The Daily News is a morning newspaper published in New York City. It features large photographs, opinion formers and commentary. It is also an interactive edition available on mobile devices. It has been described as “high-minded” and “flexibly centrist.” The newspaper’s circulation has declined in the last two decades, and in July 2017 it was sold to Tribune Publishing for $1.
The paper was founded in 1919 as Illustrated Daily News and became a subsidiary of the Tribune Company of Chicago. It had its first peak circulation in 1947 at 2.4 million copies a day. It was named the first tabloid newspaper in the United States. The paper’s lurid photography and sensational coverage of crime drew readers. In the early 1940s, it supported the isolationist movement in World War II. It also emphasized social intrigue and political wrongdoing.
The paper has won several Pulitzer Prizes. Among them are awards for public service and commentary. It has also won numerous awards for feature writing. It has won several awards for investigative reporting and international reporting.
It is a popular paper in the KwaZulu-Natal province. In addition to its news and opinion section, it has a strong sports section. It has local bureaus in Brooklyn and Queens.
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, it had a circulation of more than 2 million. During this time, it was also one of the most widely circulated newspapers in the nation. The Daily News was a brawny metro tabloid. The paper was also a model for the fictional Daily Planet depicted in the 1994 film “The Paper.”
The Daily News was a tabloid that espoused conservative populism for a long period of time. The paper favored “populist” politics, and the newspaper’s editorial stance was considered “high-minded.” In the mid-1970s, the newsroom was slashed, and the paper shifted its focus from a political to a business oriented paper.
After the death of Jim Rich in 2001, the Daily News was sold to a company called Tribune Publishing. At the time, the paper was a strong Republican paper, and its staff espoused a conservative populist editorial stance.
The paper has been sold several times in the past. In 1993, it was bought out of bankruptcy by Mortimer B. Zuckerman. During his ownership, the paper developed a large photography staff. It had a circulation of nearly three million copies a day in 1997. The paper was named as the best-selling newspaper in the country by the Newspaper Association of America, and was ranked the number one newspaper for the five boroughs of New York in 2006. It had a circulation of over 200,000 in 2016. In 2017, the newspaper was sold to Tronc, a Chicago-based media company.
Today, the Daily News is owned by Tribune Publishing, and the paper has a circulation of about 200,000. It has become an important source of local news and opinion in the five boroughs. The paper’s interactive edition allows users to share their stories through email, and it provides the latest digital tools for reading.