News is an important source of information about current events. It helps people stay informed and make better decisions. Daily news also provides valuable research tools for writers, historians and other academics. While most people get their news from television, radio and the Internet, newspapers continue to be the most time-honored medium through which news is delivered.
A newspaper is a periodical publication consisting of news, editorials, and opinion pieces. It is usually divided into sections for different topics such as sports, entertainment, and politics. Some newspapers have a dedicated editorial page that expresses the paper’s political affiliations and opinions, and may include op-eds written by outside contributors. The front page of a newspaper contains the most important stories of the day.
The New York Daily News is a tabloid-style newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and was modeled on his successful Illustrated Daily News. The Daily News became the first successful tabloid newspaper in the United States and attracted readers with sensational coverage of crime, scandal and violence, lurid photographs and cartoons, and other entertainment features.
In the 1950s, the newspaper established what would become Channel 11 in New York City, whose call letters were based on its nickname of “New York’s Picture Newspaper.” The News also owned a radio station, WFAN-FM, which was later purchased by CBS Radio and is currently headquartered in the former News Building.
Throughout the 20th century, the newspaper saw its share of ups and downs, including several rounds of layoffs. In 1990, the newspaper was acquired by media mogul Robert Maxwell for $36 million, but it remained in financial trouble and faced the prospect of bankruptcy. In 1991, he hired editor-cum-interim James Willse to bring the Daily News through a 147-day strike and to negotiate with unions that controlled nine of the newspaper’s ten employees.
By the end of the decade, it appeared that the newspaper was turning a corner, but circulation continued to dwindle. In 2017, the newspaper merged with Tronc, the owner of the Tribune Publishing Company, for one dollar. This was followed by a hiring spree and the culling of half of the paper’s editorial staff.
Today, the New York Daily News is a free, award-winning online publication and has a number of apps available for both iOS and Android devices. The newspaper’s app offers users the ability to read the Daily News on-the-go, download editions for offline reading and to easily share stories with friends via email or social networks. The app’s user interface is designed to mimic the print version of the newspaper, and it allows readers to swipe quickly between newspaper pages and top news articles. The Daily News also has an extensive video library, and it is possible to purchase subscriptions for the newspaper’s digital editions.