A print edition of the paper is published once a week during the fall and winter terms, traditionally on Wednesdays.
History
First issue of The Daily in 1890
On April 12, 1955, when the success of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine was announced at the University of Michigan the Daily was the first newspaper to report it. In 1957, the Daily sent a staff member to Little Rock, Arkansas who, pretending to be a student, attended classes on the first day of integration.
In February 1967, the Board in Control of Student Publications rejected the nomination of student Roger Rapoport for editor-in-chief, deeming him too controversial. Students fiercely opposed this administrative overreach and launched a successful pressure campaign that forced the Board to accept the students' chosen editorial slate. Two years later, in 1969, the U-M Board of Regents passed a resolution that stripped the Board of its editorial influence and its power to select editors.
The paper was the subject of national press coverage in 1967, when it urged the legalization of marijuana, and again during the Gulf War in 1991, when it called for the reinstatement of the military draft.
The Daily was instrumental in the spread of the "Paul is dead" urban legend. An October 14, 1969 Daily article by Fred LaBour and John Gray, entitled "McCartney Dead; New Evidence Brought to Light", itemized various "clues", many of them of their own invention. Their "reporting" of McCartney's death is claimed by Beatleologist Andru J. Reeve to have been "the single most significant factor in the breadth of the rumor's spread." [bettersourceneeded]
In 2007, renovations to the historic building at 420 Maynard Street were completed, funded entirely by private donations from alumni. To dedicate the renovated building, a reunion of the staffs of The Michigan Daily, the Michiganensian yearbook, and the GargoyleHumor Magazine was held from October 26 to 28, 2007.
In 2017, Avery Friedman founded The Daily's podcast section.
In 2020, The Daily switched from publishing a print edition Monday-Friday to a once-a-week publication schedule.
Since 2023, The Daily has been led by two editors-in-chief due to its large staff and high content production volume.
Two former Michigan Daily staffers, Mariam Odeh and Amatullah Hakim, were arrested and indicted on conspiracy charges for coordinated vandalism of the private residences of University of Michigan regents.
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