New Day Barely Dawned: Here’s Why UK’s Latest Paper Closed After Just Two Months

New Day Barely Dawned: Here’s Why UK’s Latest Paper Closed After Just Two Months
Copies of The New Day newspaper pictured in south London on May 5, 2016. Britain's first new national daily newspaper in 30 years is to shut, its owners said Thursday, just over two months after it was launched promising to prove that print news can survive the Internet age. Trinity Mirror group said it was "disappointing" that The New Day would print its last edition on Friday—just weeks after its launch on Feb. 29—but circulation had fallen "below our expectations." Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
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