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Courier News Type Daily newspaper Format Broadsheet Owner Gannett Company Editor Paul C. Grzella, general manager Founded 1884 (as The Evening News) Headquarters 1201 Route 22, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807 United States Circulation 32,840 daily, 32,163 Sunday in 2008[1] ISSN 0895-8785 Official website MyCentralJersey.com The Courier News, headquartered in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, is a daily newspaper serving Somerset County and other areas of Central Jersey. The paper has been owned by the Gannett Company since 1940.
Notable alumni
- John Curley, former president, chairman and CEO of Gannett Co., Inc, the first editor of USATODAY, chairman of the Newspaper Association of America, and a member of the Gannett Board of Directors from 1983 to 2001. His newpspaper career spanned 30 years with Gannett and included publisher of the Courier-News. The sports journalism department at Penn State is named in his honor.
- Tom Curley, current 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.
References
- ^ Audit Bureau of Circulations e-Circ data for the six months ending March 31, 2007, accessed November 1, 2007.
External links
Categories:- Newspapers published in New Jersey
- Somerset County, New Jersey
- Gannett publications
- Publications established in 1884
- Northeastern United States newspaper stubs
- New Jersey stubs
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