Courier News

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See also: List of newspapers in New Jersey
Courier News
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
EditorPaul C. Grzella, general manager
Founded1884 (as The Evening News)
LanguageAmerican English
Headquarters92 E Main Street, Somerville, New Jersey 08876 USA
CountryUnited States
Circulation1,337 (as of 2024)[1]
OCLC number14093085
Websitemycentraljersey.com
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

  1. ^ Wildstein, David (2024-11-20). "Gannett N.J. circulation in a nose dive. Will they be next to get out of the newspaper business?". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b (11 August 1972). Chauncey F. Stout, A Jersey Publisher, The New York Times, p. 32
  4. ^ "About The courier-news. [volume] (Bridgewater [N.J.]) 1961-current". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "NJPA Member Directory". New Jersey Press Association. Retrieved March 23, 2020.