The California Post, a conservative daily tabloid published by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp in print and online, made its debut this week, marking the New York Post\u2019s expansion into the West Coast media landscape. The paper, a California counterpart to the New York tabloid, aims to shake up the struggling news industry in the \u2060country’s most populous state with the irreverence and liveliness that are the global hallmarks of the media mogul\u2019s tabloids. CEO PROMISES ‘SNARKY’ AND ‘ENTERTAINING’ COVERAGE Sean Giancola, CEO and \u200cpublisher for New York Post \u2060Media Group, told Reuters on Wednesday that he believes California audiences will enjoy coverage he described as “snarky” and “entertaining.” Asked what made him think a print publication could succeed when so many have closed in recent years, Giancola \u200dsaid he was confident readership would grow in due course. He said millions of people in California read the New York Post online. The California paper’s c
ontent is also available online where engagement has been growing since Monday’s launch. Giancola said copies are selling at $3.75 apiece in 678 West Coast \u2060newsstands – a higher price than the $2 for the New York Post that he ascribed to higher production costs. He said the plan eventually was to offer home delivery. One of its features — Page Six Hollywood — is a West Coast edition of the New York Post\u2019s Page Six gossip column led by editor Ian Mohr. Future plans include podcasts, newsletters and events. EXPANDED \u200cCOVERAGE OF ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS PLANNED “We now have a foundation here in LA, 80-ish people here in an office, closer to the entertainment business,” Giancola said. He promised expanded coverage on the business side of entertainment beyond celebrity news as well. The front page of Wednesday\u2019s paper featured \u2060the headline \u201cLAWLESS\u201d in large capital letters with the \u201cLA\u201d highlighted in red to emphasize the paper\u2019s Los Angeles focus. In the story, a
Post journalist described being attacked by protesters while reporting on a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting. The story alleged that \u201cradical agitators\u201d disrupted the meeting, shouting insults at police and later confronting the reporter and shouting, “Are you scared yet?” The paper described the protesters as “anti-cop punks.” Other topics included recovery \u2060efforts after the Pacific Palisades fires, a mass killing in Sacramento, and actor Sydney Sweeney\u2019s launch of a lingerie line after she got in \u201ctrouble\u201d last week for climbing the Hollywood sign and hanging a clothesline of bras from it. At The Grove, an upscale Los Angeles shopping center, several people expressed \u200denthusiasm for the new publication in a video the tabloid posted to Instagram on Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019m happy to see that it\u2019s in print, not just digital,\u201d one person said. Another called it a \u201cdream come true\u201d after buying the New York Post for 36 years as a New York resident. Not \u200ceveryone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The California Post, a conservative daily tabloid published by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp in print and online, made its debut this week, marking the New York Post\u2019s expansion into the West Coast media landscape. The paper, a California counterpart to the New York tabloid, aims to shake up the struggling news industry in the \u2060country’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n