New York Post Launches California Spinoff The California Post

In a surprise expansion, News Corp. is bringing its New York Post to California with a new daily newspaper: The California Post.

The new venture the signature high-low mix of content that the New York Post is famous for, alongside “fearless, common-sense journalism, celebrity and entertainment news, world class sports reporting and the legendary covers people expect from The New York Post — but from a distinctly Californian perspective,” per the company.

The California Post will be based in Los Angeles, and led by editor-in-chief Nick Papps, joined by a team of reporters across the state, while also leveraging the Post’s national resources. It will include a daily print newspaper, with front pages (pr “woods” as they are known in the business) that include the tone and tenor that the New York Post is known for, as well as a robust digital, social, audio and video presence.

The California Post will launch in early 2026, and mock cover images show that the New York paper’s gossip section Page Six will make the move westward as well.

“Los Angeles and California surely need a daily dose of The Post as an antidote to the jaundiced, jaded journalism that has sadly proliferated. 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,” said News Corp CEO Robert Thomson. “I am also pleased that Keith Poole’s remit is expanding, as he will now be responsible for covering not just New York, but California, the U.S., the world and, perhaps, Mars.”

“This is the next manifestation of our national brand,” said Keith Poole, editor-in-chief of The New York Post. “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. 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, across print, digital and the platforms where audiences live today.”

The launch of The California Post comes as the state’s biggest newspaper, The Los Angeles Times, has struggled to adjust to the rapidly-changing media environment. It seems clear that News Corp. thinks that the populist approach of the Post, combined with its famously tenacious local reporting and celebrity gossip, can stand out and take some of that market.

The New York Post, of course, was founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton, though it wasn’t until the mid-20th century that it made the pivot toward tabloid. Rupert Murdoch bought the paper in 1976, early in his expansion into the U.S.