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The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper that began publishing on March 31, 1925, under founding editor Lee Ellmaker. In its early years, it was dominated by crime stories, sports and sensationalism. By 1930, daily circulation of the morning paper exceeded 200,000. A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ...
1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Circulation dropped over the years, and by 1954, the money-losing paper was sold to Matthew McCloskey, a contractor and treasurer of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. In December of 1956, the paper's financial condition was so bad that McCloskey got permission from the unions for a 90 percent cut in the workforce. 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In 1957, McCloskey sold the paper to Walter Annenberg, publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Annenberg killed off the Daily News' Sunday edition and made the tabloid into an afternoon paper. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Walter H. Annenberg Walter H. Annenberg (March 13, 1908 – October 1, 2002) was a billionaire publisher and philanthropist. ...
The Philadelphia Inquirer is one of a two Knight Ridder newspaper duopoly daily for the Philadelphia area. ...
In 1970, Annenberg sold both papers to Knight Newspapers Inc., which eventually became Knight-Ridder following a merger. The company de-hyphenated itself, but eventually was bought out by The McClatchy Company. McClatchy plans to sell both the Daily News and Inquirer. The McClatchy Company NYSE: MNI is an American publishing company based in Sacramento, California, that operates a number of newspapers and websites. ...
Under the new ownership, the Daily News returned to morning publication and aimed to be taken more seriously. The paper's journalists have won the Pulitzer Prize twice since then. Richard Aregood won in 1985 for editorial writing and Signe Wilkinson won for her editorial cartoons in 1992. The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ...
This article is about the year. ...
Signe Wilkinson is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the Philadelphia Daily News. ...
1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
The paper continues to struggle financially (It was surpassed in circulation, but not readership, by the free daily Metro) and talk that its owners will shut the paper down continues. For the region, see Delaware Valley metropolitan area Metro is a free daily newspaper in Philadelphia which began publishing on January 24, 2000. ...
External link
- Philadelphia Daily News Online
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