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Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
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Cortland Standard relaunches with Sample News Group
CORTLAND, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Sample News Group's George 'Scoop' Sample, owner of Sample News Group, has announced that the publisher of over 75 titles in 4 states has acquired the assets of the Cortland Standard Printing Company. The Newspaper will now resume publication after it abruptly ceased publication on March 13 as a result of its bankruptcy filing. Its prior publication schedule of Tuesday through Saturday is set to resume on May 17, Sample News Group said. 'We are honored to revive publication of the Cortland Standard for the community,' Sample said. 'Cortland deserves the opportunity to stay informed and engaged through a vibrant local newspaper. We look forward to ensuring that the thriving community of Cortland does not turn into a news desert.' Sample News Group also operates eight other media properties in New York including the Palladium Times (Oswego), The Valley News (Fulton), The Oswego Shopper, The Oswego County News, The Livingston County News, The Daily News (Batavia), the Pennysaver (Owego) and the Bee Group (Williamsville). Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WSYR.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- General
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Cortland Standard documented local history, will be missed
CORTLAND, N.Y (WSYR-TV) — It was a typed-up note on the door and a 3 a.m. article that announced the Cortland Standard was closing. The small staff was told hours prior on Wednesday afternoon, March 12, in an emergency meeting. EPA announces rollback of environmental regulations Central New York temperatures trending upward again Bubble Watch: Ohio State's loss is North Carolina's gain, plus a good day for the SEC Democrats speak out against funding bill ahead of Senate vote Concerns are brewing for CNY brewery following tariffs on steel, aluminum 'We found out that we had gone bankrupt, essentially,' Lily Byrne, a staff reporter for the Cortland Standard, said. 'Didn't really have any warning and were told we could only be paid until today just get your article done for the day, and it's been fun.' For Lily, seeing their name on the bylines of papers scattered around the county never got old. 'I've always felt that news is so much more special and personal when it comes from someone living on your street. I feel like I live within everyone I write about,' Lily said. For more than 157 years Cortland County's history was recorded by the punch of a key and the snap of a photograph. 'That's the kind of journalism that I love. When you find gold,' Bob Ellis, a photographer for the Cortland Standard for more than 30 years, said. Bob retired in 2017, but still, when he hears sirens, he feels the call to grab his camera and track down what's happening. From SUNY Cortland protests, to the burning of the clocktower downtown, and that rare unplanned, but magical moment, Bob captured it all through his lens. 'As I told some people it's like watching grandma or grandpa pass away really,' Bob shared regarding the Cortland Standard closing. 'You feel it in your heart. I spent a lot of time there I enjoyed it there and it's sad.' The roots of the Cortland Standard run deep. The first job of Jeff Davidson, a loyal reader of the paper, was throwing the standard at doorsteps. 'When I was 12 years old, I carried two bundles over my shoulders from this intersection to the other end of town,' Jeff said. 'The pulse of the community is going to be truly truly missed. I'm sad.' After recording a century and a half of history, the Cortland Standard's closing is an unfortunate sign of the times. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Goodbye Cortland, and Godspeed': CNY newspaper prints its final edition
CORTLAND, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The city of Cortland is saying goodbye to a mainstay on Main Street. Before the ink dried on Thursday morning's edition of the Cortland Standard, issues with red ink had already started to circulate. Financial troubles for the business meant Thursday would be the final time you could flip or click through the Cortland family-owned newspaper. 'Goodbye Cortland, and Godspeed' was the headline when you visited the Cortland Standard website on Thursday morning. After more than 157 years, the family-owned newspaper said it's stopping the presses. According to an article published on the paper's website at 3 a.m. Thursday, the Cortland Standard Printing Company will file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. 17 workers are now without a job. The publisher and editor blaming declining readership and increasing costs. 'I hoped this day would never come,' publisher and editor Evan C. Geibel said. 'I'm so very grateful to my colleagues and the community for what they've done for me, my family and each other.' Sources tell NewsChannel 9 that employees were alerted Wednesday afternoon and by Wednesday night, a white sheet of paper could be seen on the door of the Cortland Standard's office, reading: 'The offices of the Cortland Standard are closed.' According to its website, the Cortland Standard was the second-oldest family-owned newspaper in New York, and one of the five oldest family-owned newspapers in America. It's first edition was peeled off a flatbed press in 1867. Closures and mergers of local newspapers is not uncommon. Many newspapers have shifted from dailies to weeklies or ended print publishing altogether. According to Northwestern's Local News Initiative, newspapers continue to disappear at a rate of more than two per week. In 2024, 130 newspapers shut down. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- General
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Cortland Standard newspaper set to close on March 13
CORTLAND, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — WXHC radio in Homer has confirmed with several sources that the locally-owned paper, the Cortland Standard, has filed for Chapter 7 protection. Syracuse's season ends with loss to SMU in ACC Tournament Three area basketball teams advance to state quarterfinals Cortland Standard newspaper set to close on March 13 Crunch grab 2-1 win over Comets Temperatures set to rise again in Central New York About a dozen and a half workers they say were told this was their last day of employment, as the paper will close on Thursday, March 13. According to the paper, founded in 1867, it is New York's second oldest family-owned news organization and eighth oldest in the U.S. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
