Rupert Murdoch is creating a California version of the New York Post, his Right-wing tabloid.

The California Post is expected to begin publishing from next year and will be based in Los Angeles, where its news and sports coverage will resemble that of its sister paper.

Nick Papps, a veteran of Mr Murdoch’s News Corp, will edit the new publication, and will report to Keith Poole, the New York Post’s editor-in-chief.

A mock-up of a California Post frontpage was published on Monday, showing Alexander Hamilton – the Founding Father who set up the New York Post – sunbathing on the beach with the headline: “Los Angeles, here we come!”