A daily newspaper is a publication that is printed and distributed on a daily basis. It contains news and information about events that are happening in the world, as well as opinion pieces and editorials. Daily newspapers are often written by professional journalists who have specialized training in the field they are covering. Many are also staffed with editors and proofreaders to ensure that the content of the paper is accurate. Some daily newspapers cover a particular geographic region, while others have a national or international focus.
The Yale Daily News is the oldest college daily newspaper in the United States. It was founded on January 28, 1878 and is still independently owned and operated. The Yale Daily News is a source of local and campus news, as well as a platform for student voices and opinions. The newspaper covers a variety of topics, from political events to sports to student life. The Yale Daily News is published Monday through Friday during the academic year. It also publishes several special issues each year, including the Yale-Harvard Game Day Issue and the Commencement Issue.
In the 1930s, the Daily News was one of the earliest users of the Associated Press wire photo service, and its brassy pictorial style helped it become the nation’s largest newspaper. The Daily News reached its peak circulation in 1947, when it was printing 2.4 million copies per day. During this time, the paper was known for its sensational coverage and willingness to go “one step further” than its competitors in the pursuit of an attention-grabbing front page. For example, in 1928 a News reporter strapped a small camera to his leg and photographed Ruth Snyder being electrocuted in the electric chair; that night’s front page headline read, “DEAD!”
By the 1970s, however, the Daily News had begun to lose ground to its more sensational rival tabloid, The New York Post, and by 1978 it was losing readers at a rate of 145,000 per day. This decline was partly due to a multi-month union strike that forced the Daily News to stop publishing, but also resulted from a combination of factors, such as price hikes and production problems.
By the 1990s, the Daily News was struggling financially, and in 1992 it was put up for sale by its parent company, Tribune Company. The sale failed, and in 1995 the newspaper moved from its 220 East 42nd Street building (designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood) to 450 West 33rd Street, also known as 5 Manhattan West. The 42nd Street location is now home to the former News subsidiary WPIX-TV, and it remains a New York City landmark. The News was sold again in 2017 to Tronc, and is currently owned by Tronc Inc., a Chicago-based media company. The Daily News remains one of the largest daily newspapers in the country, though its circulation is significantly lower than its mid-20th century peak. Nevertheless, it is still the biggest daily newspaper in New York City.