Located in the heart of New York, the daily news was founded in 1919 as the Illustrated Daily News and was the first tabloid newspaper to be successful in the United States. Originally owned by the Tribune Publishing Company (sold in 2017 for $1), the daily newspaper attracted readers through sensational stories of crime and scandal, lurid photographs, and cartoons and other entertainment features. The daily also featured intense city news coverage, celebrity gossip, and classified ads.
The Daily News became the largest newspaper in the United States at its peak circulation, although it is now considerably smaller. In the 1970s and 1980s, the News was locked in a fierce battle for readership with its rival tabloid, the New York Post. In the late 1990s, the News switched its political leaning and gained a reputation as a moderately liberal alternative to the conservative Post.
From 1929 to 1995, the Daily News was headquartered at 220 East 42nd Street near Second Avenue, an official city and national landmark designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood that served as the model for the Daily Planet building in the first two Superman movies. The newspaper moved to 450 West 33rd Street (now known as 5 Manhattan West) in 1995, but the original Daily News building, which had a large globe and weather instruments in its lobby, continues to be used as a cultural center.
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