New York Daily News

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 9:24pm on Sunday, May 10th, 2009

Mort Zuckerman has a plan to save newspapers, New York magazine reported on May 6, 2009:

"Mort Zuckerman has a solution for the faltering newspaper industry. "Bingo!" he told us. "Just make bingo legal on our websites." Bingo? we asked hesitantly, thinking for a moment that the billionaire was showing his age after all.

"Yes!" he answered. "The newspapers in England are supported almost exclusively by the profitability of running bingo games on their websites. It attracts an enormous audience. But here, you’re not allowed to do it."

The full story:
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/mort_zuckerman.html

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 12:41pm on Monday, April 27th, 2009

The circulation of New York City newspapers is going down, down, down, based on numbers for the six months ending March 31, 2009, from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) released on April 27, 2009.

The New York Daily News had a circulation decline of 14.3% to 602,857. But things were worse for the New York Post, which fell 21% percent to 558,140. This puts the Daily News ahead in the New York City tabloid battle. Previously the two papers were running neck-and-neck in circulation.

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 6:17pm on Thursday, February 19th, 2009

February 18, 2009: The New York Daily News will share content with four other newspapers in the region. From the press release:

"Five major newspapers in the northeast today announced an agreement to share editorial content. The New York Daily News, Albany Times Union, The Record (Bergen Co., NJ), The Buffalo News, and The Star-Ledger have formed the Northeast Consortium, a cooperative arrangement that will enhance each publication's coverage in the region by exchanging articles, photographs and graphics among the newspapers.

"As the Northeast Consortium, our publications will assist each other in gathering news, sports and features materials, giving our readers access to more and expanded content from the top newspapers in each of the respective markets," said Marc Kramer, CEO of the New York Daily News."

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 10:53pm on Saturday, January 10th, 2009

On January 10, 2009, the New York Daily News reported that an 80 year-old lobster, held prisoner against his will by a New York restaurant, will be liberated:

"A monster lobster scored a one-way ticket out of a Manhattan restaurant Friday - and not on a fork.

George the Giant Lobster - 20 pounds and an estimated 80 years old - found himself liberated from City Crab's lobster tank, saved by the intervention of animal rights activists.

Executive chef Joseph Vaina and manager Keith Valenti had displayed the hefty crustacean on a huge platter by the lobster tank and at the raw bar since he arrived at the Park Ave. South restaurant New Year's Eve.

Named George by a young patron, the lobster had been treated as a pet, Vaina said. He was never meant to be sold and eaten - City Crab charges $27 a pound for cooked lobster - just to serve as a mascot, he added.

But a patron spotted the lobster in the tank and called People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which began lobbying the restaurant for George's release."