Daily news is the latest current events reported in a newspaper. A typical daily paper covers local and national news, sports, weather, entertainment, business, etc. It may also include a crossword, puzzles, comics, editorial cartoons and letters to the editor. It is usually printed on a tabloid format.
In the Roaring Twenties, when circulation was at its peak, the New York Daily News established itself as the largest newspaper in the world. Its success was aided by its tabloid size, which appealed to commuters and was easier to handle on the subway. The News also differentiated itself from its rivals by publishing more scandalous and titillating stories. The News’ first headquarters was at 220 East 42nd Street, an Art Deco building designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood. This building was later used as the model for the fictional Daily Planet building in the Superman series of films. In 1995, the News moved to 450 West 33rd Street (also known as Manhattan West) but the 42nd Street location remains an official city landmark and is still the home of former News subsidiary WPIX-TV.
The staff of a daily newspaper varies, but many papers have a news editor and reporter assigned to a beat, which is a geographic area of the town or region where the paper is published. This reporter will write stories on topics such as local government, schools, crime, business, etc. In addition, the reporter will likely take a number of photographs and work with other staff members to edit and prepare copy for publication. The final product is then proofed and sent to a printer for publication.
Unlike daily newspapers, weekly newspapers are often smaller in scale and have fewer full-time employees. Besides the editors and reporters, a weekly newspaper typically has an advertising manager who sells space for advertisements, a circulation manager who keeps track of subscribers, and a news clerk or assistant who types family news, obituaries and other non-journalistic stories (e.g., weddings or landmark birthdays and anniversaries). In some cases, correspondents, who are paid on a per-story basis, are used to supplement the staff of a weekly newspaper.
When the New York Daily News began losing money in the 1980s, the paper’s unionized employees went on a strike that lasted for five months. The Tribune Company, the owner of the newspaper at the time, earned a reputation as a union-buster and hired non-union workers to replace striking journalists, which led to a substantial loss in revenue. As a result, the newspaper’s circulation continued to decline and in 1993 it was sold for a dollar to Tronc Inc., which subsequently changed its name to the New York Daily News. The News’ reputation as a bold, independent publisher is intact today. The newspaper is now one of the most read English daily newspapers in South Africa and has a reputation as a “shock jock.” It offers popular platforms to interact with its audience, including a website, mobile applications, and social media channels.