A Noite was later closed towards the end of 1957, during a decision by the superintendent of Companies Incorporated into the National Heritage, which was criticized by other newspapers in Rio de Janeiro.

"A Noite was born and grew in the shadow of the popular prestige that it managed to gain during a period of political turmoil", wrote Correio da Manhã.

It is a melancholy moment in the life of the city and of the Brazilian press, and the Government must have thought a lot, measured not even the solutions and the paths, before making the old capital suffer this new unexpected pain."

Officials told to the Diário Popular that "the closing of A Noite is part of a plan that ranges from its extinction to the transfer of Rádio Nacional and other agencies to the control of a certain economic group" not identified by them.

The dispute ended up creating the musical genre of melodies made specifically for the festivities of Saint John, being won that year by Benedicto Lacerda, with the song "Briguei com São João".

[4] Other initiatives by the newspaper were the creation of contests, such as "Rei Momo Primeira e Único" or a fantasy bath in the sea, the Corrida da Fogueira and the statue "Monumento ao Pequeno Jornaleiro", located in downtown Rio.

In A Noite, the career of writer Clarice Lispector began, who, in parallel to her service at the National Agency, had her first job there as a journalist and translator in 1939.