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Founded in 1919 as the Illustrated Daily News (later called The New York Daily News), it became the first successful tabloid newspaper in the United States and attracted readers with sensational reporting on crime, scandal and violence, lurid photographs, and celebrity gossip. It was also a pioneer in the use of wire photos and developed a staff of photographers.
For many years the paper was locked in a circulation battle with its even more sensational rival, The New York Post. In 1975, it grabbed the public’s attention with its screamer headline: “Ford to City: Drop Dead!” It survived as one of the nation’s top selling newspapers into the 21st century.
In the 1920s, the News was known for its extensive coverage of political wrongdoing and social intrigue such as the Teapot Dome scandal and the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII that led to his abdication. It was an early user of Associated Press wirephotography and developed a large staff of photographers.
By the 1930s, the News had become the dominant morning daily in New York City. Under its owner, Victor F. Lawson, the paper emphasized contributions by well-known writers and built up a staff of foreign correspondents. It was also an innovator in the use of photographs; in 1932, it used the first wirephoto from space, which was taken by Frank Knox, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Yale Daily News Historical Archive is a collection of more than 140 years of digitized printed issues of the Yale Daily News, which was established in 1878 and is the oldest college daily in the United States. The Archive provides access to digitized copies of the print version of the newspaper and is available to the public worldwide. This collection was made possible by a generous gift from an anonymous Yale alumnus in 2021. For more information about the Archive and its content, please see the YDN Rights and Permissions page. YDN is published every weekday while Yale is in session and is read by students, faculty, and members of the general public from around the world.