The Philadelphia Daily News is a daily newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA covering local news, sports, business, politics and community events.
The newspaper is published six days a week - Monday through Saturday.
The Philadelphia Daily News is a tabloid newspaper published daily in Philadelphia. It is the sister newspaper of the Philadelphia Inquirer, which together make up The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC (formerly the Philadelphia Media Network). The business is owned by the non-profit Lenfest Institute for Journalism, which was founded in 2016 by cable television entrepreneur H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest. Lenfest donated $20 million to found the institute, and also gifted his ownership of the Philadelphia Media Network.
The Daily News began publishing on March 31, 1925 under founding editor Lee Ellmaker. In 1930 the newspaper's circulation exceeded 200,000, but by the 1950's it was losing money. The paper changed hands many times until it was sold along with the Inquirer to Gerry Lenfest in June 2014.
As of June 1, 2019, the Daily News is published in print but does not have a website.
Circulation estimate: 110,000
The Philadelphia Daily News is one of the highest circulation newspapers in the USA.
This newspaper is owned by The Lenfest Institute for Journalism.
| Business editor: | Cindy Henry |
| Entertainment editor: | Bedatri D. Choudhury |
| Sports editor: | Gary Potosky |
For Philadelphia Daily News contact information, see the Pennsylvania news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
Very Good (2 votes)Philadelphia Daily News, Inquirer to Reduce Page Width
-- The reduction from 48-inch web press width to 44-inch width, slated for mid-November, is intended to cut newsprint costs at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.
On August 22, 2012, Inquirer editor Bill Marimow and executive editor Stan Wischnowski announced the news to staffers in an internal memo obtained by Romenesko:
"With narrower column widths we will have fewer lines of...
Michael Days Returns to Philadelphia Daily News as Editor
-- Days, who held the top editorial spot at the Philadelphia Daily News from 2005 until early in 2011, replaces Larry Platt, who announced that his last day as editor would be June 8, 2012.
More from Platt Resigns, Days Back at Daily News, published May 23, 2012:
"Daily News staffers burst into spontaneous applause when publisher Bob Hall announced that Days -- who in the interim had been managing...
Larry Platt to Resign as Editor of Philadelphia Daily News
-- Platt, whose last day at the Philadelphia Daily News is June 8, 2012, announced his resignaton in a memo to staff dated May 23.
More from the memo, obtained by Romenesko:
"I let Bob Hall know this week that I wouldn't be renewing my contract as editor of the Daily News. As you know, I have what has evolved into a big book due in a few months that I'm woefully behind on and I desperately need to...
'Morale Couldn't Get Any Worse' at Philadelphia Daily News, Departing Staffer Says
-- Philadelphia Magazine's Gail Shister talked to Pulitzer Prize winner Wendy Ruderman about her decision to leave the Philadelpia Daily News to become the police bureau chief of the New York Times.
From Wendy Ruderman Talks About Why She's Leaving the Daily News, published May 8, 2012:
"How bad are things at the Daily News? New York Times-bound Wendy Ruderman, a 2010 Pulitzer Prize winner, is urging her colleagues to jump...
Local Investor Group to Buy Philadelphia Daily News, Inquirer for $55 Million
-- Led by businessman Lewis Katz and insurance executive and Democratic leader George E. Norcross III, a group called Interstate General Media, LLC has agreed to acquire Philadelphia Media Network, parent company of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.
The Inquirer reported on the deal, which specifies an additional $10 million in working capital for operations, in Local group to buy Phila. Media Network...
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