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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Editor | Paul C. Grzella, general manager |
| Founded | 1884 (as The Evening News) |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | 92 E Main Street, Somerville, New Jersey 08876 USA |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 32,840 Daily 32,163 Sunday (as of 2007)[1] |
| OCLC number | 14093085 |
| Website | mycentraljersey |
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Logo in 2003
This 1912 Courier-News article described the greenhouse effect, focusing on how burning coal creates carbon dioxide that causes climate change.[2]
The Courier News is a daily newspaper headquartered in Somerville, New Jersey, that serves Somerset County and other areas of Central Jersey. The paper has been owned by Gannett since 1927.[3][4][5]
Notable employees
- John Curley, former president, chairman and CEO of Gannett Co., Inc, the first editor of USA Today, chairman of the Newspaper Association of America, and a member of the Gannett Board of Directors from 1983 to 2001. His newspaper career spanned 30 years with Gannett and including publisher of the Courier-News. The sports journalism department at Penn State is named in his honor.
- Tom Curley, former president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press. Curley is also a former president, publisher, and one of the co-creators of USA Today. He was publisher of the Courier-News from 1983 until 1985.
- Guy Sterling, retired journalist and currently author of several books and historian in Newark, New Jersey.
- Chauncey F. Stout (d. 1972) joined the paper in 1905 as circulation manager, and later served as publisher from 1927 until his retirement in 1957.[3]
References
- ↑ Audit Bureau of Circulations e-Circ data Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine for the six months ending March 31, 2007, accessed November 1, 2007.
- ↑ "Coal Consumption Affecting Climate". Plainfield Courier-News. Plainfield, New Jersey, US. June 14, 1912. p. 14. Text was earlier published in Popular Mechanics, March 1912, p. 341.
- 1 2 (11 August 1972). Chauncey F. Stout, A Jersey Publisher, The New York Times, p. 32
- ↑ "About The courier-news. [volume] (Bridgewater [N.J.]) 1961-current". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- ↑ "NJPA Member Directory". New Jersey Press Association. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
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