JUST IN: The New York Post Is Launching a West Coast Paper Called ‘The California Post’

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The New York Post is launching a West Coast newspaper based in Los Angeles.

“Los Angeles and California surely need a daily dose of The Post as an antidote to the jaundiced, jaded journalism that has sadly proliferated,” explained News Corp CEO Robert Thomson in the Post article heralding the announcement. “We are at a pivotal moment for the city and the state, and there is no doubt that The Post will play a crucial role in engaging and enlightening readers, who are starved of serious reporting and puckish wit.”

The new outlet, called The California Post, will have a print daily as well as an online homepage.

The Post will “feature a robust staff of editors, reporters and photographers dedicated to covering news, entertainment, politics, culture, sports and business — all with a distinctly California perspective,” and be run by editor in chief Nick Papps.

“This is the next manifestation of our national brand,” said New York Post editor in chief Keith Poole. “California is the most populous state in the country, and is the epicenter of entertainment, the AI revolution and advanced manufacturing — not to mention a sports powerhouse. Yet many stories are not being told, and many viewpoints are not being represented.”

“With The California Post, we will bring a common-sense, issue-based approach to metropolitan journalism,” he continued. “We’ll tell the stories that our readers care about the most, but others overlook, and we’ll do so with clarity and our trademark conviction.”