• New York Observer, Wednesday, November 2, 2011 4:04 PM

In a long story headlined “Fishwrap Follies,” Kat Stoeffel looks at the latest goings-on in New York City’s infamous tabloid wars, now apparently being “won” by the Daily News over the Post.  

The News has seen its circulation steadily rise since both papers increased their newsstand price 50%, to 75 cents, last spring. The News has also jumped from the country’s seventh largest paper to the fourth.  And it’s spruced up its online presence with sexy celebrity pix and Web-only rewrites of bizarre wire stories, helping the paper achieve high Google placements for those types of searches. 

Of course, veteran print reporters are now forced to file stories earlier in the day, and complain that the paper is veering onto TMZ-like turf. But the News site also has 2.1 million more unique visitors monthly than the Post’s.  The print paper, meanwhile, has less original reporting. And the paper’s executive digital editor has just been moved up on the masthead -- above managing editors for politics, features, news and sports.

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