New York Post The New York Post is an American daily newspaper , primarily distributed in New York City and its surrounding area . It is the 13th - oldest and seventh - most - widely circulated newspaper in the United States . Since 1993 , it has been owned by News Corporation , which had owned it previously from 1976 to 1988 . Its editorial offices are located at 1211 Avenue of the Americas , in New York City , New York . The " Post " is known for its sensationalist headlines . History . The " New York Post " , established on November 16 , 1801 as the " New - York Evening Post " , describes itself as the nation ' s oldest continuously published " daily " newspaper . " The Hartford Courant " , believed to be the oldest continuously published newspaper , was founded in 1764 as a semi - weekly paper ; it did not begin publishing daily until 1836 . " The New Hampshire Gazette " , which has trademarked its claim of being " The Nation ' s Oldest Newspaper " , was founded in 1756 , also as a weekly . Moreover , since the 1890s it has been published only for weekends . 19th Century . The " Post " was founded by Alexander Hamilton with about US $ 10 , 000 from a group of investors in the autumn of 1801 as the " New - York Evening Post , " a broadsheet . Hamilton ' s co - investors included other New York members of the Federalist Party , such as Robert Troup and Oliver Wolcott , who were dismayed by the election of Thomas Jefferson as U . S . President and the rise in popularity of the Democratic - Republican Party . The meeting at which Hamilton first recruited investors for the new paper took place in then - country weekend villa that is now Gracie Mansion . Hamilton chose William Coleman as his first editor . The most famous 19th - century " New - York Evening Post " editor was the poet and abolitionist William Cullen Bryant . So well respected was the " New - York Evening Post " under Bryant ' s editorship , it received praise from the English philosopher John Stuart Mill , in 1864 . In the summer of 1829 , Bryant invited William Leggett , the Locofoco Democrat , to write for the paper . There , in addition to literary and drama reviews , Leggett began to write political editorials . Leggett ' s classical liberal philosophy entailed a fierce opposition to central banking , a support for voluntary labor unions , and a dedication to laissez - faire economics . He was a member of the Equal Rights Party . Leggett became a co - owner and editor at the " Post " in 1831 , eventually working as sole editor of the newspaper while Bryant traveled in Europe in 1834 through 1835 . Another co - owner of the paper was John Bigelow . Born in Malden - on - Hudson , New York , John Bigelow , Sr . graduated in 1835 from Union College , where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Society and the Philomathean Society , and was admitted to the bar in 1838 . From 1849 to 1861 , he was one of the editors and co - owners of the " New York Evening Post " . In 1881 Henry Villard took control of the " New - York Evening Post " , as well as " The Nation " , which became the " Post " s weekly edition . With this acquisition , the paper was managed by the triumvirate of Carl Schurz , Horace White and Edwin L . Godkin . When Schurz left the paper in 1883 , Godkin became editor - in - chief . White became editor - in - chief in 1899 , and remained in that role until his retirement in 1903 . In 1897 , both publications passed to the management of Villard ' s son , Oswald Garrison Villard , a founding member of both the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union . 20th Century . Villard sold the paper in 1918 , after widespread allegations of pro - German sympathies during World War I hurt its circulation . The new owner was Thomas Lamont , a senior partner in the Wall Street firm of J . P . Morgan & Co . . Unable to stem the paper ' s financial losses , he sold it to a consortium of 34 financial and reform political leaders , headed by Edwin Francis Gay , dean of the Harvard Business School , whose members included Franklin Delano Roosevelt . Conservative Cyrus H . K . Curtis — publisher of the " Ladies Home Journal " — purchased the " New - York Evening Post " in 1924 and briefly turned it into a non - sensational tabloid in 1933 . In 1934 , J . David Stern purchased the paper , changed its name to the " New York Post " , and restored its broadsheet size and liberal perspective . In 1939 , Dorothy Schiff purchased the paper . Her husband , George Backer , was named editor and publisher . Her second editor ( and third husband ) Ted Thackrey became co - publisher and co - editor with Schiff in 1942 . Together , they recast the newspaper into its current tabloid format . In 1949 , James Wechsler became editor of the paper , running both the news and the editorial pages . In 1961 , he turned over the news section to Paul Sann and remained as editorial - page editor until 1980 . Under Schiff ' s tenure the " Post " was devoted to liberalism , supporting trade unions and social welfare , and featured some of the most - popular columnists of the time , such as Joseph Cookman , Drew Pearson , Eleanor Roosevelt , Max Lerner , Murray Kempton , Pete Hamill , and Eric Sevareid , in addition to theatre critic Richard Watts , Jr . and Broadway columnist Earl Wilson . Murdoch ownership . In 1976 , Rupert Murdoch bought the " Post " for US $ 30 million . The " Post " at this point was the only surviving afternoon daily in New York City and its circulation under Schiff had grown by two - thirds . However , the rising cost of operating an afternoon daily in a city with worsening daytime traffic congestion , combined with mounting competition from expanded local TV news rendered the " Post " unprofitable by 1974 ( The paper has lost money ever since ) . Historian / activist Howard Zinn ' s parents introduced him to literature by sending 25 cents plus a coupon to the " Post " for each of the 20 volumes of Charles Dickens ' collected works . Style . Murdoch imported the sensationalist " tabloid journalism " style of many of his Australian and British newspapers , such as " The Sun " ( the highest selling daily newspaper in the UK ) . This style was typified by " Post ' s " famous headlines such as “ Headless body in topless bar ” ( shown on the right ) . In its 35th - anniversary edition , " New York " Magazine listed this as one of the greatest headlines ever . It also has five other " Post " headlines in its " Greatest Tabloid Headlines " list . Because of the institution of federal regulations limiting media cross - ownership after Murdoch ' s purchase of WNEW - TV ( Now WNYW - TV ) and four other stations from Metromedia to launch the Fox Broadcasting Company , Murdoch was forced to sell the paper for US $ 37 . 