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==In popular culture==
* ''The Star-Ledger'' was featured prominently various times in the hit television series ''[[The Sopranos]]'', an [[HBO]] drama series set in New Jersey. [[Tony Soprano]] received home delivery of the paper, and several episodes opened with him picking it up at the end of his driveway.
**''The Sopranos'' creator David Chase credited a ''Star-Ledger'' story by journalist [[Guy Sterling]] with inspiring the theme for the series’series' [[The Sopranos (season 5)|fifth season]].<ref name=Sterling>{{cite news| title=Jersey cases inspire new 'Sopranos' season| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| date=January 9, 2003| url=http://www.nj.com/sopranos/stories/20040109sl_alltv.html| access-date=2016-08-10| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313045937/http://www.nj.com/sopranos/stories/20040109sl_alltv.html| archive-date=March 13, 2009}}</ref>
* ''The Star-Ledger'' serves as the inspiration for a fictional newspaper in an award-winning series of mystery novels by [[Brad Parks]].
* The newspaper was referenced by comedian [[George Carlin]] in the 2004 comedy-drama ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]'', which was written and directed by New Jersey native [[Kevin Smith]].