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23-420: The Girls may be: Books [ edit ] The Girls (Lansens novel) , a 2005 novel by Lori Lansens The Girls (Cline novel) , a 2016 novel by Emma Cline The Girls , a 1921 novel by Edna Ferber Films [ edit ] The Girls (1961 film) , a Soviet comedy film The Girls (1968 film) , a Swedish drama film The Girl (1987 film) ,

46-491: A British-Swedish drama film Music [ edit ] The Girls (musical) , a musical based on Calendar Girls The Girls (Seattle band) , Seattle punk band The Girls (1960s band) , an American all-female band from the '60s "The Girls" (Calvin Harris song) , 2007 "The Girls" (Blackpink song) , 2023 See also [ edit ] Girl (disambiguation) Girls (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

69-616: A huge heart at its core and not a false beat anywhere, The Girls is not just a sophisticated literary accomplishment but a darned good read," concluded Eva Tihanyi's review in the Toronto Star . The Girls was recognized by the American Library Association as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults. It was included in the 2007 selection of notable fiction books in Reference and User Services Quarterly . It

92-560: A majority (75%) stake in Newsday back to Cablevision's former owner Charles Dolan and his son Patrick, making Patrick the CEO of Newsday . Altice disposed of its remaining stake in Newsday at the end of July 2018, which, combined with Charles Dolan's transfer of shares to son Patrick, made Patrick the sole owner of Newsday . In July 2020, Newsday received $ 10 million in federal government loans from Paycheck Protection Program during

115-520: A nationally syndicated feature of Newsday . In the 1980s, a new design director, Robert Eisner, guided the transition into digital design and color printing. Newsday created and sponsored a "Long Island at the Crossroads" advisory board in 1978, to recommend regional goals, supervise local government, and liaison with state and Federal officials. It lasted approximately a decade. On March 21, 2011, Newsday redesigned its front page, scrapping

138-420: A regular foreign affairs analysis column for Newsday . Writer and biographer Robert Caro was an investigative reporter. Its features section has included television reporters Verne Gay and Diane Werts, TV/film feature writer Frank Lovece , and film critic Rafer Guzman. Newsday carries the syndicated columnist Froma Harrop . Pulitzer Prize winner Walt Handelsman 's editorial political cartoons animation are

161-629: A separate Queens edition, followed by a New York City edition dubbed New York Newsday . In June 2000, Times Mirror merged with the Tribune Company , partnering Newsday with the New York City television station WPIX , also owned by Tribune. With the Times Mirror-Tribune merger, the newspaper founded by Alicia Patterson was now owned by the company that was founded by her great-grandfather, Joseph Medill , who owned

184-406: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Girls (Lansens novel) The Girls is the life story of a pair of conjoined twins , Rose and Ruby Darlen, and is narrated by the twins themselves. Rose, a budding writer, also details key moments from the lives of their adoptive parents, Aunt Lovey and Uncle Stash. The girls are joined at

207-689: Is not known for being sensationalistic, as are other local daily tabloids, such as the New York Daily News and the New York Post . This causes Newsday to sometimes be referred to as "the respectable tabloid". In 2004, the alternative weekly newspaper Long Island Press (which is not related to the defunct daily of the same name) wrote that Newsday has used its clout to influence local politics in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Bill Moyers briefly served as publisher. During

230-534: The Chicago Tribune and, until 1991, also owned her father's Daily News . Tribune sold the Daily News to British newspaper magnate Robert Maxwell . Following Maxwell's death in 1992, the family publishing empire collapsed, and Mortimer Zuckerman purchased the Daily News . In April 2008, News Corporation , headed by CEO Rupert Murdoch , attempted to purchase Newsday for US$ 580 million. This

253-468: The COVID-19 pandemic to pay salaries for 500 employees. In 2022, Don Hudson was named editor. In March 2023, Newsday launched NewsdayTV, featuring former News 12 Networks anchor Elisa DiStefano. NewsdayTV is available online and through major streaming outlets. NewsdayTV takes a similar approach to news as other Long Island news outlets such as News12. Despite having a tabloid format, Newsday

