The Saratogian

{{short description|Newspaper in Saratoga Springs, New York}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = The Saratogian

| logo = Saratogian Masthead.png

| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| foundation = 1855

| price =

| owners = 21st Century Media (1998-current), Gannett (1934-1998)

| publisher =

| editor =

| circulation = 7,367 Daily

| circulation_date = 2017

| circulation_ref = {{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Newspapers by County |url=https://nynewspapers.com/newspapers-by-county/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121151548/http://nynewspapers.com:80/newspapers-by-county/ |archive-date=2017-11-21 |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=New York Press Association}}

| headquarters = 20 Lake Avenue
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
{{USA}}

| ISSN = 1071-4448

| website = {{URL|saratogian.com}}

}}

The Saratogian is a broadsheet-style daily newspaper published in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. The paper has been published daily since 1855, first as The Daily Saratogian,{{cite web|title=About The Daily Saratogian. (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) 1855-1910|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83031649/|access-date=3 April 2017}} and then as The Saratogian beginning in 1910.{{cite web|title=About The Saratogian. (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) 1910-current|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031509/|access-date=3 April 2017}}

It covers all of Saratoga County, New York and specifically the city of Saratoga Springs. It includes the Pinksheet{{cite web|title=Saratogian Pinksheet|url=http://www.saratogian.com/pinksheet|access-date=3 April 2017}} in the summer, which has information about what will happen at the Saratoga Race Course that very day.

The Saratogian was owned by Gannett from 1934 to 1998,{{cite web|title=Gannett Foundation Agrees to Sell the Saratogian at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.|date=11 February 1998|url=http://www.tegna.com/gannett-foundation-agrees-to-sell-the-saratogian-at-saratoga-springs-n-y/|access-date=3 April 2017}} when it was sold to the Journal Register Company, now known as 21st Century Media, a subsidiary of Digital First Media. Digital is controlled by Alden Global Capital which has a practice of reducing staff and draining resources from local papers.{{Cite web |date=2013-12-31 |title=So Long, MediaNews Group; Hello Digital First Media |url=https://denvernewspaperguild.org/so-long-medianews-group-hello-digital-first-media/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Denver Newspaper Guild |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606004930/https://denvernewspaperguild.org/so-long-medianews-group-hello-digital-first-media/ |archive-date=2023-06-06 |url-status=live}}

{{cite news |last1=Folkenflik |first1=David |title='Vulture' Fund Alden Global, Known For Slashing Newsrooms, Buys Tribune Papers |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/998730863/vulture-fund-alden-global-known-for-slashing-newsrooms-buys-tribune-papers |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=National Public Radio |date=2021-05-21 |language=en-US |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210521172142/https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/998730863/vulture-fund-alden-global-known-for-slashing-newsrooms-buys-tribune-papers |archive-date=2021-05-21 |url-status=live}}