Eagle Newspapers (New York)
Eagle Newspapers is composed of six community newspapers and several niche publications serving Syracuse, New York and Central New York.
Ownership
Owned by Community Media Group LLC, Eagle Newspapers includes the Baldwinsville Messenger, Eagle Star-Review, Cazenovia Republican, Skaneateles Press, Eagle Bulletin, Eagle Observer, Syracuse Parent, Syracuse Prime, Syracuse Woman Magazine, Excellence and the CNY Employment Guide. The award-winning weekly newspapers are available for home delivery, or can be purchased in their home communities at retail outlets. Syracuse Parent, CNY Employment and several other niche publications are available for free at hundreds of locations in and around Syracuse.History
Eagle Newspapers was founded in 1992 when Manlius Publishing and Brown Newspapers merged. The company was located in Baldwinsville until 1996, when it moved its headquarters and printing facilities to Firestone Drive in DeWitt, New YorkSince that time, Eagle Newspapers has launched the Oneida Press, Solvay-Geddes Express and Syracuse City Eagle publications, which are available free throughout their respective communities. The Oneida Press, Solvay-Geddes Express and a few other newspapers were discontinued in the mid-2000s.
In 1998, Eagle Newspapers purchased Spotlight Newspapers in Albany, a group of 10 suburban weeklies. In addition, Eagle's main office in Syracuse is the home of Empire Media, which publishes the statewide-distributed Empire Monthly and Empire Education publications.
In 2002, Eagle Newspapers launched cnylink.com, an interactive website touting the top news and sports stories from Eagle's 15 weeklies, along with classified ads, entertainment calendar, archives, coupons, blogs, photo galleries and links to government and school websites. Since that time, Eagle has launched seven more online properties, including empiremonthly.com, syracuseparent.net, urbancny.com, spotlightnews.com, cdparentpages.com, capitaldistrictyardsale.com and piratecny.com. To maintain those properties and manage the company's website design services, the company formed a New Media division in 2006.
In October 2009, Eagle Newspapers and Spotlight Newspapers were purchased by Community Media Group LLC. In 2010, Eagle Newspapers re-launched their website under a new name Eagle News Online and opened new offices located in Eastwood. Each newspaper had its website and Facebook page:The Eagle CNY - serving the city of Syracuse Baldwinsville Messenger - serving Baldwinsville, Lysander and Van BurenCazenovia Republican - serving the town and village of CazenoviaEagle Observer - serving town/village of Camillus, Marcellus, Elbridge and village of JordanEagle Bulletin - serving Manlius, Fayetteville, Minoa, Kirkville, East Syracuse, DeWitt and JamesvilleEagle Star Review - serving Cicero, North Syracuse, Clay and Liverpool. The Clay Insider is also sent exclusively to Clay residents monthly.Skaneateles Press - serving Skaneateles and Spafford
In 2025, Community Media Group sold Eagle News Group to Sample News Group.