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The first tabloid daily newspaper in the United States, the New York Daily News, was founded in 1919 and became the country’s highest-circulation daily in 1947. It attracted readers with sensational stories of crime and corruption, lurid photographs and other entertainment features. It also covered social intrigue, including the love affair between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII that led to her abdication. The New York Daily News remained one of the top daily newspapers in the world until it was replaced by the Los Angeles Times in 1957.
Most weekly newspapers follow a similar format as daily newspapers, with obituaries, news and sports, but they focus on local news in their coverage area. Weekly newspapers can be broadsheet or tabloid in size and may also include lifestyle features, reviews of local theater and arts and a food section that concentrates on recipes. Some also feature an editorial page. Many weekly newspapers also have a public-records section that contains summaries of police-incident reports, fire-department calls and court dispositions.
Like their daily counterparts, weekly newspapers are paginated (or “laid out”) using computer software programs such as Adobe PageMaker, Adobe InDesign or Quark Xpress. Layout includes the placement of photos and other graphics, headlines, copy, typeface and white space. Photographers use digital cameras to capture their images, which are then downloaded into the layout program for cropping and editing. Reporters and editors check the accuracy of facts, proofread headlines and other copy, and write cut-lines to accompany photographs. A proof can be printed on dummy sheets, burned to a CD-ROM or Zip disk and sent to the printing press, either at the newspaper office or an off-site publication plant.
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This is the curated edition of the Daily News for the week of January 15-19. We know how busy you are, so we’ve done the work for you. We’ve compiled the most important news and events from around the globe to help you start your day off right.