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Star-Ledger announces shift away from local news, acknowledges editorials ‘lean left’

May 28, 2020 11:39 amMay 28, 2020 10:22 pm

The Star-Ledger will shift their online coverage to national news stories involving President Donald Trump and political issues, their top New Jersey executive announced today. “Our focus has been intensely New Jersey, but it’s clear some of you want more...

Gannett will run three South Jersey newspapers as part of Pennsylvania operation

May 16, 2020 8:24 pm

Gannett is consolidating news operations in Pennsylvania and South Jersey into a new operation headed by Shane Fitzgerald, the Atlantic Sub-Regional Executive Editor for GateHouse Media’s 24 newspapers, including the Burlington County Times and the New Jersey Herald. Fitzgerald shifted...

Star-Ledger owners bust CWA union at their Cleveland newspaper

May 13, 2020 10:24 amMay 28, 2020 11:30 am

The mega corporation that owns the Star-Ledger has busted an 80-year-old union at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which will lay off their last four reporters on Thursday and shift them to jobs at Cleveland.com, their non-unionized online news site. Journalists...

Gannett reports increase in digital subscriptions

May 8, 2020 11:13 am

Gannett, which owns ten daily newspapers in New Jersey, says digital subscriptions are up 29% with a 100% increase over the last six weeks. Stock prices in the media giant went up nearly 5% on Thursday after Gannett reported a...

Bergmann out as Asbury Park Press editorial page editor

April 28, 2020 2:23 pmApril 28, 2020 4:36 pm

The latest casualty in New Jersey journalism is Randy Bergmann, who has been laid off from his position as editorial page editor of the Asbury Park Press. Bergmann, who has been with the newspaper since 2002, is the second local...

Mary Alice Williams to depart NJTV

April 27, 2020 7:38 pm

Mary Alice Williams is stepping down from her position as anchor of New Jersey Public Television’s nightly news broadcast and her replacement will be named at a later date, NJTV announced today. “While a health crisis had me benched, the...

Bergen Record lets editorial page editor go

April 27, 2020 12:11 pmApril 27, 2020 2:36 pm

The (Bergen) Record today axed editorial page editor Bruce Lowry, the latest casualty in layoffs occurring throughout the Gannett organization. “Regretfully, I’ve been informed today is my last day at The Record and North Jersey.com,” Lowry said in a Twitter...