Daily News
Daily news is a publication that reports current events and information of interest to the public. It includes large and prominent photographs, intense city news coverage, celebrity gossip, classified ads, comics, sports, and an opinion section. It also contains the latest political news and analysis. Daily news is often available on the internet and may be read for free or for a fee.
The first tabloid newspaper in the United States, the New York Daily News was founded in 1919. It reached its peak circulation in 1947 with a daily print run of two million and a Sunday circulation of four million. The Daily News was widely considered the finest of its kind. It espoused conservative populism, while its rival the Post was more liberal.
In the 1990s, the newspaper began shifting its stance and gained a reputation as a moderately liberal alternative to the Post. It also gained a reputation for investigative reporting.
The newspaper was sold to American media mogul Mortimer Zuckerman in 1993. Under his ownership, the paper invested heavily in new technology. The paper became one of the first newspapers in the world to use Goss Newsliner presses. The presses replaced outmoded letterpress equipment that had been 30 to 40 years old. In addition, the paper introduced a new color section and improved its sports coverage. The Daily News saw an operating profit in its first year under Zuckerman’s ownership.
A new editor, Pete Hamill, was hired in 1997. He was a veteran journalist who had worked at the Post and the Washington Post. His appointment was meant to revive the newspaper’s fortunes by battling its arch-rival the Post for readers. The paper hired new writers and launched a Sunday edition called the Sunday Extra. The Sunday Extra included a broad range of entertainment and lifestyle topics that appealed to women, young people, and immigrants.
After a brief period of profitability, the paper ran into trouble. The editorial department was plagued with problems. The borough politics and parenting sections were poorly written, and the paper’s investigative reporting was inconsistent. In addition, the paper had a tendency to sensationalize its stories.
In June 1996, the New York Newspaper Guild rejected the Daily News’ latest contract proposal. It was the only union that Zuckerman failed to settle with when he acquired the paper. Guild members in circulation, advertising, and news had been working without a contract since Zuckerman took over the paper.
In the end, the daily newspaper ceased production in 2020. It had been the most popular newspaper in the United States, but it had lost market share to online competitors. Its last issue was printed on October 26, 2020. Ad Fontes Media rates the Daily News as a Skews Left in bias and Generally Reliable/Analysis OR Other Issues in reliability. It was based in New York City. The Daily News is a member of the Tribune Publishing Company. The paper was a sister publication of the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times until it stopped printing in 2017. Both of these papers are currently published online only.