The daily news is a newspaper that comes out each day and covers the events of the world and the local area. The newspaper contains articles, pictures and a number of different sections. Some of the sections include sports, entertainment and the city news section. The newspaper also contains editorials, letters to the editor and cartoons.
In the 1920s, the New York Daily News established itself as a tabloid with sensational pictorial coverage. The paper portrayed 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 his abdication. It was an early user of the Associated Press wirephoto service and employed a large staff of photographers.
During this time, the News also owned and operated WPIX television and radio (Channel 11 in New York) with offices in the News Building, and it maintained a news bureau at City Hall and within One Police Plaza. The News was able to maintain such an expansive operation due to its strong advertising sales.
By the 1980s, however, the New York Daily News began to lose market share to competing tabloids such as the New York Post. In addition, the paper ran into financial difficulties. Attempts to cut costs by eliminating jobs and reducing the paper’s circulation resulted in a strike by the newspaper’s ten unions. The strike lasted five months and resulted in the Daily News losing $70 million during this period alone.
On December 28, 1990, the Daily News was purchased by Mort Zuckerman, owner of The Atlantic magazine, for $1 and assumption of all liabilities. Zuckerman negotiated contracts with nine of the newspaper’s ten unions before taking over as publisher. The Daily News’s reputation for protecting First Amendment rights, and its commitment to investigative journalism and reporting on issues affecting New York City’s poor, helped the newspaper regain its former position as a top-selling daily in the United States.
While the Daily News is no longer one of the highest-circulating newspapers in the country, it remains one of the largest newspapers in the world. It has been a frequent recipient of Pulitzer Prizes for commentary and in 1996 won the award for an investigation into the police beating of Abner Louima.
In addition to its daily publication, the New York Daily News publishes a weekly newspaper called BET Weekend for African Americans, as well as a monthly insert for Caribbean readers. The New York Daily News is also known for its celebrity gossip and classified ads. Many newspapers have at least one news clerk or assistant who is responsible for typing family news and obituaries, as well as obtaining information for the upcoming week’s edition. These clerks are usually paid a salary and may be aided by full-time or part-time staff reporters and photographers. In addition, most newspapers have a circulation manager who keeps track of subscriptions and a sales staff that sells advertising space in the newspaper.