The family-owned Cortland Standard (Cortland, New York) has ceased publication, a casualty of declining readership and increasing costs, including an expected 25% tariff on newsprint. It was the second-oldest family-owned newspaper in New York, but one of the five oldest family-owned newspapers in America.
“I hoped this day would never come,” said Publisher and Editor Evan C. Geibel. “I’m so very grateful to my colleagues and the community for what they’ve done for me, my family and each other.”
The Cortland Standard Printing Co. will file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. After that, all business and legal decisions will be the purview of a court-appointed trustee.
