Editing The New York Sun (section)

=== 2001–2008 ===

The Sun was named with a desire for conscious association with the previous newspaper ''[[The Sun (New York City)|The Sun]]'' which was published from 1833 to 1950. The relaunched ''Sun'' was founded by a group of investors including publishing magnate [[Conrad Black]]. The goal was to provide an alternative to ''[[The New York Times]]'', featuring front-page news about local and state events, in contrast to the emphasis on national and international news by the ''Times''. The Sun began business operations, prior to first publication, in October 2001.<ref name="ap-end"/>

The newspaper's president and editor-in-chief was [[Seth Lipsky]], former editor of ''[[The Jewish Daily Forward]]''. Managing editor [[Ira Stoll]] also served as company vice-president. Stoll had been a longtime critic of ''The New York Times'' in his media watchdog blog smartertimes.com.<ref name=bercovici>{{cite magazine
|url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/nov01/nov26/5_fri/news3friday.html
|title=A Sun rises in New York&mdash;But will we need a flashlight to find it?
|first=Jeff
|last=Bercovici
|magazine=Media Life
|date=November 30, 2001
|access-date=2008-02-04
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184248/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/nov01/nov26/5_fri/news3friday.html
|archive-date=September 30, 2007
}}</ref>

Published from the [[Cary Building (New York City)|Cary Building]] in [[Lower Manhattan]], it ceased print publication on September 30, 2008.<ref name="end">{{Cite book
 |url          = http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-arc-of-the-sun/86865/
 |title        = The Arc of the Sun
 |date         = September 30, 2008
 |publisher    = The New York Sun
 |access-date   = 2008-09-30
 |isbn         = 978-0-914381-05-1
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081003024229/http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-arc-of-the-sun/86865/
 |archive-date = October 3, 2008
 |url-status     = live
 |df           = mdy-all
}}</ref> When asked why, Lipsky said, "we needed additional funds. . . . [T]he 2008 financial collapse was sweeping the world, and the Internet was emerging as a challenge to traditional newspapering."<ref name=SethLipsky.JP2011/><ref>{{cite magazine  |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]
|quote=Seth Lipsky chose a bad month to find new backers ... The Web 2.0 ethos was taking hold in the newspaper world
|date=January 31, 2008
|url=https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/51013
|title=The Seven-Year Run of the New York 'Sun'}}</ref>

The paper's [[motto]], which it shared with its predecessor and namesake, was "It Shines For All".