The Mercury is a daily newspaper published five days a week: Tuesday-Saturday.
The newspaper is physically printed on the Mercury's own in-house presses.
[2] The Mercury was founded as a weekly publication on May 9, 1884, at a time when Manhattan was already served by two other competing newspapers.
During his time as publisher, The Mercury bought out all of its in-town rivals, beginning with the Morning Chronicle around 1915.
Seaton thereafter operated the Chronicle as a separate paper until 1943, when it was merged with the Mercury.