The Daily News is an American newspaper published in Jersey City, New Jersey. The paper was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson, who also launched the Chicago Tribune. The paper has a long history of political and cultural coverage and won two Pulitzer Prizes. It has been known for its aggressive editorial stance and its focus on the interests of urban America, and has a dedicated readership.
The newspaper reaches more than 3.4 million readers daily and has a strong online presence. The website offers local and national news, opinion and politics, sports coverage and celebrity gossip. It also covers the latest news and developments in culture, science, fashion, and sports. It is also a source of business and economics news.
In the 1930s, Daily News was an early user of AP wirephoto service, and employed a large staff of photographers. At its peak in the 1940s, circulation was more than a million copies. The News was a leading newspaper of the time and was praised for its coverage of World War II, and the brassy, pictorial style of the paper earned it the nickname “New York’s Picture Newspaper”.
By the 1970s, the Daily News was losing ground to its rival tabloid rivals, the New York Post and the New York Times. By the 1980s, the Daily News had a large number of employees, and was one of the largest selling newspapers in the country. However, the News suffered from a three month labor strike in 1978 that hurt sales, and its stock price crashed.
By the late 1990s, the News under new editors-in-chief (first Pete Hamill and then Debby Krenek) became known for its strong stance on civil rights issues and the protection of First Amendment rights. It also developed a reputation for its investigative journalism on the welfare system, and the treatment of immigrant workers and the homeless. The newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 for E.R. Shipp’s articles on race and the welfare system, and another in 1998 for Mike McAlary’s report on police brutality against Haitian immigrant Abner Louima.
In 2017, the Daily News saw a resurgence in popularity and visibility, thanks to its coverage of the Trump presidential campaign. However, the paper continued to lose money and circulation, with the final straw coming in 2017 when its former owners the Tribune Publishing Company (temporarily rebranded as Tronc) bought it for one dollar. Tronc immediately went on a firing spree, and the News lost half of its editorial staff. The rest soon left, and the Daily News was left with 45 staff members, a far cry from the 400 that once staffed its News Building. The newspaper continues to publish today. It also owns and operates the television station WPIX, whose call letters are based on the newspaper’s nickname, and a radio station called WWOR-FM. It also hosts a daily briefing, known for its unbiased content. The News also maintains a network of local bureaus across the City and shares offices with the New York City Police Department at One Police Plaza.