An old real estate rival of Donald Trump is giving up his soapbox from which vitriol has flowed toward the 45th president as another formerly important newspaper is sold for a pittance.  In this case, the nominal price of one dollar for the New York Daily News obscures an undisclosed pension liability in the millions.  Mort Zuckerman, the real estate developer and rival of Donald Trump, bought the paper for $36 million in 1993 and now will get a handsome tax write-off for his capital loss.  The psychic income he got from running a newspaper in the Big Apple, often used to attack people Zuckerman despises, is not taxable by the IRS.  After 24 years, and advanced in age, Zuckerman is packing it in.  Jeff Bezos, no doubt, is paying close attention. Once upon a time, the New York Daily News was the biggest newspaper in the United States, selling more than two million copies a day.  Its easy-to-hold tabloid format made it ubiquitous on...(Read Full Post)