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The Star-Ledger ceased daily print publication on the 2nd of February 2025. Advance Publications announced the decision on the 30th of October 2024, citing rising costs, decreasing circulation, and reduced demand for print. An online digital edition continues to publish.
The Star-Ledger won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2005. The award recognized its comprehensive coverage of New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey's resignation after he confessed to adultery with a male lover.
The Star-Ledger is owned by Advance Publications. S. I. Newhouse purchased the predecessor paper in 1939 and merged it with the Newark Ledger. Donald Newhouse has served as president since 1979.
The Star-Ledger surpassed the Newark Evening News in daily circulation in March 1971, when the Evening News was on strike. The Evening News shut down in 1972, leaving the Star-Ledger without a major local competitor. By 2007, its daily circulation exceeded that of the next two largest New Jersey papers combined.
The Star-Ledger appeared prominently in The Sopranos between 1999 and 2007, with Tony Soprano shown picking up his copy from the end of his driveway in multiple episodes. Creator David Chase also credited a Star-Ledger story by Guy Sterling with inspiring the theme for the show's fifth season in 2004.
On the 31st of July 2008, parent company Advance Publications threatened to sell the Star-Ledger unless staff accepted buyouts and unions made concessions. By the 24th of October 2008, the company had accepted buyouts from 151 newsroom employees, resulting in a 40 percent reduction in newsroom staff.