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Alexander Hamilton, a Federalist and Founding Father who served as the nation's first secretary of the treasury, founded the New York Post in the autumn of 1801. He gathered the paper's initial investors at Archibald Gracie's weekend villa, now known as Gracie Mansion, and launched it as the New-York Evening Post with about $10,000 in capital.
Rupert Murdoch purchased the New York Post from Dorothy Schiff in 1976 for US$30.5 million. He was forced to sell it in 1988 to real-estate developer Peter S. Kalikow for $37.6 million due to federal cross-ownership regulations, then reacquired it in 1993 after the Federal Communications Commission granted him a permanent waiver.
Page Six is the New York Post's gossip section, created by James Brady in 1977. It became well known for its blind items. Richard Johnson edited it for 25 years beginning in 1985, followed by Emily Smith from 2009 to 2022, and then by Ian Mohr.
The New York Post set a single-day circulation record of 1.1 million copies on the 11th of August 1977, reporting the arrest of David Berkowitz, the serial killer known as Son of Sam.
The New York Post, founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, is the oldest still-published daily newspaper in the United States. It is not the oldest continuously published daily, however, because it halted publication during strikes in 1958 and 1978; The Providence Journal holds that distinction for continuous daily publication.
A 2004 survey conducted by Pace University rated the New York Post the least credible major news outlet in New York City. It was the only outlet surveyed to receive more responses calling it not credible (44%) than credible (39%).