The New York Post is going west. The longstanding outlet has announced plans to create The California Post, a Los Angeles-based edition, early next year.
According to data from the publication, nearly 90% of its digital readership comes from outside the Big Apple, while it also frequently features stories from Hollywood.
“Los Angeles and California surely need a daily dose of The Post as an antidote to the jaundiced, jaded journalism that has sadly proliferated,” News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson said in a statement. “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 York Post has named Nick Pappas as the Editor-in-Chief of the new publication. He’s spent time working at several News Corp. properties, and as heeb a West Coast correspondent based in Los Angeles for the company’s Australian publications for almost three years.
The newspaper will utilize the same style and look as the New York Post when it begins printing in what the company estimates as “early 2026.”
The addition of The California Post comes amidst widespread cuts at other publications and media entities in Los Angeles, like The LA Times, and LAist.
Additionally, it comes at a time when much of the nation and the world’s attention will be on Los Angeles. In the next three years, the Super Bowl, World Cup, and 2028 Olympics will all take place in the California city.
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