Death of a Lively Newspaper.

The sense of adventure that saw The New York Sun sally forth in 2002 as a fresh voice in the troubled newspaper industry was met by success in garnering thoughtful, devoted readers. Some of them even wrote personal checks in the attempt to keep the paper alive. But it was not to be. The handsome, newsy broadsheet reported its demise on its front page on Tuesday after six-and-a-half years. The loss of a lively newspaper is always lamentable, and particularly so as readers search their way through the uncertain transition toward Internet-based journalism. ''In the end, we were out not only of money but time,'' Seth Lipsky, the paper's editor, told the newsroom of his efforts to find 11th-hour financial renewal amid the dismal climate of Wall Street. Mr. Lipsky, a respected newspaper veteran, resurrected the name and logo of The Sun after 52 years in mothballs to offer news from an analytical, unabashedly conservative perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]