Courier News

Courier News
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	1,337(as of 2024)
OCLC number	14093085
Website	mycentraljersey.com
	Media of the United States ; List of newspapers ;

Last updated February 24, 2025

Logo in 2003

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

↑ Wildstein, David (November 20, 2024). "Gannett N.J. circulation in a nose dive. Will they be next to get out of the newspaper business?". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
↑ "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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[1] Wildstein, David (November 20, 2024). "Gannett N.J. circulation in a nose dive. Will they be next to get out of the newspaper business?". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved November 20, 2024.

[CourierNews_19120614-2] "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.

[stout1-3] 1 2 (11 August 1972). Chauncey F. Stout, A Jersey Publisher, The New York Times , p. 32

[LOC-4] "About The courier-news. [volume] (Bridgewater [N.J.]) 1961-current". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2020.

[NJPA-5] "NJPA Member Directory". New Jersey Press Association. Retrieved March 23, 2020.

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