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''The Frederick News-Post'' is the local
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of Frederick County,
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. In addition to discussing local news, the newspaper addresses international, national, and regional news. The paper publishes six days per week.


History

On October 15, 1883, a
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printing company first published ''The News'', an evening newspaper that would eventually become ''The Frederick News-Post''. William T. Delaplaine, grandfather of the current president of Great Southern, began his business career in Frederick in 1880 when he opened a small printing shop. He expanded the operation by establishing the first daily newspaper in Frederick, ''The News'', in October 1883. The business was incorporated in June 1888. A competing daily newspaper, ''The Frederick Post'', began publication in December 1910, and several years later was purchased by Great Southern, which remained a family-owned business. Surviving members of the third generation of the founder are Mr. Delaplaine and Mrs. Frances A. Randall, and fourth-generation members were involved in the businesses. In 1916, through a business deal, ''The News'' acquired ''The Frederick Post'', publishing ''The News'' in the evenings and ''The Frederick Post'' in the morning. In 2002, the two papers were merged to create a single morning edition known as ''The Frederick News-Post''. The Sunday edition created in October of that year created a true daily paper published 365 days a year. Publisher George E. Randall died in 2004. He was a fourth-generation descendant of the founder. His brother, Myron Randall, Junior was named president and publisher. William B. Randall, Myron Randall's son and a fifth-generation family member, joined the company. ''The News-Post'' moved into a new building in April 2008, with a new high-speed, six-tower TKS press capable of printing 70,000 copies an hour. In early November 2008, Randall Family LLC, publisher of ''The Frederick News-Post'', laid off 16 employees, four from the newsroom. The total layoffs represented about 7% of the company's workforce, and were the result of a dramatic drop in advertising revenue over the preceding two years. It was the first time in company history that layoffs had been issued. In 2009, ''The Frederick News-Post'' suspended its Monday edition, making the paper available six days a week. Employees were forced to take five-day
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s, and the company reduced its pension benefits to employees. In 2011, ''The Frederick News-Post'' named Geordie Wilson as publisher. Wilson previously had served as publisher of the ''
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'' of
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, and as publisher of the ''Monadnock Ledger'' (now the ''Monadnock Ledger-Transcript'') of
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. Myron Randall remained president of Randall Family LLC. In 2012, ''The Frederick News-Post'' resumed Monday publication, citing subscriber demand. The revived Monday edition had a tabloid format, as opposed to the larger broadsheet format used by the paper the rest of the week, and it had a business and sports focus. On May 1, 2017, the Randall family sold the ''News-Post'' to Ogden Newspapers Inc., a family-owned newspaper group from
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. In May 2020, due to financial struggles and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, ''The Frederick News-Post'' combined its Saturday and Sunday editions, printing a weekend edition on Saturdays. It also increased the single copy price of its newspaper from $1 to $2 for Monday–Friday editions, and from $2 to $3 for Saturday editions.


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