Editing Philadelphia Daily News (section)

== Decline and Merger ==

The newspaper industry's broader decline hit the Daily News hard, as tabloid readers proved particularly difficult to retain in the digital era. Circulation dropped from peaks of over 200,000 to a fraction of that figure. Layoffs reduced the newsroom, with surviving staff increasingly sharing resources with the Inquirer.<ref name="dailynews"/>

The 2019 merger effectively ended the Daily News as a separate publication, though the name survived briefly in limited form. The Inquirer absorbed Daily News staff and occasionally used the Daily News banner for specific purposes, but the distinctive tabloid voice largely disappeared. The merger acknowledged financial reality while ending a unique Philadelphia institution.<ref name="dailynews"/>