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End of an Era as New York Sun Shuts Down
HAL BOYLE reports on the New York Sun’s closure after 116 years, merged into the World Telegram and the Sun. Editors and reporters recall a proud lineage, many grieving the loss, some arguing rising costs and slipping public connection doomed the paper. A quiet wake at a bar marks the end of an era for America’s first “newspaper man’s newspaper.”
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Hal Boyle
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Roy Howard
New York World—Telegram
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Malcolm Johnson
Keats Speed
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Frank Ward O'Malley
Richard Harding
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