The ''Cortland Standard'' was a digital and print newspaper covering the

Cortland, New York Cortland is a city and the county seat of Cortland County, New York, United States. Known as the Crown City, Cortland is in New York's Southern Tier region. As of 2024, the estimated population of Cortland, New York, is 17,196, reflecting a dec ...

area. The newspaper was founded on June 25, 1867. Its final day of publication was on March 13, 2025.

History

The ''Standard'' was founded in 1867 by Francis G. Kinney. In 1876, the newspaper was purchased by William H. Clark, who became the first of five generations of his family to run the paper. In 2024, the paper was added to New York State's historic business registry. The newspaper closed in March 2025 with proposed tariffs on Canada, which would raise the cost of news print cited as a major contributing factor. At the time, it was one of the five oldest family-owned newspapers in the United States. As a result of the newspaper's closure, the Cortland area became a

news desert A news desert is a community that is no longer covered by daily or nondaily newspapers. The term emerged in the Newspapers in the United States, United States after hundreds of Decline of newspapers, daily and weekly newspapers were closed in th ...

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