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The New York Sun

U.S. right / center-right (conservative-leaning)

Owned byOwned by Dovid Efune, who bought the title in November 2021 and serves as publisher and chairman. Efune is also CEO of the Algemeiner Journal. Seth Lipsky, who founded the original Sun, is editor.
FundingMainly online advertising and subscriptions or memberships, plus a small print edition. The outlet has not clearly disclosed its backers, and I found no public detail on investors. Efune is also reported to have a 2026 bid for the UK's Telegraph, backed by Axel Springer.
On the administrationmixed

Background

The original Sun was launched in 2002 by editor Seth Lipsky, a former Wall Street Journal editorial page figure and Forward editor. It was a daily broadsheet in New York City, and it ceased publishing in September 2008. The name dates to a 19th-century New York penny paper, and the modern paper billed itself as a conservative, constitutionalist alternative to the New York Times. In November 2021 Dovid Efune, then the top editor and CEO of the Algemeiner Journal, bought the title and relaunched it online in early 2022, with Lipsky returning as editor. A weekly print edition later followed. Efune described the revived paper as practicing 'values-based, principled and constitutionalist' journalism. The outlet is smaller than the major dailies and relies heavily on opinion and commentary alongside news. Its perspective is generally right-of-center on economics, foreign policy and Israel, and it has been skeptical of mainstream media framing. Efune's wider media activity, including the reported Telegraph bid, shows an ambition to expand a conservative-leaning media footprint.

Sources

  1. The New York Sun (Wikipedia)
  2. Dovid Efune (Wikipedia)
  3. Purchased by former Algemeiner editor, New York Sun to relaunch with Seth Lipsky as editor (JTA)
  4. New York Sun to be relaunched after purchase by former Algemeiner editor (Times of Israel)
  5. Axel Springer Backs New York Sun Publisher Dovid Efune's UK Telegraph Bid (TheWrap)
  6. The New York Sun Relaunches in Print (nysun.com)

Profile compiled 2026-10-31; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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