A publication, typically issued every day, that reports current news and information of interest to the public. The daily news covers local and international events.
Founded in 1919 as the Illustrated Daily News by Joseph Medill Patterson, the New York Daily News was the first successful tabloid newspaper in the United States and reached its highest circulation in 1947 at 2.4 million copies a day. Its sensational coverage of crime, scandal, and violence and lurid photographs attracted readers. Its motto was “New York’s Picture Newspaper” from 1920 until 1991, and a camera was part of the paper’s logo from its inception.
In addition to a broad range of city news stories and intense entertainment coverage, the Daily News offers classified ads, comics, and a sports section. It also publishes a Sunday edition. The News at one time maintained local bureaus in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens; offices at City Hall and within One Police Plaza; and at various state and federal courthouses throughout the city.
The Daily News is currently owned by Tronc, a Chicago-based media company that bought the newspaper in 2017 for $1. Its headquarters are located at 4 New York Plaza in Manhattan. Until 1995 the newspaper was based in 220 East 42nd Street near Second Avenue, a landmark skyscraper designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood, that served as the model for the Daily Planet building in the first two Superman films. The building was later renamed 5 Manhattan West and today is known as the world headquarters of the Associated Press.