''The Post-Star'' is a daily newspaper in
Glens Falls, New York
Glens Falls is a City (New York), city in Warren County, New York, Warren County, New York, United States and is the central city of the Glens Falls, New York metropolitan area, Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,83 ...
. It serves the counties of
Warren,
Washington and
Saratoga in New York State including the cities of
Glens Falls and
Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs is a city in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 28,491 at the 2020 census. The name reflects the presence of mineral springs in the area, which has made Saratoga a popular resort destination for over ...
. The newspaper competes with ''
The Saratogian'' of Saratoga Springs and the ''
Times Union'' of Albany for the Saratoga County market.
History
The current ''Post-Star'' newspaper traces its roots to 1904 with the founding of a paper called ''The Morning Post''.
In 1909 the owners of ''The Morning Post'' acquired a competing newspaper called ''The Morning Star'' and merged the two papers into ''The Post-Star''.
The newspaper was sold in 1971 by longtime publisher and major shareholder Arthur Irving Sr. to
Howard Publications.
[(30 December 1970)]
Glen Falls Newspapers Have Been Purchased By Howard Publications, Oceanside, Calif; Carl M. Davidson Has Been Named Publisher
''The Post-Star'', p.1 (paywall)
''The Post-Star'' is currently owned by
Lee Enterprises out of
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport ( ) is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. It is situated along the Mississippi River on the eastern border of the state. Davenport had a population of 101,724 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 cen ...
. Lee has controlled the paper since February 12, 2002, when it merged with Howard Publications.
On April 20, 2009, the Post-Star won its first
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...
, for the editorial work of Mark Mahoney.
For a time, the ''Post-Star'' maintained two distinctly different online presences. PostStar.net was an all-inclusive, subscription-based offering; Poststar.com offers the reader a few free articles per month, requiring a subscription beyond that. As of April 2007, PostStar.net ceased operation.
Starting July 11, 2023, the print edition of the newspaper will be reduced to three days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, the newspaper will transition from being delivered by a traditional newspaper delivery carrier to mail delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.
References
External links
Poststar.com
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Daily newspapers published in New York (state)
Lee Enterprises publications
Glens Falls, New York
1904 establishments in New York (state)
Newspapers established in 1904