Daily News is an American morning tabloid newspaper founded in 1919 and based in New York City. It is one of the most successful and influential tabloid newspapers in the United States, and at its peak circulation it was the eleventh largest in the country. Initially it attracted readers with sensational coverage of crime, scandal and violence; lurid photographs; and a wide range of cartoons and entertainment features. It espoused conservative populism until the mid-1970s, when it began shifting its stance and gained a reputation as a moderately liberal alternative to the far more conservative New York Post.
The News was known for its emphasis on photography; a camera was part of its logo from its first issue, and it was an early user of the Associated Press wirephoto service in the 1930s. The newspaper also emphasized investigative journalism and highlighted political wrongdoing, such as the Teapot Dome scandal, and social intrigue, such as the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII that led to his abdication.
In the 1940s, the Daily News began a long-running feud with its more sensational rival, the New York Post. The News won the battle for a time, but in the 1970s its circulation declined and it lost ground to the much more liberal Post. In 1982 and again in the early 1990s, the newspaper almost went out of business, but in each case a millionaire saved it. In 1995 the newspaper moved to its current headquarters at 450 West 33rd Street (also known as Manhattan West), a landmark skyscraper designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood. Its former 42nd Street location straddled the railroad tracks going into Pennsylvania Station, and it was used as the model for the Daily Planet building in the first two Superman films.
In addition to its print edition, the newspaper maintains local bureaus in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, at City Hall and within One Police Plaza, as well as at the various state and federal courthouses in the city. It is a major source of information for the New York metropolitan area, and is read in many countries around the world. The paper also runs a number of websites and blogs.