New York Sun, daily newspaper published from 1833 to 1950 in New York City, long one of the most influential of American newspapers. The Sun was the first successful penny daily newspaper in the United States. The name was revived for a print and online newspaper in the early 21st century. The New York Sun was founded by a New York City printer, Benjamin H. Day, as a four-page half-tabloid sheet. Its reports of police-court activities and its witty treatment of news made it a success, and only the Sun and the New York Herald survived from a crowd of