Daily news is the main source of current information for most people, especially in large cities. Newspapers can include local, national and international stories and also provide sports news, opinion pieces, celebrity gossip, classified ads and more. Often, newspapers feature photographs and cartoons to accompany the stories. Each article should have a headline and subheading to help readers easily locate the section they want to read. The Associated Press Stylebook is a good guide to follow for writing headlines, including capitalizing first words and all proper nouns.
Founded in 1919, the New York Daily News was the country’s first successful tabloid newspaper. Its founder, Joseph Medill Patterson, had been publisher of the Chicago Tribune, but he and his partner, Robert R. McCormick, were having difficulty agreeing on the paper’s editorial direction and content. So Patterson decided to start a separate Tribune-owned paper in the city where both papers were based, and called it the “New York Daily News.”
The tabloid quickly became the largest newspaper in the United States and, by the end of the Roaring Twenties, had reached a circulation of over 1 million. It found its niche by focusing on scandalous and titillating stories, large and prominent photographs, reader contests and entertainment features. The newspaper was an early user of the Associated Press wirephoto service and developed a dedicated staff of photographers.
In the 1970s, the News adopted the slogans “The Eyes and Ears of New York” and “The Most New York You Can Get.” The newspaper was losing $1 million a month by the end of the 1980s. The News was also weakened by repeated strikes by its union employees, and the newspaper had yielded to union demands in numerous areas including rules, job numbers and overtime.
By the 1990s, the newspaper was in better financial shape and was able to reposition itself as a serious news organization. Its editorial staff began to win Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage of city crime, welfare abuse and social issues. The newspaper also launched a quarterly insert called BET Weekend for African Americans and later introduced the monthly Caribbean Monthly.
Today, the newspaper has a large website and offers mobile apps that allow its subscribers to read the latest articles on their tablets or smartphones. The site contains news, obituaries, multimedia and opinion pieces as well as sports news, the latest Yankees and Mets news and even celebrity gossip. Readers can also access an online archive of past news articles and a library of photos and videos. Each news article includes comprehension and critical thinking questions, which are located below the article. Subscribers can also sign up to receive a free daily email that includes the news and its questions. The newspaper is owned by Tronc, which purchased it in 2017. The paper’s New York headquarters was at 220 East 42nd Street near Second Avenue, a 36-story building designed by Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells that was modeled after the Globe Tower in London and the Daily Planet building in the Superman movies.