6 million in 1988 to Peter S . Kalikow , a real - estate magnate with no news experience . When Kalikow declared bankruptcy in 1993 , the paper was temporarily managed by Steven Hoffenberg , a financier who later pleaded guilty to securities fraud ; and , for two weeks , by Abe Hirschfeld , who made his fortune building parking garages . After a staff revolt against the Hoffenberg - Hirschfeld partnership — which included publication of an issue whose front page featured the iconic masthead photo of founder Alexander Hamilton with a single tear drop running down his cheek — The " Post " was repurchased in 1993 by Murdoch ' s News Corporation . This came about after numerous political officials , including Democratic governor of New York Mario Cuomo , persuaded the Federal Communications Commission to grant Murdoch a permanent waiver from the cross - ownership rules that had forced him to sell the paper five years earlier . Without that FCC ruling , the paper would have shut down . Under Murdoch ' s renewed direction , the paper continued its conservative editorial viewpoint . Criticism . Perhaps the most serious allegation against the " Post " is that it is willing to contort its news coverage to suit Murdoch ' s business needs , in particular that the paper has avoided reporting anything that is unflattering to the government of the People ' s Republic of China , where Murdoch has invested heavily in satellite television . Critics say that the " Post " allows its editorial positions to shape its story selection and news coverage . " Post " executive editor Steven D . Cuozzo , has responded that the " Post " " broke the elitist media stranglehold on the national agenda . " According to a survey conducted by Pace University in 2004 , the " Post " was rated the least - credible major news outlet in New York , and the only news outlet to receive more responses calling it " not credible " than credible ( 44 % not credible to 39 % credible ) . The Public Enemy song " A Letter to the " New York Post " " from their album " Apocalypse ' 91 . . . The Enemy Strikes Black " is a complaint about what they believed to be negative and inaccurate coverage African - Americans received from the paper . Controversies . There have been numerous controversies surrounding the " Post " : The " Post " and the " Daily News " often take potshots at each other ' s work and accuracy , particularly in their respective gossip - page items . In certain editions of the February 14 , 2007 , newspaper , an article referring to then - Senator Hillary Clinton ' s support base for her 2008 presidential run referred to then - Senator Barack Obama as " Osama " ; the paper realized its error and corrected it for the later editions and the website . The " Post " noted the error and apologized in the February 15 , 2007 , edition . Earlier , on January 20 , 2007 , the " Post " received some criticism for running a potentially misleading headline , " ' Osama ' Mud Flies at Obama " , for a story that discussed rumors that Obama had been raised as a Muslim and concealed it . Website . In 1996 , the " Post " launched an Internet version of the paper nypost . com . The original site included color photos and sections broken down into News , Sports , Editorial , Gossip , Entertainment and Business . It also had an archive for the past seven days . Since then , it has been redesigned a number of times , with the latest incarnation launched on September 6 , 2009 . In 2005 the website implemented a registration requirement but removed it in July 2006 . The current website also features continually updated breaking news ; entertainment , business , and sports blogs ; links to " Page Six Magazine " ; photo and video galleries ; original " Post " videos ; user - submitted photos and comments ; and streaming video for live events . Highlights . The paper is well known for its sports section , which has been praised for its comprehensiveness ; it begins on the back page , and among other coverage , contains columns about sports in the media by Phil Mushnick . The " Post " is also well known for its gossip columnist Cindy Adams . The best - known gossip section is " Page Six " , created by the late James Brady and currently edited by Emily Smith . February 2006 saw the debut of " Page Six Magazine " , distributed free inside the paper . In September 2007 , it started to be distributed weekly in the Sunday edition of the paper . In January 2009 , circulation for " Page Six Magazine " was cut to four times a year . Sales . The daily circulation of the " Post " decreased in the final years of the Schiff era from 700 , 000 in the late 1960s to approximately 418 , 000 by the time she sold the paper to Murdoch in 1976 . Under Murdoch ' s first reign as owner , circulation soared to a peak of 960 , 000 in 1978 — the majority of the increase stemming from a morning edition of the " Post " that Murdoch launched that year ( The paper ended afternoon publication in 1981 ) . A resurgence during the 21st century increased circulation to 724 , 748 in April 2007 , achieved partly by lowering the price from 50 cents to 25 cents . During October 2006 , the " Post " for the first time passed its rival , the " Daily News " , in circulation . The " Daily News " regained the lead over the " Post " in 2007 and the two rival tabloids have been locked in a virtual dead heat ever since . As of April 2010 , the " Post " ' s daily circulation is 525 , 004 , just 10 , 000 behind the " Daily News " . Yet throughout Murdoch ' s years of ownership , the " Post " never made a profit , with at least one media report in 2012 indicating that the " Post " loses up to $ 70 million a year . One commentator has suggested that the " Post " cannot become profitable as long as the competing " Daily News " survives , and that Murdoch may be trying to force the " Daily News " to fold or sell out . Recent headquarters . The 1906 Old New York Evening Post Building is designated landmark . From 1926 , the newspaper ' s main office was at 75 West Street . In 1967 , Schiff bought 210 South Street , the former headquarters of the " New York Journal American " , which closed a year earlier . The building became an instantly recognizable symbol for the Post . In 1995 , owner Rupert Murdoch relocated the " Post ' s " news and business offices to the News Corporation headquarters tower at 1211 Avenue of the Americas ( Sixth Avenue ) in midtown Manhattan . The " Post " shares this building with Fox News Channel and " The Wall Street Journal " , both of which are also owned by Murdoch . The " Post " and the New York City edition of the " Journal " are printed at a state - of - the - art printing plant in the borough of The Bronx .