In one of the many famous rooms of Carnegie Hall, city-native newspaper New York Sun relaunched their pages last Wednesday surrounded by journalists, politicians, and more. We got to hear remarks from Mayor Eric Adams, editor Seth Lipsky, and publisher Dovid Efune, on how the new iteration of the publication can be a light to guide the city it’s dedicated to.
The New York Sun was previously running from 2002 to 2008, modeled after the storied NYC paper, The Sun, and ceased publication due to the financial crisis of the late aughts. Intended to be an alternative to The New York Times, the Sun offered a right-of-center perspective to the city’s residents – a voice that sometimes gets lost due to the demographics and beliefs of most New Yorkers. With a long-standing mission to “uphold the finest journalistic traditions” and “safeguard liberty and defend the national welfare,” the Sun hopes to continue their legacy with a new digital-first strategy.
Amidst poke bowls, bubbling champagne, and cheese platters, Mayor Adams delivered an inspiring speech on his hopes for the paper. Mayor Adams said that he “welcomes the Sun to shine a bright light on every community, scrutinize where [the city] needs to be scrutinized, deal with inequalities, and help bring back [the city’s] economy.” He stressed the need for basic integrity in journalism, and the urgency for people to stop relying on social media for news research. He believes that the Sun can “play a major role in raising the bar in bringing back this integrity” and “in inspiring New Yorkers” by covering facts without distorting truths.
Lipsky and Efune echoed the Mayor’s sentiments as aligning with the paper’s goals, and emphasized its commitment to its home city. The New York Sun originally launched post 9/11, and now as it relaunches post-pandemic, “New York will always remain at the heart of [its] being” (Lipsky). Efune restated this, adding “if it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a metropolis to raise a newspaper, and there’s no metropolis like New York City.”
The New York Sun will be available via digital and you can learn more at https://www.nysun.com/.
