New York Post

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 11:47pm on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Alyson Campbell, founder of AMP3 Public Relations, gave PR Newswer 5 tips to get a story into Page Six of the New York Post on September 28 2009:

"Here are Campbell's top five tips on how to get your item into Page Six.

1. Be realistic, is your item really Page Six-worthy?

2. If so, how is your item relevant? Tie it in to a scandal or hot topic of some sort that is currently taking place.

3. Clearly identify in your subject line if this is an "Item," a "Sighting," or a "We Hear...": the three types of bits they run in Page Six daily.

4. Keep your pitch short, exciting and concise, including at least one boldface name, and be sure to pitch the news to Page Six exclusively. I like to send in my gossip tips in 'headline speak,' using the same tone that they use to write their one-liner items.

5. Make sure all sources and spokespeople are going to be readily accessible, in the event of fact checking or requests for comment, as turnaround on Page Six is very quick."

The full story:
http://www.mediabistro.com/prnewser/pitches/how_to_plant_an_item_in_page_six_136581.asp

Eric Kallgren    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:24pm on Friday, May 22nd, 2009

In "Free To Be Ignored," posted on May 21, 2009 at The Big Money blog, James Ledbetter offers a very funny (and very likely fictional) anecdote about the Post:

The rationale that Bloomingdale's CEO Marvin Traub supposedly gave to Rupert Murdoch for not advertising in the New York Post: "Your readers are our shoplifters."

Eric Kallgren    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 12:28pm on Monday, April 27th, 2009

New York Post circulation dropped like a rock in the six months through March 31, 2009, according to numbers from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) released on April 27, 2009.

The New York Post had a circulation decline of 20.6%, to 558,140. As a result it has fallen behind rival the New York Daily News, which lost 14.3% to 602,857. Previously the two papers were running neck-and-neck in circulation.

For all 395 daily papers surveyed by the ABC, weekday circulation fell 7%, from 37,066,075 last year to 34,439,713.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder, Colorado USA

Posted at 9:48am on Thursday, February 26th, 2009

February 24, 2009: The New York Times reported that the New York Post is dropping Liz Smith's gossip column:

" After Thursday, the gossip columnist Liz Smith will not have a home in a New York City tabloid for the first time in 33 years. The New York Post — which has published her gossip column since the days when Donald was still married to Marla and Christie Brinkley was still married to Ricky Taubman — is dropping her column, citing hard times.

“Like so many other newspapers around the nation, we are buffeted by unprecedented economic gales,” Col Allan, the editor in chief of The Post, told Ms. Smith in a Feb. 9 letter that said he was not renewing the contract for what he called her “legendary column.”

Even for Ms. Smith, who turned 86 on Feb. 2, tabloids are so last century. She plans to concentrate on that newer medium, the Internet. She is a founder and part owner of the 11-month-old site wowOwow, for “women on Web,” and said she looked forward to posting scoops there — “free,” she said, “from the constraints of newspaper deadlines.”"