Daily news covers current events around the world. It can include politics, economics, sports, and culture. It can also include opinion pieces and editorials.
The New York Daily News is an American tabloid newspaper founded on June 26, 1919. It was the first major newspaper to use the tabloid format and is known for its aggressive reporting and staunch support of the United States. In its early days the paper espoused conservative populism, but in later years it shifted to a moderately liberal position, competing with the more conservative New York Post for readers.
At its peak in the 1940s, the Daily News was the largest newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of more than two million and a Sunday circulation of four million. In 1947 the Daily News was praised by Time magazine as “the brassy, pictorial New York newspaper that led the rest.”
In 1995 publisher Steve Zuckerman committed $60 million for a state-of-the-art printing plant and installed Goss Newsliner presses—the first of their kind in the world. The new equipment enabled the Daily News to publish color and to improve its aging letterpress machinery.
In 1997 Pete Hamill became editor-in-chief, replacing Martin Dunn. Under his leadership the Daily News regained its reputation for fighting for First Amendment rights and forcing the courts to unseal documents relating to New York’s eight pending death penalty cases. It also developed a niche in publishing Caribbean news and launched an insert publication called Caribbean Monthly that was distributed in the newspaper’s zoned editions.
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