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Daily News is one of South Africa’s most renowned English newspapers. It caters to the time challenged, rush hour reader who wants accessible news conveniently packaged for quick consumption. It is fiercely independent in its editorial stance and offers popular platforms to constantly interact with readers.

Its initial success was due to the abundance of subject matter that it found in the United States of the 1920s: political wrongdoing (such as the Teapot Dome Scandal); social intrigue (the romance between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII that led to his abdication); and scandalous events that surrounded celebrity. In addition to a large and prominent photographic section, the paper featured intense city news coverage; celebrities, sports, and other entertainment news; comics; classified ads; and an opinion section. The paper also placed significant emphasis on photography; it was an early user of the Associated Press wirephoto service and employed its own staff of photographers. The newspaper was an early user of teleprinting and was the first in the world to use a remote control system for its typesetting equipment.

In the latter part of the 20th century, the Daily News was locked in a circulation battle with its even more sensational rival tabloid, the New York Post, and saw its own circulation decline. Despite this, it was still one of the top selling newspapers in America. In 2017, it was announced that businessman Mortimer Zuckerman would sell the Daily News to Tronc, a Chicago-based media company.

The News is currently based at 450 West 33rd Street (also known as 5 Manhattan West). Its 42nd Street headquarters was an official city and national landmark designed by John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood, and served as the model for the Daily Planet building in the first two Superman films. It is now the home of a major weather station.

During market hours, the website concentrates on stocks and live TV and later on business news stories. The site features a curated selection of the most important data and analysis where politics, economics and business intersect.

In the aftermath of the riots in Kolkata, a DNA panel examines why hate and polarisation ruled the day. Hundreds of people were killed and thousands injured in the violence triggered by the arrest of two Hindu activists. Meanwhile, a DNA exclusive shows how railway and bus stations were chaotic with lakhs of candidates trying to take trains or buses back home after appearing in the UPPSC Preliminary Eligibility Test (PET). Rohit Ranjan, Zee News’ senior political editor, makes an analysis.