Daily News is a morning tabloid newspaper founded in 1919 in New York City as the Illustrated Daily News. The paper became one of the first successful tabloid newspapers in the United States, attracting readers with sensational coverage of crime and scandal, lurid photographs, and cartoons. By the 1920s the paper was among the biggest selling dailies in America.

The Daily News was a major force in the world of journalism during its heyday, when it regularly had a circulation approaching a million. The paper was known for its investigative journalism, with special emphasis on political wrongdoing, the Teapot Dome Scandal, and social intrigue like the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII, which ultimately led to his abdication. It also cultivated a loyal following among commuters for its smaller tabloid format and more accessible stories, especially on the subway system.

In the early 1970s, as the daily newspaper industry struggled with declining advertising revenues and the rapid rise of television and radio, The Daily News was unable to match its rivals in terms of profitability. Its longtime publisher, Joseph Medill Patterson, died in 1973. A year later, The Tribune Company (later renamed Tronc) bought the newspaper for a mere $1.

After the acquisition, publisher Mort Zuckerman set about making changes to improve the newspaper’s earnings potential and reposition it as a serious tabloid. He invested $60 million in color presses, bringing the paper to a level of visual quality rivaling USA Today. He also launched a number of new inserts, including BET Weekend for African American readers and Caribbean Monthly in 1996.

However, in the late 1980s and 1990s, as the daily newspaper industry faced declining print sales and increasing competition from the internet, the paper’s readership began to decline dramatically. By 2016, the Daily News’ daily circulation had dropped to below half a million.

The emergence of and massive public interest in the Donald Trump presidential campaign offered the Daily News an opportunity to re-establish itself as a significant force in New York City’s media landscape. It returned to a more provocative style and tone, including giving Republican senator Ted Cruz the middle finger via the Statue of Liberty’s hand and rehashing its most famous headline from 1975, “Ford to City: DROP DEAD”.

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