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276-548: The nameplate and font used since the 1960s in favor of a sans-serif wordmark. In 2004, a circulation scandal revealed that the paper's daily and Sunday circulation had been inflated by 16.9% and 14.5%, respectively, in the auditing period September 30, 2002 to September 30, 2003. The Audit Bureau of Circulation adjusted average weekday circulation to 481,816 from 579,599; average Saturday circulation to 392,649 from 416,830; and average Sunday circulation to 574,081 from 671,820, and instituted twice-yearly audits. In 2008, Newsday

299-567: The New York City market. As of 2023, Newsday is the eighth-largest circulation newspaper in the United States with a print circulation of 86,850. Founded by Alicia Patterson and her husband, Harry Guggenheim , the first edition of Newsday was September 3, 1940, published from Hempstead . Until undergoing a major redesign in the 1970s, Newsday copied the Daily News format of short stories and numerous pictures. Patterson

322-461: The attempt of newspaper employees to block the sale, even though Moyers offered $ 10 million more than the Times-Mirror purchase price; Moyers resigned a few days later. Guggenheim, who died a year later, had Moyers removed from his will. After the competing Long Island Press (not to be confused with the alternative weekly of the same name) ceased publication in 1977, Newsday launched

345-541: The girls frequently travelling to nearby cities of Chatham , Windsor , and London . The girls also accompany their Uncle Stash to his native Slovakia . In the Calgary Herald , Ali Riley described The Girls as "a tender and captivating glimpse into those who are 'other'". Bethany Schneider in Newsday called it "as much as commentary upon the limits of memoir as it is a novel of virtuosos complexity". "With

368-512: The head ( craniopagus twins ), with Rose carrying her physically weaker and smaller sister on her right hip. According to the description of the condition at the start of the book, the girls are estimated to share 100 veins as well as skull bones. However, while their cerebral tissues are meshed, they have distinctly separate brains and so have different personalities. The book is set in the fictional small town of Leaford in Ontario , Canada , with

391-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Girls . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Girls&oldid=1173356144 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

414-623: The tenure of publisher Robert M. Johnson in the 1980s, Newsday made a major push into New York City. The paper's roster of columnists and critics has included Cathy Young , Jimmy Breslin , Barbara Garson , Normand Poirier , Murray Kempton , Gail Collins , Pete Hamill , Sydney Schanberg , Robert Reno (died 2012), Jim Dwyer , sportswriter Mike Lupica , music critic Tim Page , and television critic Marvin Kitman . The paper featured both advice columnists Ann Landers and Dear Abby for several years. From 1985 to 2005, Michael Mandelbaum wrote

437-431: Was disappointed by the liberal drift of the newspaper under Moyers, criticizing what he called the "left-wing" coverage of the anti- Vietnam War protests. The two ultimately split over the 1968 presidential election , with Guggenheim authoring an editorial supporting Richard Nixon when Moyers supported Hubert Humphrey . In 1970, Guggenheim sold his majority share to the then-conservative Times-Mirror Company over

460-404: Was fired as a writer at her father's Daily News in her early 20s, after getting the basic facts of a divorce wrong in a published report. She later went on the publish and edit Newsday . Following Patterson's death in 1963, Guggenheim became publisher and editor. In 1967, Guggenheim turned over the publisher position to Bill Moyers and continued as president and editor-in-chief. But Guggenheim

483-449: Was followed by a matching bid from Zuckerman and a $ 680 million bid from Cablevision . In May 2008, News Corporation withdrew its bid, and on May 12, 2008, Newsday reported that Cablevision would purchase the paper for $ 650 million. The sale was completed July 29, 2008. In 2016, Altice , a Netherlands -based multinational telecommunications company, acquired Cablevision, including Newsday and News 12. However, Altice then sold

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506-796: Was on the 2007 long list for the Women's Prize for Fiction . Newsday Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island , although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area . The slogan of the newspaper is "Newsday, Your Eye on LI", and formerly it was "Newsday, the Long Island Newspaper". The newspaper's headquarters are located in Melville, New York . Since its founding in 1940, Newsday has won 19 Pulitzer Prizes . Historically, it penetrated

529-416: Was ranked 10th in terms of newspaper circulation in the United States. On October 28, 2009, Newsday changed its web site to a paid-subscriber only model . Newsday.com would open its front page, classified ads, movie listings, and school closings to all site visitors, but access beyond this content would require a weekly fee – US$ 5 as of 2010. This fee would be waived for subscribers of the print edition of

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