Media Archives - New Jersey Globe

Gannett wins proxy fight in hostile takeover bid

May 16, 2019 9:19 amMay 16, 2019 12:03 pm

The companies that launched a hostile takeover bid of the nation’s largest newspaper chains has conceded defeat, acknowledging that the company-backed candidates will win all eight seats on the Board of Directors in a shareholder vote today. “This is a...

Ben Kestenbaum joins New Jersey Globe

May 10, 2019 2:00 pmMay 10, 2019 1:36 pm

The New Jersey Globe is pleased to welcome Ben Kestenbaum as our summer intern. A rising junior at American University, Ben is a political junkie extraordinaire and a self-described amateur cartographer who has developed a following on social media for...

Star-Ledger owner spending $10 billion on non-media acquistions

May 10, 2019 9:59 amMay 10, 2019 10:38 am

Advance Publications, which owns the Star-Ledger, the Jersey Journal, NJ.com and other New Jersey media properties, is diversifying. The media giant is getting ready to spend nearly $10 billion on what the Wall Street Journal called a “global shopping spree”...

Brodesser-Akner is out and the Star-Ledger won’t say why

May 7, 2019 6:36 pmMay 7, 2019 8:36 pm

Claude Brodesser-Akner is no longer with the Star-Ledger. The reason is not immediately clear. Brodesser-Akner has not responded to e-mails and Twitter direct messages, and the Star-Ledger isn’t saying why one of their senior political reporters has departed. “I appreciate...

Star-Ledger owner sells their New Orleans newspaper, website

May 6, 2019 2:34 pmMay 6, 2019 3:58 pm

The company that owns The Star-Ledger and NJ.com have sold one of the crown jewels of their print media portfolio and the new owners have canned all 161 employees, according to a post on the Columbia Journalism Review website. Advance...

Suarez joins move to save Jersey Journal from Newhouse

May 5, 2019 10:02 amMay 6, 2019 11:45 am

One month after walking back a suggestion that residents ignore NJ.com and use her Twitter meet to get news, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez is now pushing to save the local daily newspaper, The Jersey Journal. Suarez took to Twitter...

Herb Jackson promoted to politics editor at CQ/Roll Call

May 3, 2019 2:15 pm

New Jersey’s loss had been Capitol Hill’s gain. Herb Jackson, a powerhouse New Jersey journalist for 35 years, has been named politics editor at Congressional Quarterly/Roll Call. He’ll run coverage of the presidential, U.S. Senate and House campaigns for a...