On December 26, 1898, the owners of The Daily Standard and The Syracuse Post merged the papers to form The Post-Standard.

"[3] The newspaper bragged that "The Post-Standard has a larger circulation than any other daily paper between Greater New York and Rochester.

The company launched digital audio services delivered via telephone in the early 1990s, under the direction of John Mariani and Stan Linhorst.

In December 2001, the newspaper began printing on a new offset lithography press made in Switzerland by Wifag.

In 2012, Advance established a new business structure and company, Syracuse Media Group, to emphasize its digital future.

Others on the editorial board include Chairman Stephen A. Rogers, President Tim Kennedy, and Director of Special Projects Stan Linhorst.

[citation needed] In July 2015, the New York News Publishers Association gave eight first-place awards to The Post-Standard, the most of any newspaper in its circulation category.

In the 2000s, the paper published in-depth investigative pieces focusing especially on the inner workings of Albany, including Gov.

Other investigations have focused on the allocation of state-borrowed money by the leaders of the State Senate and Assembly;[citation needed] and on controversy over the secretive sale of public lands along the Erie Canal by the New York State Canal Corporation for less than the land's market value.

[citation needed] In mid-2014, the newspaper began publishing stories from reporter John O’Brien, who uncovered serious allegations about the 1994 disappearance of Heidi Allen.

[16] Michelle Breidenbach and Mike McAndrew revealed the misappropriation of state Empire Zone tax breaks.

Their series, published 2005–2007, showed how New York state spent hundreds of millions in tax dollars on companies that had done little or nothing to deserve it.

[citation needed] Beginning with a 2004 investigation, Breidenbach began tracking state legislators' slush funds.

[17] In 2003, Breidenbach's reporting revealed how the state Thruway Authority and its subsidiary, Canal Corp., granted exclusive development rights.

[citation needed] In 2000, staff writers Mark Libbon, James T. Mulder, and Rick Moriarty explained the forces that caused Central New York to lose its population in the 1990s.

Among them: Since 1988, The Post-Standard has been challenging people of Central New York every winter by hiding a treasure hunt medallion in a public park in Onondaga County.

The campaign started in 1932, during the depths of The Great Depression, to buy coal for families who could not afford to heat their homes.

Donations now go to the Christmas Bureau, sponsored by the United Way and The Salvation Army, to provide gifts, food, clothing and other support for local families in need.

[27] The company conducts annual golf and bowling tournaments, each with divisions for men, women and seniors.

[28] Iraq, 2006: Reporter Hart Seely and photographer Gloria Wright covered soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division.

[29] Iraq, 2005: Reporter Hart Seely and photographer Li-Hua Lan covered soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division.

[30] Bosnia, 1993: Frank Ordonez documented the despair, fear, and pain of people caught in civil war in the former Yugoslavia.