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| 3601 Highway 66 |
| PO Box 1550 |
| Neptune, NJ 07754 |
| Phone: (732) 922-6000 Fax: (732) 922-3984 |
| Web Site: http:/www.injersey.com http://www.app.com |
| Robert T. Collins President & Publisher |
| W. Raymond Ollwerther Vice President-News |
| Daily Circulation: 157,366 Sunday Circulation: 224,225 |
| Founded 1879 as The Shore Press> Based in fast-growing Monmouth-Ocean shore area, circulation gains outpaced competitors to become second largest daily in NJ, trailing only STAR-LEDGER and narrowly ahead of THE RECORD> Sold September 1997 by parent company, New Jersey Press, to GANNETT CO., ending history of independent operation, ownership by employee-owners, with New Jersey Press owned equally by Plangere and Lass families> Gannett acquisition also included THE HOME NEWS TRIBUNE daily newspaper based in East Brunswick, with Robert T. Collins, former publisher of Gannett-owned COURIER-POST, named president of Gannett NJ newspaper group and publisher of both newspapers> Gannett purchase excluded NJ radio stations owned by NJ Press based in Mercer County WBUD-AM and WKXW-FM, and in Atlantic City-Milville region WBSS-FM, with stations spun off into separate firm, Press Communications, prior to Gannett acquisition with ownership control by Donald Lass, former Press CEO and editor> Once conservative in format and style, now features extensive use of color, modern graphics, sharper features, received several national awards for design> Emphasizes local coverage, but also strong State House staff, regional coverage> Editorial cartoonist Stephen Breen awarded Pulitzer Prize April 1998, first Pulitzer awarded to Press in its history and first Pulitzer to NJ journalist in 24 years> Commenced new electronic online service, IN Jersey, June 1995, also provides Internet access, design services. |
| Bridgeton News |
| 100 East Commerce Street |
| Bridgeton, NJ 08302 |
| Phone: (856) 451-1000 Fax: (856) 451-7214 |
| Web Site: http://www.bridgetonnews.com |
| Jim DeFillipo Publisher |
| Matt Gray Editor |
| Daily Circulation: 9,092 |
| Founded 1879> Announced July 2000 sale to ADVANCE PUBLICATIONS, parent company of THE STAR-LEDGER, THE TIMES and JERSEY JOURNAL from South Jersey Newspapers, subsidiary of MediaNews Group, Denver-based media chain owned by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder, former publisher of now-defunct Newark Evening News and founder of Garden State Paper Co., world's largest recycler of newsprint into new newsprint> MediaNews sale to Advance included sister newspapers GLOUCESTER COUNTY TIMES and TODAY'S SUNBEAM, MediaNews also former owner of NORTH JERSEY HERALD & NEWS, which it sold 1998 to MACROMEDIA, publisher of THE RECORD, along with 11 of its total 21 northern NJ weekly newspapers; former daily Hudson Dispatch of Union City, which it sold 1992 to JERSEY JOURNAL, and The Daily Journal of Elizabeth which it closed, also in 1992> Strong competition with GANNETT-owned THE DAILY JOURNAL for circulation, advertising |
| Burlington County Times |
| 4284 Route 130 |
| North Willingboro, NJ 08046 |
| Phone: (609) 871-8000 Fax: (609) 871-0490 |
| Web Site: http://www.phillyburbs.com |
| Stanley M. Ellis Publisher |
| Ronald L. Martin Executive Editor |
| Daily Circulation: 39,518 Sunday Circulation: 44,702 |
| Owned by Calkins Newspapers based in Doylestown, PA, which also owns Doylestown Intelligencer/Montgomery County Record, Bucks County Courier Times, Beaver County Times, and Uniontown Herald-Standard in PA; South Dade News Leader in Homestead, FL, television station in Sarasota, FL, and commercial printing plant in Pemberton, NJ> Commenced publishing 1958 as Levittown Times, new newspaper established by publisher Stanley Calkins at urging of real estate developer William Levitt to further interest in Levittown development (now Willingboro), also to strengthen Calkins influence in fast-growing Philadelphia suburban market, adding NJ paper to PA papers established earlier> Calkins died 1973, daughters - Shirley C. Ellis, Carolyn C. Smith and Sandra C. Hardy - current owners and directors of Calkins Newspapers> Largest Burlington County circulation, only paper dedicated exclusively to coverage of NJ's largest county in land area, second only to Bucks County, PA, in effective buying income in Philadelphia region> Main competitors Philadelphia Inquirer, COURIER-POST, and THE TIMES> Conservative editorial positions> Now prints daily, previously published only six days weekly (no Saturday edition). |
| The Courier-News |
| 1201 Route 22 West |
