Get to know Newsday

Despite having a tabloid format, Newsday is not known for being sensationalistic, as are other local daily tabloids, such as the New York Daily News and the New York Post. News Corporation, headed by CEO Rupert Murdoch, attempted to purchase Newsday for $ 580 million in April 200 This was soon followed by a matching bid from New York Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman and a $680 million bid from Cablevision.

In June 2000, Times Mirror merged with the Tribune Company, partnering Newsday with the New York City television station WPIX , also owned by Tribune. Johnson in the 1980s, Newsday made a major push into New York City. On the 1996-2005 CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, the fictional character Ray Barone is employed by New York Newsday as a sportswriter.