The Daily News is an American newspaper founded in 1919 and based in Jersey City, New Jersey. The paper carries intense city news coverage, celebrity gossip, classified ads, comics, sports and opinions. In addition to its main print edition, the Daily News also publishes a digital edition.

In its early decades, the Daily News found abundant subject matter in the United States of the 1920s, focusing on political wrongdoing like the Teapot Dome scandal and social intrigue such as the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII that led to the latter’s abdication. It was an early adopter of the Associated Press wirephoto service and maintained a large staff of photographers.

At its height, the paper claimed a readership of nearly four million. The Daily News established a radio station, WPIX, in 1948, which took its call letters from the newspaper, and in 1965 purchased what became Channel 11 of New York City television, where it remains to this day. It also expanded its print presence with the establishment of a national circulation book distribution chain, allowing customers to purchase the paper on the subway and bus systems.

Despite being locked in a circulation war with rival tabloid the New York Post, the Daily News continued to prosper into the middle of the century. In 1975, it rolled out what would become its most famous headline in its history when it declared “FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD!” on the front page following President Gerald Ford’s speech vetoing a bankruptcy bailout for New York City.

By the turn of the 21st century, the Daily News had largely eroded its once-splendid reputation and suffered from declining advertising sales. In addition, the emergence of the Internet and a proliferation of mobile devices made it increasingly difficult for newspapers to compete against online news sources that could deliver content at a fraction of the cost. By 2016, the Daily News had dropped below half a million in circulation.

In 2017, the newspaper began to make bold moves to reclaim its glory days. It rebranded itself with the tagline The Eyes, the Ears, the Honest Voice of New York and launched a popular weekly insert, BET Weekend for African Americans. In the same year, the Daily News left its home of 65 years, the News Building, and relocated to a single floor in Manhattan’s 5 Manhattan West.

In April 2018, the Daily News was sold to Tronc, the parent company of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, for one dollar. Under the new ownership, the Daily News has taken a more confrontational tone and reverted to its roots in sensationalism, with an editorial cartoon showing Republican Senator Ted Cruz giving the Statue of Liberty the middle finger while slamming Trump as “Trump the Incompetent.” Despite this resurgence, it remains to be seen whether the Daily News can recapture its former glory.