Daily news is a daily newspaper that contains the latest national and international news. It features articles on politics, sports, business, entertainment, and celebrity gossip. Its editorials provide opinions on current events and trends. The Daily News also includes a calendar of upcoming local events. Its award-winning writers and columnists bring New York City exclusives, politics and the latest in gossip and entertainment. No one covers the Yankees, Mets, Giants and Jets like the Daily News.
The newspaper has won multiple awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for E.R. Shipp’s pieces on race and welfare issues, and in 1998 for Mike McAlary’s coverage of the police beating of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. It has been a leading advocate for the First Amendment and for the rights of the people of New York City, especially those who have been denied the voice of their communities by mainstream media.
In 1928, a Daily News reporter strapped a small camera to his leg, and shot a picture of Ruth Snyder being executed in the electric chair. The photo, which ran the next day under the headline “DEAD!”, helped to bring attention to the newspaper and to the issue of capital punishment. The paper’s success was bolstered by its sensational pictorial coverage, as well as its willingness to go to great lengths to produce attention-grabbing front pages.
By the 1970s, however, the News was struggling financially. Its parent company, the Tribune Company, wanted to reduce its payroll and shut down the newspaper altogether. But the News’ ten unions refused to accept less money, and embarked on a five-month strike. Ultimately, the News prevailed, but at an enormous cost.
The Daily News moved to 450 West 33rd Street (also known as Manhattan West) in 1995, but the original headquarters at 220 East 42nd Street, designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood, remains an official city and national landmark, and was used as the exterior of the Daily Planet building in the first two Superman films. The building, which straddles the railroad tracks going into Pennsylvania Station, is still home to the world headquarters of the Associated Press.
In the mid-90s, News chairman Mort Zuckerman launched a series of big changes in an attempt to rediscover the Daily News’ earning potential. He invested $60 million in color presses, which gave the News an edge over its competitors, and began to emphasize its “serious tabloid” image. The News once again started to turn a profit, and in 1993 was once again the largest newspaper in the United States by circulation. However, the rapid growth of the Internet and online news in the early 21st century sent most traditional newspapers into steep decline. The Daily News slipped below the million mark in 2016. By 2017, its readership had dropped to just under half a million. To re-establish itself as the city’s most-read newspaper, it went back to its roots, employing a more provocative tone and style, and even giving Republican Senator Ted Cruz the middle finger through the Statue of Liberty’s hand.