New York Daily News in ICU?

While that particular quote was about the Post, Hizzonner isn’t too keen on the News either.

Mayor de Blasio’s Emails, Uncensored and Unforgiving

 

Mort sold the paper. That's why Tronc has it.

But was it ever an effective mover in Democratic politics?

It certainly didn't keep conservatives or centrists like Rudy Giuliani or Mike Bloomberg out of office.

 

Sure. But he owned it for over 20 years, suffering losses the whole time. I'm not sure he ever turned a profit with the Atlantic or U.S. News & World Report either.

Both Murdoch's Post, and Zuckerman's News served the financial, political, and social interests of their owners, neither of which lined up specifically with national political politics.

Murdoch supported Hillary Clinton's political career.

Zuckerman, with huge investments in New York City real estate, was supportive of Giuliani, and hired Richard Schwartz as his editorial page editor.

 

Murdoch's Post impact on New York politics is negligible now, except it can piss off the mayor. Big deal. The News has a little more local impact, because it has a trifle more coverage of the real NYC of 2018 rather than Rupert's fever dreams of a city overrun by subhumans who had the misfortune not to be born white. But both of them are chasing a readership that's either in Suffolk County, south Florida, or one of the outer boroughs' many large cemeteries. Once Rupe kicks the bucket, his kids will kill the Post before the eulogy.

 

The Post is not afraid of having some fun at the Orangutan's expense on the cover, even if the editorial staff do support him sub rosa.

 

Ferro sale to McCormick fell through:

McCormick Media's deal to buy Michael Ferro's Tronc stake falls through

 

According to the first quarter Tronc earnings call the sale of the LA Times has also not been finalized. According to Tronc management the hangup has been that operations are so integrated with the rest of the company that hundreds of service agreements have to be worked out. The parties have to determine how to separate operations.