A daily newspaper, usually published in the morning. It often contains local and national news, celebrity gossip, sports coverage, classified ads, comics and other entertainment features, and an opinion section. It can also feature current events, political intrigue, and scandals. A notable example is the Teapot Dome scandal in the 1920s, and social intrigue such as Wallis Simpson’s romance with King Edward VIII, which led to the abdication of the throne. During the 1940s and 1960s, it was known as a paper of conservative populism, but later moved to a more moderate position. It has long been engaged in a circulation battle with the rival New York Post. In 2017, it was sold by publisher Mortimer Zuckerman to Tronc, a Chicago-based media company.
The newspaper was founded in 1919 as the Illustrated Daily News by Joseph Medill Patterson, and grew to become one of the first successful tabloid newspapers in the United States, reaching its peak circulation in 1947 at 2.4 million copies per day. Its headquarters at 220 East 42nd Street (known as the Daily News Building, designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood) was a prominent art deco structure and the model for the Daily Planet building in the first two Superman films. It moved to 450 West 33rd Street, now called 5 Manhattan West, in 1995.
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