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16-571: LNP Media Group publishes three other local newspapers in Lancaster County: The Lititz Record Express , The Ephrata Review and The Elizabethtown Advocate . Additionally, LNP Media Group owns and publishes two specialty publications: La Voz Lancaster (formerly La Voz Hispana ), and Fly After 5 (formerly Fly Magazine ). LNP Media Group is owned by Steinman Communications, a corporation controlled by descendants of Andrew Jackson Steinman, who purchased

32-532: A center-left editorial stance, while the New Era was reliably conservative . For five years after the papers merged, the combined publication ran two distinct editorial pages . In 2014, however, Lancaster Newspapers adopted an independent stance, publishing a single editorial page thereafter. Under its current masthead, LNP was first published in October 2014 with the tagline "Always Lancaster." As of 2016,

48-789: A corporation controlled by descendants of Andrew Jackson Steinman, who purchased the Intelligencer in 1866. The holding company owns Intelligencer Printing, one of the oldest commercial printing houses in the United States; Susquehanna Printing, a contract printer and publisher of weekly newspapers ; Delmarva Broadcasting Company ; real estate investments in Lancaster City ; and energy holdings in southern Virginia . In April 2023, Steinman Communications announced plans to donate most of LNP Media Group's holdings to Harrisburg public broadcaster WITF . First printed in 1794 as

64-819: A paid circulation of 5,982 as of 2017[3] before ceasing publication at the end of 2021. The Advocate was founded in 2010 by veteran Associated Press journalist Dan Robrish . Robrish worked for the AP for 11 1/2 years. Before working for the Associated Press, Robrish was employed by the Pottstown Mercury , the Journal of New Ulm in Minnesota and the Ely Daily Times in Nevada . The Advocate

80-424: Is an article or any other written document, often unsigned, written by the senior editorial people or publisher of a newspaper or magazine , that expresses the author(s)'s opinion about a particular topic or issue. Australian and major United States newspapers, such as The New York Times and The Boston Globe , often classify editorials under the heading " opinion ". Illustrated editorials may appear in

96-532: The Journal . Established in 1923 as the first local Sunday newspaper in Lancaster County, The Sunday News was renamed Sunday LNP in October 2014. La Voz Lancaster (formerly La Voz Hispana ) is a bi-monthly news source for the Hispanic population of Lancaster County. The Caucus is a weekly watchdog investigative paper aimed at Pennsylvania politics. The Intell traditionally retained

112-702: The Lancaster Journal , the Intelligencer Journal was the largest circulation newspaper in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States of America that had not changed its name. The Lancaster New Era was founded in 1877 with the goal of taking the state Republican machine to task. In 1920, New Era merged with another Republican newspaper, The Examiner . Paul Block Sr. bought

128-578: The New Era-Examiner three years later and positioned it to compete with the morning Intelligencer and afternoon New Journal , both published by the Steinmans. When the venture failed in 1928, Block sold the paper, now named New Era , to the Steinmans, who merged the Intell and Journal into the morning Intelligencer Journal and published New Era as an afternoon newspaper on every day of

144-554: The newsroom was quite likely combining journalists from The Intelligencer Journal , New Era and Sunday News . LancasterOnline is a subscription service that provides access to all features in the daily newspaper and a searchable digital archive of all content published in the newspaper's history. The Elizabethtown Advocate The Elizabethtown Advocate was a weekly newspaper serving Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania , from 2010 to 2021. The paper grew from having approximately 600 copies being produced weekly in 2011[1][2] to

160-540: The Intelligencer in 1866. In April 2023, Steinman Communications announced plans to donate most of LNP Media Group's holdings to Harrisburg public broadcaster WITF . La Voz Lancaster is a bi-monthly publication covering the Hispanic community in Lancaster County. Fly After 5 is a bi-monthly newspaper covering Lancaster County nightlife and entertainment. LNP Media Group is owned by Steinman Communications,

176-654: The Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award and the Taylor Award for Fairness from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism . On 26 June 2009, Lancaster Newspapers published the final afternoon edition of New Era , citing increasing costs and decreasing readership, and merged it with the Intelligencer Journal . Columns , comics and other syndicated content previously reserved for the afternoon edition now appear in

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192-433: The form of editorial cartoons . Typically, a newspaper's editorial board evaluates which issues are important for their readership to know the newspaper's opinion on. Editorials are typically published on a dedicated page, called the editorial page, which often features letters to the editor from members of the public; the page opposite this page is called the op-ed page and frequently contains opinion pieces (hence

208-487: The name think pieces ) by writers not directly affiliated with the publication. However, a newspaper may choose to publish an editorial on the front page. In the English-language press, this occurs rarely and only on topics considered especially important; it is more common, however, in some European countries such as Denmark , Spain , Italy , and France . Many newspapers publish their editorials without

224-414: The name of the leader writer. Tom Clark, leader-writer for The Guardian , says that it ensures readers discuss the issue at hand rather than the author. On the other hand, an editorial does reflect the position of a newspaper and the head of the newspaper, the editor, is known by name. Whilst the editor will often not write the editorial themselves, they maintain oversight and retain responsibility. In

240-737: The week except Sunday. The Saturday edition was eliminated in 2007 and associated content moved to the Saturday-morning edition of Intell . By 2009, New Era had the largest circulation of any Pennsylvania newspaper in the afternoon newspaper market. It won the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Sweepstakes Award four years in a row. Its reporting on the West Nickel Mines School shooting in eastern Lancaster County won numerous state and national awards, among them

256-868: Was a "one-man" newspaper for 7 years with Robrish as the sole reporter , editor , and publisher . The Advocate superseded the Elizabethtown Chronicle which folded after 140 years in 2009. The Chronicle folded when its parent company, the Journal-Register, filed for bankruptcy . The Advocate was acquired by the LNP Media Group , a subsidiary of the Steinman Communications, in 2017. LNP also publishes Lancaster County Weeklies, including The Ephrata Review and The Lititz Record. Editorial page An editorial , or leading article (UK) or leader (UK),

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