The Daily Sketch was a tabloid newspaper. Founded in Manchester in 1909 by Edward Hulton, it was sold to Daily Mirror Newspapers in 1920. In 1925 Lord Rothermere sold it to William and Gomer Berry, and the paper was owned by a subsidiary of the Berrys' Allied Newspapers from 1928. The paper merged with The Daily Graphic in 1946. However, following the sale of the Daily Sketch to Associated Newspapers (publishers of The Daily Mail) in 1952, it resumed publication under its original name.

At its height, The Daily Sketch reached a circulation of 1.3 million readers. However, it struggled to compete throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In 1971 it ceased publication and was merged with The Daily Mail.