Does the Post have a conflict here? This article gives some more details on the future New York Sun – the new daily being financed by Conrad Black et. al. and edited by Seth Lipsky and Ira Stoll.
The headline of the article should probably read:
Pitifully Small ‘Daily’ to Be Read By Almost No One; History of Failures Precedes Attempt
Actually, come to think of it, the actual headline ain’t too different:
I feel a touch vindicated in my earlier comments about the pittance being put forward to finance the Sun – a paltry $15 million, the rough equivalent for Black of the cash you or I might toss down for a bunch of CDs or maybe a low-end laptop. The Post says the paper will be a broadsheet of “only four to six pages with a daily press run of only 6,000 to 10,000.”
That makes Drudge’s earlier comment that the Sun would be set to compete with the New York Times sound more than a touch laughable.
On the other hand, there’s nothing wrong with a tiny daily, I suppose. And it may be a wise place to start, giving the advertising recession. They can always grow from there.
I hope they make it.
