The daily news is a publication that reports current events of interest to the public. It usually includes a combination of local, national and international news. It also often contains editorials and a variety of other material such as cartoons and celebrity gossip. The daily news is designed to be read quickly and easily. It is most commonly found in the morning, but it can also be published in the afternoon or evening. The daily news can be found in newspapers, magazines and on the internet.
The New York Daily News was founded in 1919 and pioneered the tabloid format in the United States. It became the largest circulation metropolitan newspaper in the world for much of the 20th century. It attracted readers by sensational coverage of crime, scandal and violence, lurid photographs, and entertainment news. The paper was also an early user of the Associated Press wirephoto service and developed a large staff of photographers.
Despite its success, the Daily News suffered financial difficulties in the 1980s and a five-month strike in 1990 forced its parent company to put it up for sale. British media mogul Robert Maxwell bought the paper in 1991, but he died shortly thereafter under mysterious circumstances. The paper’s owner at the time, the Tribune Company, sold it to Mortimer Zuckerman in 1993.
In 1997 the Daily News appointed Pete Hamill editor-in-chief. He promised to battle the rival New York Post for its audience. In 1998 the paper moved to a modern printing plant in Jersey City, which allowed it to publish in color. The weekly and daily editions began using color in September, but the Sunday editions reverted to black and white by March of the following year.
Throughout the years, the newspaper had a reputation for protecting First Amendment rights. For example, it was able to force the courts to unseal documents about the state’s eight pending death penalty cases. It also pushed for open government and strengthened public access to family court records. In the early 1990s, it had an extensive litigation practice.
In 1996 the New York Newspaper Guild, the only union that Zuckerman failed to settle with when he acquired the paper, rejected a new contract proposal. The Guild members in circulation, advertising and news had been working without a contract since Zuckerman took over the Daily News in 1993. The News continued to publish and used non-union replacement workers during the strike. The paper was losing money at the time.