| PO Box 6600 |
| Bridgewater, NJ 08807 |
| Phone: (908) 722-8800 Fax: (908) 707-3252 |
| Web Site: http://www.injersey.com/c-n |
| Charles Nutt Publisher |
| Richard A. Leonard Executive Editor |
| Daily Circulation: 43,402 Sunday Circulation: 43,808 |
| Owned by national GANNETT CO. media chain, largest newspaper group in US in circulation, which publishes 74 daily newspapers with combined daily paid circulation of over 6.7 million, including USA TODAY, nation's largest-selling daily newspaper, with circulation of approximately 2.2 million and variety of non-daily publications; owns and operates 21 television stations covering over 17 percent of US; other company operations include news service; telemarketing; direct marketing services; commercial printing operation; and advertising services> Gannett acquired summer 1998 DAILY RECORD of Morris County and TOMS RIVER OBSERVER, fall 1997 ASBURY PARK PRESS, HOME NEWS TRIBUNE formerly owned by New Jersey Press; other NJ GANNETT holdings include dailies COURIER-POST of Cherry Hill; DAILY JOURNAL of Vineland; Times Graphics weekly chain> Courier-News one of first newspapers acquired by Gannett, a key newspaper in national chain, retired Gannett CEO John J. Curley served as publisher 1970-74, younger brother Thomas Curley, currently Gannett senior vice president and president USA TODAY, also served as publisher 1983-85> Affluent Somerset County, Hunterdon County circulation base, also sections of Middlesex, Passaic> Printing plant also prints 80,000 copies of Northeast regional edition of USA TODAY> Sunday edition started 1987> Introduced weekly lifestyle magazines for Somerset, Hunterdon markets to counter weekly newspaper competitors> Charles Nutt named publisher 2000 after after serving as publisher since December 1998 of THE DAILY JOURNAL, started Gannett career 1972 at Courier-News, held several editing positions, including executive editor, later positions at Star-Gazette in Elmira, NY, as editor; also worked at Easton (PA) Express and THE NEW YORK TIMES, also served as first sports editor of USA TODAY, graduate of RUTGERS and Syracuse Universities. |
| The Courier-Post |
| 301 Cuthbert Boulevard |
| PO Box 5300 |
| Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 |
| Phone: (856) 663-6000 Fax: (856) 663-3190 |
| Web Site: http://www.courierpostonline.com/ |
| Dan Martin President & Publisher |
| Skip Hidlay Executive Editor |
| Daily Circulation: 86,905 Sunday Circulation: 99,840 |
| 'South Jersey's Newspaper'> Fourth largest in NJ daily circulation> Founded 1875, owned since 1959 by national GANNETT CO. media chain, which also owns dailies ASBURY PARK PRESS, HOME NEWS & TRIBUNE, COURIER-NEWS, DAILY JOURNAL OF VINELAND; DAILY RECORD and TOMS RIVER OBSERVER; and Times Graphics weekly chain> Former publisher Robert T. Collins named pesident of Gannett NJ newspaper group and publisher of ASBURY PARK PRESS following Gannett purchase of Press and sister newspaper HOME NEWS & TRIBUNE fall 1997; succeeded as Courier-Post publisher by Dan Martin, previously publisher of Springfield (MO) News-Leader> Primary competition from Philadelphia Inquirer, BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES, GLOUCESTER COUNTY TIMES, trying to expand circulation in Burlington, shore areas> Formerly based in Camden, still provides extensive coverage of Camden city news, government, revitalization issues> South Jersey advocate in editorial positions on State issues, primary media forum promoting successful effort to return battleship New Jersey for permanent berthing in Camden. |
| The Daily Journal |
| 891 East Oak Road |
| PO Box 1504 |
| Vineland, NJ 08360 |
| Phone: (856) 691-5000 Fax: (856) 691-2031 |
| Web Site: http://www.thedailyjournal.com/ |
| Nancy Monaghan Publisher-Editor |
| Daily Circulation: 17,410 |
| Founded 1875> Owned by GANNETT CO. chain, which also owns dailies ASBURY PARK PRESS, COURIER NEWS, COURIER POST, HOME NEWS TRIBUNE; DAILY RECORD AND TOMS RIVER OBSERVER; Times Graphics weekly chain> Surviving paper resulting from 1988 merger of Vineland Times Journal and The Millville Daily> Strong investigative reporting record> Extensive use of color> Primary competitor THE PRESS of Atlantic City> Nancy Monaghan named publisher-editor April 2000, previously previously president and publisher of The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W.VA 1996-2000, president and publisher of Public Opinion, Chambersburg, PA 1989-96, managing editor/news and national editor at USA Today, Washington, DC 1982-89. |
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