Daily News is a newspaper written on paper and issued periodically, usually once or more each day. It contains information and opinions written by journalists about current events, politics, celebrities, crimes, sports and general interest topics. Newspapers often have articles that are designed to teach readers about the history of the country or world. The words used in the newspaper are chosen by writers to convey a specific tone, such as sarcastic or humorous. In addition to news stories, newspapers may also contain opinion pieces by well-known authors.
The New York Daily News was the first successful tabloid in the United States. It was founded in 1919 as the Illustrated Daily News by Joseph Medill Patterson and was owned by the Tribune Company of Chicago. The newspaper’s early success was due to its sensational coverage of crime, scandal and violence, lurid photographs, and other entertainment features. The New York Daily News also 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 her abdication. The newspaper was an early user of the Associated Press wirephoto service and had a large staff of photographers.
By the 1970s, however, the newspaper was struggling to maintain its position as a dominant force in New York City and the nation’s journalism. The rise of rivals such as The New York Times and the New York Post had begun to take a toll on The Daily News’ circulation. In addition, the newspaper suffered from a long multi-union strike in 1978 that cost it millions of dollars in lost revenue.
In 1975, The Daily News rolled out what would become its most famous headline. After President Gerald Ford had vetoed a bailout for New York City, the front page of The Daily News read “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD”. The paper later identified this as one of the reasons it lost its monopoly on New York politics and was no longer seen as a highly respected institution.
Despite the gloomy outlook, the newspaper continued to publish and its editorial stance became more flexibly centrist. Its slogans included “The Eyes, the Ears, the Honest Voice of New York” and “The Most New York You Can Get”.
In 2017, the newspaper was sold to Tronc, a media company that purchased it for just one dollar. In the aftermath of the purchase, Tronc went on a firing spree that saw the newspaper’s editor-in-chief and much of its top staff let go. The paper continued to lose subscribers and in 2018, the newspaper announced it would cease publication on January 23, 2019. The paper was shut down and its employees were laid off. The building that was once its home, the News Building in Manhattan, remains vacant. In 2021, it was purchased by the City of New York to be renovated into apartments. A new newspaper, dubbed the Daily News 2.0, launched in February 2022.