Founded in 1919, the daily news is one of the world’s most popular newspapers. Its main purpose is to inform the public about the world around them. It does so by providing information, commentary and opinions on current events. The paper also contains many photographs, which helps to bring the story to life. Its coverage of local events is also important to readers.
The daily news can be accessed in various forms including online, print and radio. The online version is available for free, but there are also subscription options that allow readers to access the newspaper in more detail. The print version is the most expensive option, but it includes more in-depth details on stories and is often accompanied by pictures. The radio version of the daily news is also available, but it is not as widely available as the online edition.
During its heyday in the 1940s, the Daily News was known for its sensational pictorial coverage. The newspaper was one of the first to use Associated Press wirephotography and had a large staff of photographers. The Daily News was also an early adopter of TV, purchasing what became WPIX in 1948, whose call letters were based on the newspaper’s nickname of “New York’s Picture Newspaper.” The News maintained local bureaus in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens and had its own television and radio station within the same building.
By the 1980s, however, the Daily News had begun to struggle. The newspaper was losing millions of dollars each month and yielding to union demands over rules, job numbers and overtime. The Tribune Company, the paper’s parent company, offered to sell the tabloid but was unable to find a buyer willing to pay its substantial severance and pension payouts.
In the 1990s, the Daily News began to refocus on its core mission of promoting civic engagement and social change. Under the leadership of editor-in-chief Peter Hamill and then Debby Krenek, the Daily News gained a reputation for supporting the First Amendment, fighting for the rights of New York City’s underprivileged citizens and writing critically about government policies. The paper won Pulitzer Prizes in 1996 for E.R. Shipp’s pieces on racial issues and in 1998 for Mike McAlary’s coverage of police brutality against Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.
In the 21st century, the Daily News fought hard to maintain its readership against its more sensational rival the New York Post, but in the end was unable to hold the attention of the New York City public with the same gusto it had displayed in the past. By 2016, circulation was down to half a million. In an effort to revive the newspaper, its publisher Mort Zuckerman made several major changes. Among them was investing $60 million in color presses so that the Daily News could compete with USA Today on visual quality. He also repositioned the newspaper as a “serious tabloid,” embracing more controversial topics and a more provocative style and tone.