The Sun (New York City)
| It Shines for All | |
The November 26, 1834, front page of The Sun | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Moses Yale (1835) Frank Munsey (1916) |
| Editor | Benjamin Day (1833) |
| Founded | 1833 |
| Ceased publication | January 4, 1950 |
| Relaunched | The New York Sun (2002) |
| Headquarters | Sun Building, Park Row 150 Nassau Street The Sun Building |
The Sun was a New York newspaper published from 1833 until 1950. It was considered a serious paper, like the city's two more successful broadsheets, The New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune. The Sun was the first successful penny daily newspaper in the United States, and was for a time, the most successful newspaper in America.
The paper had a central focus on crime news, in which it was a pioneer, and was the first journal to hire a police reporter. Its audience was primarily working class readers.
The Sun is well-known for publishing the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, as well as Francis Pharcellus Church's 1897 editorial containing the line "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
It merged with the New York World-Telegram in 1950.