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{{short description|Community newspaper publishing company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = North Jersey Media Group
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = Newspaper Publishing
| founded = {{Start date and age|1982}}
| location = 1 Garret Mountain Plaza
| hq_location_city = [[Woodland Park, New Jersey]]
| hq_location_country = [[United States]]
| area_served = [[North Jersey|Northern New Jersey]]
| products = {{unbulletedlist|[[Daily Record (Morristown)|Daily Record]] of [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]]|[[Herald News (New Jersey)|Herald News]] of [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]]|[[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]] of Passaic County (formerly [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]])}}
| owner = [[Gannett]]
| subsid = North Jersey Community Newspapers
| website = {{URL|northjersey.com}}
}}


'''North Jersey Media Group''' is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in [[Woodland Park, New Jersey]] and owned by the [[Gannett Company]], Inc. It publishes ''The Record'', the ''Herald News'' of [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]], the ''Daily Record'' of Morris County, and other community newspapers and publications.
{{COI|date=August 2013}}


==History==
{{Primary sources|date=August 2013}}


North Jersey Media Group was formed in 1982 as Macromedia, Inc., an umbrella organization for all of the media interests of the Borg family, which acquired ''The Record''—the second-largest newspaper in the state. In 2000, the Borgs reorganized Macromedia as North Jersey Media Group.<ref name="Sloat2013">{{cite book|last=Sloat|first=Warren|title=The Press and the Suburbs: The Daily Newspapers of New Jersey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coNrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40|access-date=January 16, 2014|date=November 2013|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=9781412851930|pages=40–|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819025213/https://books.google.com/books?id=coNrAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA40|url-status=live}}</ref> The company eventually grew to include the ''Herald News'' and a network of 50 community newspapers that cumulatively generated $90 million per-year in revenue.<ref>{{cite web
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| url=https://www.nj.com/news/2016/07/gannett_buys_the_record_njs_second-largest_newspaper.html
| title=Gannett buys The Record, N.J.'s second-largest newspaper
| first=Craig
| last=McCarthy
| date=2016-07-06
| publisher=[[NJ.com]]
| access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/gannett-buys-assets-from-north-jersey-media-group-1467836611
| title=Gannett Buys Assets from North Jersey Media Group; Titles acquired include Bergen County's Record newspaper, among others
| first=Lisa
| last=Beilfuss
| date=2016-07-06
| publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]
|url-access=subscription | access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>


On July 7, 2016, [[Gannett Company]] announced its intent to acquire North Jersey Media Group. Once the sale was finalized, Gannett merged the operations of the ''Daily Record'' into North Jersey Media Group.
'''North Jersey Media Group''' ('''NJMG'''), part of the USA Today Network, is the leading provider of news and marketing services in northern [[New Jersey]]. The company is headquartered in [[Woodland Park, New Jersey|Woodland Park]] (formerly West Paterson) and is best known for its daily newspaper, ''[[The Record (Bergen County)|The Record]]''. NJMG also publishes the Herald News (which covers [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]]), more than 40 community newspapers and a family of glossy magazines, including (201), Bergen County's only monthly magazine. All of the publications contribute news, features, columns and local information to NorthJersey.com, the company's comprehensive website. The company also owns Bergen.com.<ref>[http://http://www.northjersey.com/about-us/corporate-history-1.723301 About North Jersey Media Group], accessed August 15, 2016</ref>


On January 11, 2022, Alden Global Capital announced a partnership with NJMG to print and package the New York Daily News. NJMG is expected to begin printing the Daily News on March 12, 2022.
North Jersey Media Group was formed in 2000 as an umbrella organization for all of the media interests of the Borg family, which owned ''The Record'' from 1930 to 2016 when it was sold to [[Gannett Company]].


In addition to the three major properties and various local publications that make up North Jersey Media Group, Gannett also owns the ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', the ''[[Courier News]]'' of Somerville, the ''[[Courier-Post]]'' of Camden, ''[[The Daily Journal (New Jersey)|The Daily Journal]]'' of Vineland, and the ''[[Home News Tribune]]'' in Middlesex County.<ref name="app-njmggannett">{{cite web
The company operates a state-of-the-art, solar-powered plant which prints all of the company’s newspapers and those of select other publishers. The company is part of the largest local-to-national media network and employs nearly 1,000 people across nine locations in North Jersey.
| title=Gannett buys The Record, North Jersey Media Group
| url=https://www.app.com/story/money/business/2016/07/06/gannett-buys-record-north-jersey-media-group/86745814/
| first=Michael L.
| last=Diamond
| date=2016-07-06
| website=[[Asbury Park Press]]
| publisher=[[Gannett Company]]
| access-date=2019-03-28}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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==External links==
*[http://www.northjersey.com/about-us/corporate-history-1.723301 North Jersey Media Group]
*[http://www.northjersey.com NorthJersey.com]
*[http://www.bergen.com Bergen.com]


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[[Category:Newspaper companies of the United States]]
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[[Category:Mass media in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Publishing companies established in 2000]]
[[Category:Publishing companies established in 2000]]
[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 2016]]
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[[Category:Woodland Park, New Jersey]]
[[Category:2016 mergers and acquisitions]]

Latest revision as of 19:54, 13 June 2023

North Jersey Media Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryNewspaper Publishing
Founded1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Headquarters1 Garret Mountain Plaza,
Woodland Park, New Jersey
,
United States
Area served
Northern New Jersey
Products
OwnerGannett
SubsidiariesNorth Jersey Community Newspapers
Websitenorthjersey.com

North Jersey Media Group is a newspaper publishing company headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey and owned by the Gannett Company, Inc. It publishes The Record, the Herald News of Passaic County, the Daily Record of Morris County, and other community newspapers and publications.

History[edit]

North Jersey Media Group was formed in 1982 as Macromedia, Inc., an umbrella organization for all of the media interests of the Borg family, which acquired The Record—the second-largest newspaper in the state. In 2000, the Borgs reorganized Macromedia as North Jersey Media Group.[1] The company eventually grew to include the Herald News and a network of 50 community newspapers that cumulatively generated $90 million per-year in revenue.[2][3]

On July 7, 2016, Gannett Company announced its intent to acquire North Jersey Media Group. Once the sale was finalized, Gannett merged the operations of the Daily Record into North Jersey Media Group.

On January 11, 2022, Alden Global Capital announced a partnership with NJMG to print and package the New York Daily News. NJMG is expected to begin printing the Daily News on March 12, 2022.

In addition to the three major properties and various local publications that make up North Jersey Media Group, Gannett also owns the Asbury Park Press, the Courier News of Somerville, the Courier-Post of Camden, The Daily Journal of Vineland, and the Home News Tribune in Middlesex County.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sloat, Warren (November 2013). The Press and the Suburbs: The Daily Newspapers of New Jersey. Transaction Publishers. pp. 40–. ISBN 9781412851930. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  2. ^ McCarthy, Craig (2016-07-06). "Gannett buys The Record, N.J.'s second-largest newspaper". NJ.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  3. ^ Beilfuss, Lisa (2016-07-06). "Gannett Buys Assets from North Jersey Media Group; Titles acquired include Bergen County's Record newspaper, among others". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  4. ^ Diamond, Michael L. (2016-07-06). "Gannett buys The Record, North Jersey Media Group". Asbury Park Press. Gannett Company. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
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