The New York Times reports:

The New York Sun, the six-year-old newspaper with a conservative mind-set, announced on Monday that it would close after publishing Tuesday's issue.

The Sun's president and editor, Seth Lipsky, said a three-week search for new financial backers had failed. Mr. Lipsky announced on Sept. 4, in a front-page "Letter From the Editor," that The Sun would shut down by the end of the month unless it raised...