Paper of Wreckage: An Oral History of the New York Post, 1976 – 2024

(Free, open to the public) Join the Gotham Center for New York History for a conversation with authors Susan Mulcahy and Frank DiGiacomo about their new oral history of the New York Post.

Wednesday, March 19, 7:30 – 9pm

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By the 1970s, the New York Post had fallen on hard times, along with the city. When the newspaper sold to a largely unknown Australian named Rupert Murdoch, staffers hoped it would be the start of a new golden age. But today the media often reflects what began then, when the oldest newspaper in America was turned into a noisy tabloid.