Website for local news from New Jersey
NJ.com
is a digital news content provider and website in
New Jersey
owned by
Advance Publications
. According to
The New York Times
in 2012, it was the largest provider of digital news in the state at the time.
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In 2018,
comScore
reports that NJ.com has an average of 12.1 million unique monthly visitors consuming a total of 70 million pageviews per month.
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NJ.com covers news in the
Lehigh Valley
region of eastern
Pennsylvania
and throughout
New Jersey
, and advertises itself as "the number one provider of local news in New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley."
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History
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Content on NJ.com is provided by NJ Advance Media, a company launched in June 2014 to provide content, sales and marketing services to NJ.com and Advance's
New Jersey
-based newspapers, including
The Star-Ledger
,
The Times
of
Trenton
,
The Jersey Journal
, the
South Jersey Times
,
The Hunterdon County Democrat
,
The Star-Gazette
,
The Warren Reporter
,
The Suburban News
,
Hoboken Now
,
Ledger Local
,
Ledger Somerset Observer
,
The Star-Gazette
, and
The Washington Township Times
. It is owned by Advance Local, an organization that operates ten local news and information sites in the United States.
The site was ranked by
Alexa
as 2,712th worldwide and 661st in the U.S. in May 2016.
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NJ.com's news reports are widely quoted by other news publications such as the
New York Daily News
,
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the
Chicago Tribune
,
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the
Washington Post
,
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and other news organizations around the nation. In 2019, NJ Advance Media's Steve Politi was named the nation's top sports columnist by the Associated Press Sports Editors.
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NJ.com is part of a general trend away from printed newspapers towards digital content. A report in
USA Today
in 2012 suggested that many newspaper readers were moving to digital websites such as NJ.com for local news.
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In 2018, Steve Alessi became NJ Advance Media, leading the NJ.com operation when Matt Kraner was promoted to COO of the newly formed Advance Local.
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In 2016, its editors called on Governor
Chris Christie
to resign from office, after a failed presidential campaign and Christie's controversial endorsement of Republican presidential frontrunner
Donald Trump
.
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Advance Publications is owned by the Newhouse family. According to a report in 2014, NJ.com was laying off some employees, although there were reports that staffing losses were being offset by hiring at NJ Advance Media.
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See also
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References
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DAVID CARR (July 3, 2012).
"Executive at Advance's NJ.com Denies Staffing Up to Supplant Newspapers"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
May 23,
2016
.
... NJ.COM ? New Jersey's biggest digital news operation ... more of a news-gathering operation in areas that are outside the core coverage of the newspapers...
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reported by comScore March 2017 - February 2018 (monthly average)
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"About"
at NJ.com
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Alexa rankings
Archived
2018-07-07 at the
Wayback Machine
, Retrieved May 23, 2016
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Shayna Jacobs (February 12, 2016).
"N.J. doctor to pay government $5.25M for billing Medicare and Medicaid for bogus tests"
.
Daily News
. New York
. Retrieved
May 23,
2016
.
...doctor will cough up $5.25 million after billing Medicare and Medicaid for tests that were never performed, ...Riachi made the fraudulently billings ... according to NJ.com....
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Tribune Wire Reports (January 27, 2016).
"Lizard found in N.J. kindergartner's salad becomes new class pet"
.
Chicago Tribune
. Retrieved
May 23,
2016
.
...science teacher Mark Eastburn told NJ.com the 3-inch green anole lizard was found in a bundle of tatsoi greens last week by a kindergartner....
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Sarah Larimer (February 2016).
"Former Miss New Jersey, who 'showed warmth to everyone she met,' dies after crash"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
May 23,
2016
.
...crowned Miss New Jersey in 2013 and then competed in the Miss America pageant, died at a Camden, N.J., hospital, NJ.com reported...
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Staff, NJ Advance Media (2019-03-23).
"NJ Advance Media's Steve Politi, Matt Stanmyre grab top honors from Associated Press Sports Editors"
.
nj
. Retrieved
2020-03-19
.
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Laura Petrecca (October 18, 2012).
"
'Newsweek' to end print edition in December"
.
USA Today
. Retrieved
May 23,
2016
.
...Drew Kronick is pretty much done with printed newspapers. The Westfield, N.J., resident has canceled his subscription to The New York Times ... He checks out NJ.com for local information. ...
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"Steve Alessi promoted to president of NJ Advance Media"
.
NJ.com
. Retrieved
2018-04-04
.
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Bob Jordan (March 3, 2016).
"Another newspaper calls for Christie to resign: An editorial from NJ Advance Media, which supplies news content to The Star Ledger and NJ.com, has the headline 'Chris Christie, Resign for N.J.'s Sake.'
"
.
USA Today
. Retrieved
May 23,
2016
.
...New Jersey's biggest newspaper has called on Gov. Chris Christie to resign....An editorial from NJ Advance Media, which supplies news content to The Star Ledger and NJ.com...
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Launder, William (April 3, 2014).
"Star-Ledger Newspaper to Cut 167 Jobs: Move Is Latest Example of Ongoing Cost-Cutting Steps by Publishers"
.
The Wall Street Journal
. Retrieved
May 23,
2016
.
... Advance is laying off people at the website NJ.com.... NJ.com President Matt Kraner, who will become president of NJ Advance Media ... new unit would result in more newsroom jobs at the company...
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