'' changed its web site to a [[Pay wall|paid-subscriber only model]]. Newsday.com would open its front page, classified ads, movie listings, and school closings to all site visitors, but access beyond this content would require a weekly fee – US$5 as of 2010. This fee would be waived for subscribers of the print edition of the paper, as well as for subscribers to parent-company Cablevision's Internet service.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20091022/FREE/910229988|title=Newsday to begin charging for online articles |last=Flamm|first=Matthew|date=October 22, 2009|publisher=Crain's New York|access-date=2009-10-31}}</ref> Through its first three months only 35 non-Optimum, non-''Newsday'' subscribers signed up for the paid
==Pulitzer Prizes==
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