- The Post-Star
Infobox_Newspaper
name =
caption = TheJuly 4 ,2006 front page of "The Post-Star"
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation = 1904
ceased publication =
price =
owners =Lee Enterprises
publisher = Rona Rahlf
editor = Ken Tingley
language = English
circulation =
headquarters = Cooper and Lawrence
Glens Falls, NY 12801United States
ISSN = 0897-0505
website = [http://poststar.com PostStar.com]The Post-Star is a daily newspaper in
Glens Falls, New York . Its circulation is approximately 35,000. It serves the counties of Warren, Washington and Saratoga in New York State including the cities of Glens Falls and Saratoga Springs. It is the only daily newspaper published in Warren County. It competes withThe Saratogian and theTimes 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. They combined the endings of the two names to become The Post-Star.
The newspaper was sold in 1971 by longtime publisher and major shareholder Arthur Irving Sr. to
Howard Publications .The Post-Star is currently owned by
Lee Enterprises out ofDavenport, Iowa . Lee has controlled the paper sinceFebruary 12 ,2002 when it took over operations at all Howard Publication's newspapers.Current Operations
The Post-Star publishes every day.
For a time, the Post-Star maintained two distinctly different online presences. [http://poststar.net PostStar.net] was an all-inclusive, subscription-based offering; [http://poststar.com Poststar.com] is freely available and advertising driven. As of April 2007, PostStar.net ceased operation.
External links
* [http://poststar.com Poststar.com]
* [http://poststar.net PostStar.net]
* [http://www.lee.net/walk/visit/glensfalls.htm Lee Enterprises profile of "The Post-Star"]
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