I was really surprised to read this on the train this morning. I figured this kind of thing would have been done years and years ago:

The Daily News said Wednesday that it would become the first major newspaper in the country capable of printing full color on every page, a move to attract readers and advertisers in the fierce competition among New York’s tabloids. With a major investment in new presses and other upgrades, the paper’s owner, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, raises his bet not just on a struggling industry, but specifically on the ink-on-paper version whose future is often questioned. Mr. Zuckerman, a real estate billionaire, also owns the magazine U.S. News & World Report. “I don’t believe that newspapers are going to be limited exclusively to their Web sites,” he said in an interview. “I think it makes sense on every level — a long-term commitment to the viability and future of The Daily News.”

As a card-carrying typography geek, I note that the color and new presses in the world won’t make the Daily News look as cool as the New York Sun.