[4] The print edition is available free of charge on the University of Iowa campus and is available for home delivery by subscription.

The Daily Iowan’s competitors include The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, The Des Moines Register and the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

Casey had served in the post since 1976 and is credited with starting the newspaper's scholarship program for talented future journalists, who have since worked at news agencies such as The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, St. Petersburg Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Star Tribune, The Des Moines Register, ESPN, USA Today, SPIN Magazine and The Times-Picayune.

The Vidette-Reporter eventually combined with The SUI Quill, another university publication, published weekly, that began in 1891, to form The Daily Iowan in 1901.

It was first published in the offices of Miles and Moulton at 18 South Clinton Street in Iowa City and cost five cents.

[5] On March 23, 1953, The Daily Iowan moved with the School of Journalism to the Communications Center on Madison Street.

Daily Iowan TV now is back to producing live newscasts 3 days a week, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays via YouTube and dailyiowan.com/ditv.

[10] In January 2024, The Daily Iowan purchased two weekly newspapers, the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun and Solon Economist, from Woodward Communications.