The Daily News, a morning tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 and was once the highest-circulation newspaper in America. Originally owned by the Tribune Company of Chicago, it attracted readers with sensational crime and scandal coverage and lurid photographs, as well as celebrity gossip, classified ads, comics, and sports news.
The News was an early user of the Associated Press wirephoto service, and employed a large staff of photographers. It also ran a regular column by Ed Sullivan, who later became host of the CBS television program The Ed Sullivan Show. During the 1930s, its circulation reached an all-time high of more than two million. In the 1970s, the newspaper struggled to compete with its even more sensational rival, the New York Post, and by the turn of the century its circulation had plummeted to less than 200,000.
In 1991, controversial British media mogul Robert Maxwell bought the newspaper from the Tribune Company. Using his vast financial resources, he attempted to reposition the paper as an alternative to the more traditional and conservative rivals. However, the News’s ten unions, led by the Allied Printing Trades Council, would not accept the new direction of the newspaper and embarked on a five-month strike that ended only when the company was able to hire replacement workers. The strike cost the newspaper $70 million in lost revenue.
By the beginning of the 21st century, no printed newspaper could compete with the speed and variety of online news sources, and by 2016 the News had slipped further behind its once-mighty competition, to the point where its circulation was less than half of what it was in its heyday of the 1940s. Nevertheless, the News continues to publish, and has an extensive website, as well as numerous other publications such as a weekly magazine.
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The Yale Daily News is the oldest college daily in the United States and serves the university community of New Haven and Yale students. During the academic year, it is published Monday through Friday and is editorially and financially independent from the university administration. The newspaper’s editors, writers and contributors have included many prominent political and cultural figures, including William F. Buckley, Lan Samantha Chang, John Hersey, Joseph Lieberman, Strobe Talbott and Daniel Yergin. The News has also celebrated Yale’s diverse communities with special issues such as the Game Day issue and Commencement issue. In addition, the News offers a Friday supplement and several special issues each year in collaboration with Yale’s cultural centers and affiliated student groups. The News is available for subscription by individuals and institutions. The Yale Daily News archives are available for research.
