NEWSPAPER

Long Island's daily newspaper, founded in 1940. Purchased by Times Mirror Co. in 1970, and targeted nearby New York City in 1985 with a separate edition titled New York Newsday.

Official Website:
http://www.newsday.com/

Location:
Melville, NY

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Saul Bellow	Novelist	10-Jun-1915	5-Apr-2005	The Adventures of Augie March
Barbara Taylor Bradford	Novelist	5-May-1933		Emma Harte saga
Jimmy Breslin	Columnist	17-Oct-1930		The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Robert Caro	Historian	30-Oct-1935		Biographer of Lyndon Johnson
Robert Christgau	Critic	18-Apr-1942		Village Voice music critic
Phyllis Fraser	Socialite	22-Jun-1911	24-Nov-2006	Wife of Bennett Cerf
Pete Hamill	Journalist	24-Jun-1935		The New York Post
Christopher Hitchens	Journalist	13-Apr-1949	15-Dec-2011	Agent provocateur
Alberto Ibargüen	Publisher	c. 1944		President of the Knight Foundation
Robert M. Johnson	Publisher	14-Jul-1945		Publisher of Newsday, 1986-94
David Laventhol	Publisher	1933		President of Times Mirror, 1987-93
Jennifer 8. Lee	Journalist	15-Mar-1976		New York Times reporter
William McGurn	Government	4-Dec-1958		Chief speechwriter for Bush, 2005-08
Bill Moyers	Journalist	6-Jun-1934		NOW with Bill Moyers
Susan Page	Journalist	12-Feb-1951		USA Today Washington bureau chief
Alicia Patterson	Business	15-Oct-1906	2-Jul-1963	Founder of Newsday
Jim Pinkerton	Pundit	11-Mar-1958		Fox News Watch
Karen Rothmyer	Journalist	c. 1947		Editor of The Nation
Sydney Schanberg	Journalist	17-Jan-1934		The Death and Life of Dith Pran
Barbara Slavin	Journalist	1951		Sr. Diplomatic Reporter, USA Today
Liz Smith	Columnist	2-Feb-1923		Gossip Columnist
Liz Trotta	Journalist	28-Mar-1937		Fox News contributor

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