A publication, usually issued every day, that reports current events and news of interest to the public.
A daily newspaper is an important part of any modern city’s information infrastructure. It can provide vital community and political insights, as well as serve to keep citizens informed of local and global happenings. Despite the rise of online journalism, print media remains an essential source of news for many people around the world.
The New York Daily News is a daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1919, the first successful U.S. daily printed in tabloid format. It once boasted the highest circulation of any newspaper in the country and dominated its rivals, the New York Times and the New York Post, in terms of advertising revenue.
At its height, the newspaper occupied the art deco Daily News Building on 33rd Street and straddled the railroad tracks going into Pennsylvania Station. It was once famous for its sensational coverage of crime, corruption and violence and its lurid photographs, as well as for the comics and other entertainment features that it included in its pages.
In its heyday, the paper espoused a populism that was more right-wing than National Review, binding its readers into a community based on anti-elitism and white working-class identity. The newspaper proclaimed itself the “Tiger Paper,” vowing in an editorial on its fiftieth anniversary to fight like a tiger for the interests of New York City, and claiming that it had more influence than any other publication in the United States.