Media Archives - New Jersey Globe

Company that owns NJ.com drops reader comments on their Michigan site

February 19, 2020 9:26 amFebruary 20, 2020 9:02 pm

MLive.com, run by the same company that owns NJ.com, is eliminating their comments section that sits beneath each story. That’s part of a growing trend nationally. The Gannett chain, which operates ten New Jersey daily newspapers, has dropped their comment...

Adubato teaching master class on leadership, communication styles

February 15, 2020 1:30 pmFebruary 17, 2020 6:17 pm

TV and radio personality Steve Adubato, Jr. is teaching a master class on the leadership and communications styles on political leaders from the past and present – including Gov. Phil Murphy and former Gov. Chris Christie. Adubato’s class is part...

Newspaper chain files for bankrupty

February 13, 2020 10:03 am

McClatchy Co., which owns 31 daily newspapers across the country, has filed for bankruptcy and will likely be taken over by Chatham Asset Management, a New Jersey-based hedge fund. This appears to end the control of the McClatchy family over...

TAPintoNewark broke jazz station story first, but Star-Ledger doesn’t care

February 3, 2020 9:33 amFebruary 3, 2020 5:06 pm

A big story out of Newark last week about a shakeup at WBGO, the famed jazz station, was broken by Mark Bonamo, the editor of TAPintoNewark. Bonamo wrote on January 29 about allegations that an African American employee was fired...

Press of Atlantic City among newspapers sold by Buffet

January 31, 2020 4:39 pm

The Press of Atlantic City is among a group of daily newspapers sold by Berkshire Hathaway after billionaire Warren Buffett decided to mostly exit the journalism industry. The new owner will be Lee Enterprises, which owns mostly small-market 46 dailies...

Mike Kelly intended to email his editor, but sent it to the NJ Globe

January 30, 2020 12:44 pmJanuary 30, 2020 2:38 pm

In response to a New Jersey Globe report that Bergen Record columnist Mike Kelly was a bit sloppy with his use of polling numbers, Kelly appears to have accidentally replied to the Globe in an email that he may have...

Newspaper pulls job offer after learning woman had epilepsy, lawsuit alleges

January 30, 2020 6:00 amJanuary 30, 2020 10:00 am

NJ Advance Media, which operates the Star-Ledger and three other New Jersey daily newspapers, is being sued by a woman who claims they revoked her job offer after finding out she had epilepsy. Alexandria DiRenzo alleges that she was hired...