What is a Daily News?
A daily news is a periodical publication that contains news and current events. It often contains national, international and local news, as well as editorials and feature articles. It is often written and printed by a staff of journalists. The term daily news may also be used to refer to a particular local edition of a larger newspaper, such as the New York Daily News, which is an American tabloid that was first printed in 1919. The paper was once one of the largest newspapers in the world, reaching its peak circulation at 2.4 million copies per day in 1947. It is still printed, though its circulation has declined significantly since that time. The News is headquartered in the historic art deco New York Daily News Building at 220 East 42nd Street, which was designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood. A News subsidiary, WPIX-TV (now part of CBS Radio), once occupied the same space.
The News is owned by New York City-based publisher Tronc, which bought the newspaper for $1 in 2017. In its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, the Daily News emphasized political wrongdoing such as the Teapot Dome scandal and social intrigue such as the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII that led to the latter’s abdication. In the 1970s and 1980s, it shifted its stance to become more centrist. Today, the News is often seen as a moderately liberal alternative to the more conservative New York Post.
On television, daily news is commonly produced in regional markets by the local affiliate stations of the major network broadcasters. For example, Australia’s Seven Network and Nine Network operate local affiliates WIN and WAG which produce their own regional news bulletins each weeknight for their respective markets. These local news bulletins are often aired directly before the network’s flagship national news program Seven News.
In addition, some local television stations maintain separate dedicated daily news programs. For example, Norway’s public broadcaster NRK airs a local newscast called NRK Distriktsnyheter on each weekday evening before its main national news program Dagsrevyen. Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT also airs a local newscast on each weekday evening called simply SVT Nyheter which shares the same branding and studio design as its main newscast Aktuellt.
Local news can also be incorporated into the news programs of some cable channels, such as the NY1 in New York City and the WJLA 24/7 News Channel in the Washington, D.C. area. Additionally, some stations superimpose local news tickers on the digital clocks and thermometers featured in graphics provided by networks during morning network newscasts.