Tom Moran 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...

The Watcher: A new gubernatorial poll. Please clap

March 5, 2025 5:23 amJuly 13, 2025 4:05 pm

Without the county line, the words of former Senate President John Lynch are the earworm of 2025: “Here’s nothing. Guard it with your life.” A Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released earlier this morning gives us a snapshot of how well-known...

2024 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2024 12:14 pmJanuary 3, 2025 10:34 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2024 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version. Do you know what they call a presidential election in New Jersey? The opening act of a gubernatorial campaign....

Moran says his last day at Star-Ledger is February 2

December 11, 2024 7:25 pmDecember 11, 2024 8:25 pm

Tom Moran today acknowledged what others reported 42 days ago: that he’s out as editorial page editor of the Star-Ledger when the 192-year-old newspaper shuts down its print edition and shifts entirely to an online format. He said he’s being...

Legislative Correspondents Club cancels May dinner, citing Covid outbreak at DC event

April 18, 2022 1:05 pm

The New Jersey Legislative Correspondents Club Show set for May 4 has been cancelled. The group cited the recent Gridiron Dinner in Washington as a superspreader event and sluggish ticket sales. “We have been looking forward to holding our first...

Kean team denies Tom Moran claim that they declined comment

January 18, 2022 12:03 amDecember 11, 2024 5:01 pm

Star-Ledger editorial page editor Tom Moran is facing allegations that he deliberately left out comment from Tom Kean, Jr.’s congressional campaign from a column he wrote about the 7th district race on Sunday. Moran wrote that “Kean’s campaign wouldn’t comment”...

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...