''The Post-Star'' is a daily newspaper in

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. Its circulation is 9,780. It serves the counties of

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and Saratoga in New York State including the cities of

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and

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. It is the only daily newspaper published in Warren County. It competes with ''

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'' 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

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.(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

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out of

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. 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

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, 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.

References

External links

Poststar.com

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