The New York Daily News, a well-known New York City tabloid, was founded by Patterson in 1919 and is now owned by Mortimer Zuckerman. It is now owned by Mortimer Zuckerman. The newspaper's primary audience is the less educated or immigrant population of New York State. The circulation of the newspaper is quite high in the New York State market, even surpassing that of the major newspapers such as the New York Times and the New York Times.