Daily news is a newspaper founded in 1919 and printed in tabloid format, the first such paper in the United States. It is a general-interest newspaper, covering local, national, and international news and features. The Daily News is also known for its editorials and commentary. The newspaper is headquartered in New York City, and has been named one of America’s most trusted newspapers. The News currently has a circulation of more than 1 million daily.
As the Daily News was growing, its focus became increasingly on fighting for the interests of New Yorkers. The paper argued for affordable housing, an efficient subway system, clean streets, and other quality-of-life issues. But it added a conservative twist to its politics: lower restrictions on development, let the police do what they do best (even shooting criminals), and let private enterprise fill municipal coffers instead of raising taxes.
During its heyday in the 1950s, the News was the largest circulation daily in the country and the eleventh-highest in the world. Yet many of its journalists viewed it as having little political influence, even on the city government. In an oral history interview, one longtime Washington correspondent recalled that politicians “didn’t care what the goddamn News said except for the goddamn readers.”
From the beginning of its existence as the Daily News, the newspaper favored a conservative slant in its news coverage and editorials. It espoused a strain of conservatism that differed from the business-minded Republican establishment favored by Henry Luce at Time and Life and by his cousin’s and her papers, the Chicago Tribune and the Washington Times-Herald.