Daily News is a general-interest publication covering politics, business and current events. It may also feature opinion pieces, sports, and entertainment. Daily news may be published in print, on the Internet, or over radio or television. It may be distributed in cities and towns, or in larger regions.
The Yale Daily News is an American college newspaper published every weekday while Yale University is in session and serving the New Haven, Connecticut area. It is the nation’s oldest college daily and remains financially and editorially independent. The paper is edited and published by students, supervised by faculty members. It features the best and most important news, sports, classified ads, humor and opinion pieces from around the world. The Yale Daily News has been the home to many of America’s most prominent writers and public figures, including William F. Buckley, William Safire, Lan Samantha Chang and Sargent Shriver. It is also the publisher of several special issues each year, such as the Yale-Harvard Game Day Issue and Commencement Issue. The paper is based in the historic Daily News Building, designed by architects John Mead Howells and Raymond Hood.
Podcasting has become a popular way to get daily news. The most successful podcasts are attracting large audiences, building habit and loyalty, and driving revenue. For publishers pursuing subscription business models, these shows can reduce churn and increase retention by bringing in younger audiences.
In the US, four of the top five podcasts are daily news shows (by downloads according to Podtrac), which tracks subscriber numbers and provides insights into the market. In Europe, where the format is less established, there are also a growing number of daily news podcasts. However, these show a smaller share of the overall download market. This is partly because other genres are proving to be particularly strong, with culture and documentary shows often grabbing more attention.
There are few daily news podcasts in countries like Denmark and Sweden, but those that do exist are gaining ground. For instance, the FT News Briefing in the UK gets over 2 million listens a month and La Story from Les Echos in France has more than 770,000 monthly downloads. Although most European publishers don’t release download numbers, these are substantial figures for a niche genre.
There are a variety of formats for daily news podcasts, with some focused on a single subject in depth while others deliver a more concise news round-up or microbulletin aimed at smart speakers and mobile phones. There is no one-size-fits-all approach, but many of the most successful shows rely on a mix of personality and high-quality journalism to build audience engagement. In some cases, these shows are also using audio branding such as musical stings to reinforce the brand. Despite coronavirus-related dips in listening patterns, these podcasts have proved more resilient than most other genres, and many are now growing their audience again. Those that were already well established prior to the pandemic have continued to thrive, with many of them reporting increased downloads and subscription revenues.
