 Prominent contributors to "Ha-Yom" included D. Frischman, A. Rosenfeld and L. Katzenelson.The launching and initial success of "Ha-Yom" provoked the existing Hebrew-language publications "Ha-Meliz" and "Ha-Tsefirah" to convert themselves into daily newspapers.Competition with Aleksander Zederbaum's "Ha-Meliz" became fierce.