launching a Tribune-owned newspaper in New York. On his return, Patterson met with Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe, and the publisher of the Daily Mirror. He was impressed with the advantages of a tabloid, so he launched the Daily News on June 24, 1919 as Illustrated Daily News.

The Tribune Company published the Chicago Tribune until 2021, and it also owned the News Syndicate Company, Inc. which published The Daily News until 1993.

Daily News

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