A daily news is a newspaper published every day. It contains information about current events that are of interest to the general public, including politics, business, sports and other topics. It may also contain opinions and editorial pieces. Daily newspapers can be found in many countries around the world.
The first daily printed in tabloid format, the New York Daily News reached its peak circulation of 2.4 million copies per day in 1947. At the time, it was the eleventh highest circulated newspaper in the United States. Today, the paper has a circulation of around 2 million and is owned by Tronc. Its headquarters are located in the historic art deco Daily News Building, which was designed by architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood in the Art Deco style, and is featured as the Daily Planet building in the first two Superman films.
As digital technology has revolutionized American journalism, thousands of newspaper jobs have been lost and vast swaths of the country have been left without traditional local news sources. In Death of the Daily News, journalist Andrew Conte explores what happens when a community loses its local newspaper, and reveals how some citizens are trying to fill the void.
Conte examines the decline of a single newspaper in southwestern Pennsylvania, and shows how the same processes that are impacting other papers across the country are playing out there, too. He is a reporter with deep experience in both local and national news, and he writes about this topic with intelligence, empathy and insight.
A powerful book that will be of interest to anyone who cares about the future of journalism.
A remarkable book that captures the spirit of a newspaper in decline, Death of the Daily News is a revealing study of the power and importance of local journalism. A rich, fascinating, and necessary anatomy of what happens when a town loses its newspaper. Smartly organized and eloquently written, it will leave readers with the hope that the death of a local paper does not signal the end of the industry as we know it. A must-read.