The '' Post-Journal'' is a daily
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...
, serving the area around
Jamestown, New York. The current editor of the paper is John Whittaker. It is owned by
Ogden Newspapers Inc. and is billed as "southwestern New York's leading newspaper" with a circulation of over 10,000 newspapers. The morning newspaper is published six days a week, with the Saturday edition branded as the ''Weekender''; a Sunday edition was launched in the early 1990s but was discontinued in 2019.
Its nearby sister publications include the ''Warren Times-Observer'' and the ''
Dunkirk Observer''.
On March 13, 2014, the entirety of the newspaper's Web site was placed behind a
paywall. The paywall was removed November 1, 2016. The site had previously been behind a paywall for most of the early 2000s but that paywall was also removed.
The Jamestown Journal (weekly) was founded in 1796 by Adolphus B. Fletcher. The Jamestown Journal (daily) was founded by Fletcher in June 1826.
In 1941, the Jamestown Evening Journal and Jamestown Post consolidated.
See also
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Jamestown, New York
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Chautauqua County, New York
Chautauqua County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 127,657. Its county seat is Mayville, and its largest city is Jamestown. Its name is believed to be the lone surviving remnant ...
References
External links
Official Web site
Daily newspapers published in New York (state)
Jamestown, New York
Newspapers established in 1826
1826 establishments in New York (state)
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