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- Fred Drasner, co-publisher of The Daily News, died April 10, 2026, from heart failure.
- In the 1990s, he revitalized The Daily News with Mortimer Zuckerman, turning it from a struggling paper to profit.
- The transformation relied on cost-cutting and strategic marketing against The New York Post and New York Newsday.
- Drasner was known for his New York accent and ads promoting The Daily News as the city's hometown paper.
