The Bridgetown Museum and New Jersey Advocate

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CMD Media LLC
Newspaper
Industry Publishing
Predecessor News Record, Atom Tabloid
Founded Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA 2006 (2006)
Founder Lisa McCormick
Headquarters Elizabeth, New Jersey , USA
Key people
 Lisa McCormick (Publisher and CEO), Robert Milici (Associate Publisher), Paul W. Hadsall, Jr. (Editor), James J. Devine (Contributing Editor) [1]
ProductsNJTODAY.NET newspaper, website
Services community news, advertising
Revenue <$500,000
Number of employees
 12
Website WWW.NJTODAY.NET
NJTODAY.NET

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NJTODAY.NET incorporates several earlier newspapers, including the News Record and Atom Tabloid
Type Community news organization
Format Tabloid and website
Owner(s) CMD Media, LLC
Publisher Lisa McCormick
Editor Paul W. Hadsall, Jr.
Staff writers James J. Devine
Founded 1822
HeadquartersCMD Media, LLC corporate headquarters are in Elizabeth, New Jersey; NJTODAY.NET editorial offices are located in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Circulation 25,000 [2]
Website njtoday.net

NJToday.net is New Jersey's oldest weekly newspaper in both its printed (ISSN number 2328-6113) and online (ISSN number 2328-6121) formats.

Established in 1822 and formerly known as the News Record, [References 1] NJToday.net offers local news coverage of communities throughout Union and Middlesex counties in New Jersey.

Union County, New Jersey county in New Jersey

Union County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 563,892, making it the seventh-most populous of the state's 21 counties, an increase of 5.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 536,499, in turn an increase of 13,958 (2.7%) from the 522,541 enumerated in the 2000 Census. In 2010, Union County slipped to the seventh-most populous county in the state, having been surpassed by Ocean County. Union County is part of the New York metropolitan area. Its county seat is Elizabeth.

Middlesex County, New Jersey county in New Jersey, United States of America

Middlesex County is a county located in central New Jersey, United States. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the county's population was 842,798, making it the state's second-most populous county, an increase of 4.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 809,858, making it the second-most populous county in the state. Middlesex is part of the New York metropolitan area, and its county seat is New Brunswick. The center of population of the state of New Jersey is located in Middlesex County, in East Brunswick Township, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike. The 2000 Census showed that the county ranked 63rd in the United States among the highest-income counties by median household. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ranked the county as having the 143rd-highest per capita income of all 3,113 counties in the United States as of 2009. Middlesex County holds the nickname, "The Greatest County in the Land".

New Jersey State of the United States of America

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. It is a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, particularly along the extent of the length of New York City on its western edge; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states; its biggest city is Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.

With newspaper publication offices located at 1139 East Jersey St., Suite 503, Elizabeth, NJ 07201, [References 2] the Editor is Paul W. Hadsall, Jr. and the Publisher is Lisa McCormick. Among the regular contributors is James J. Devine, a controversial Democratic Party strategist and political commentator who authors a column entitled "Voice of the People." The newspaper is published every Friday in Elizabeth.

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. The Democrats' dominant worldview was once social conservatism and economic liberalism while populism was its leading characteristic in the rural South. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate in the Progressive Party, beginning a switch of political platforms between the Democratic and Republican Party over the coming decades, and leading to Woodrow Wilson being elected as the first fiscally progressive Democrat. Since Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal coalition in the 1930s, the Democratic Party has also promoted a social liberal platform, supporting social justice.

History

Established in 1822 as the Bridgeton Museum and later renamed the National Advocate, NJToday.net remains the oldest weekly newspaper in continuous publication in the Garden State. [References 3]

Over the years, the publication underwent a variety of name changes and mergers. In 1946, the Rahway News and the Rahway Record merged, with the new paper called the Rahway News-Record and taking on the numbering of the Rahway Record. [References 4]

In 1997, the Rahway News-Record was purchased by Devine Media Enterprises, owned by James J. Devine. The paper's distribution expanded beyond Rahway to include Elizabeth, Linden and the rest of Union County, New Jersey. CMD Media acquired the News Record and Lisa McCormick became its publisher in 2006. [References 3] The paper was re-branded as NJToday.net in 2010 to tie the weekly print edition with expanded online content at the publication's website. [References 5]

Rahway, New Jersey City in New Jersey, United States

Rahway is a city in southern Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the New York metropolitan area, 21.6 miles (34.8 km) southwest of Manhattan and 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Staten Island. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 27,346, reflecting an increase of 846 (+3.2%) from the 26,500 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,175 (+4.6%) from the 25,325 counted in the 1990 Census.

Elizabeth, New Jersey City in New Jersey

Elizabeth is both the largest city and the county seat of Union County, in New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 124,969, retaining its ranking as New Jersey's fourth most populous city, behind Paterson. The population increased by 4,401 (3.7%) from the 120,568 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 10,566 (+9.6%) from the 110,002 counted in the 1990 Census. For 2017, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated a population of 130,215, an increase of 4.2% from the 2010 enumeration, ranking the city the 212th-most-populous in the nation.

Linden, New Jersey City in New Jersey

Linden is a city in southeastern Union County, New Jersey, United States. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area, located about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Manhattan and bordering Staten Island, a borough of New York City, across the Arthur Kill. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 40,499, reflecting an increase of 1,105 (+2.8%) from the 39,394 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 2,693 (+7.3%) from the 36,701 counted in the 1990 Census.

Among the publication titles that have been absorbed into NJToday.net in recent years are: The News Record, [References 6] Clark Patriot, [References 7] Atom Tabloid, [References 8] South Amboy Citizen, Perth Amboy Gazette, Amboy Beacon, and Kid Zone magazine.

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South Amboy, New Jersey City in New Jersey, United States

South Amboy is a suburban city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, on the Raritan Bay. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 8,631, reflecting an increase of 718 (+9.1%) from the 7,913 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 50 (+0.6%) from the 7,863 counted in the 1990 Census.

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References

  1. ↑ |NJ Today website
  2. ↑ " NJTODAY.NET website
  1. ↑ "NJToday.net listing page". Mondo Times. Mondo Code LLC. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "About Us". NJToday.net home page. CMD Media. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 "History of NJToday.net". NJToday.net. CMD Media. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "About Rahway News-Record. (Rahway, N.J.) 1946-current". Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "NJ's Oldest Weekly Newspaper Begins A New Era". NJToday.net. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "News-Record listing page". Mondo Times. Mondo Code LLC. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "Clark Patriot listing page". Mondo Times. Mondo Code LLC. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Atom Tabloid listing page". Mondo Times. Mondo Code LLC. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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