![]() The paper dropped Newark from its masthead sometime in the 1970s, but is still popularly called the Newark Star-Ledger by many residents of New Jersey. Newhouse bought the Star-Eagle from Block and merged it with the Newark Ledger to become the Newark Star-Ledger. It subsequently evolved into the Newark Star-Eagle, owned by what eventually became Block Communications. The Newark Daily Advertiser, founded in 1832, was Newark's first daily newspaper. History 19th century The logo of The Star-Ledger since 2007 The Star-Ledger is a sister paper to The Jersey Journal in Jersey City, The Times in Trenton, and the Staten Island Advance, all of which are owned by Advance Publications. In the same year, Advance Publications announced it was exploring cost-saving changes among its New Jersey properties, but was not considering mergers or changes in publication frequency at any of the newspapers, nor the elimination of home delivery. In July 2013, the paper announced that it would sell its headquarters building in Newark. It has suffered great declines in print circulation in recent years, to 180,000 daily in 2013, then to 114,000 "individually paid print circulation," which is the number of copies being bought by subscription or at newsstands, in 2015. In 2007, The Star-Ledger 's daily circulation was reportedly more than the next two largest New Jersey newspapers combined, and its Sunday circulation was larger than the next three papers combined. ![]() The Star-Ledger is the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey. ![]()
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