Kevin Whitmer Archives - New Jersey Globe

NJ.com/Star-Ledger owner is major Sherrill donor

August 18, 2025 6:07 amAugust 18, 2025 3:11 pm

An heir to the $24 billion Newhouse publishing empire that owns NJ.com and the Star-Ledger has contributed over $400,000 to Democratic candidates nationally, and $16,700 to Mikie Sherrill’s campaigns for governor and Congress. Ben Newhouse, a 43-year-old Jersey City resident...

Former Star-Ledger editor now offering to place Op-Eds for clients

April 4, 2022 12:00 amApril 4, 2022 12:08 pm

Former Star-Ledger editor Kevin Whitmer has opened a new consulting firm that openly touts his ability to place Op-Eds for clients, although he stops just short of naming his former employer as one of them. “Our relationships also allow us...

Here’s what you missed over the Thanksgiving break

November 29, 2021 6:43 amNovember 29, 2021 10:13 am

Since Election Day was ten days long, it’s ok if you checked out early on Wednesday. Here’s what you missed: * Assembly Republicans are planning to challenge a new rule that would ban lawmakers from entering the statehouse if they...

Whitmer was pushed out of top newspaper job

November 24, 2021 4:22 pmNovember 26, 2021 3:39 pm

The decision by Kevin Whitmer to leave his top post at NJ Advance Media at the end of this year was not his own, with his bosses at the Newhouse-owned Advance Publications telling him that his 18-year stint at the...

Whitmer to depart top Star-Ledger post

November 16, 2021 11:32 amNovember 16, 2021 9:47 pm

Kevin Whitmer is leaving his post as the head of NJ Advance Media, which operates the Star-Ledger and other publications, at the end of the year, he announced today. As the senior vice president for content, expansion and development, Whitmer...

NJ.com reporter decries newsroom racism, says editors want stories that appeal to white readers

June 17, 2021 7:35 pmMarch 23, 2022 3:30 pm

In an unvarnished, heartfelt denunciation of racist attitudes by the leadership of New Jersey Advance Media, which owns the Star-Ledger and NJ.com, a Black reporter is alleging a culture of hypocrisy and a corporate mission of appealing to white readers....

Star-Ledger shifts revenue model on text message service

February 17, 2021 11:18 amFebruary 17, 2021 1:29 pm

Star-Ledger subscribers may continue to plant questions at Gov. Phil Murphy’s press conferences, NJ Advance Media senior vice president for content, expansion and development Kevin Whitmer said on Tuesday. Whitmer said the text messaging platform launched 10 months ago to...