Everything about The Star-ledger totally explained
The Star-Ledger is the leading
newspaper in the U.S. state of
New Jersey and is based in
Newark. It is a sister paper to the
Jersey Journal of Jersey City,
The Times of
Trenton and the
Staten Island Advance, all of which are owned by
Advance Publications.
The Star-Ledger's daily circulation is larger than the next two largest New Jersey newspapers combined and its Sunday circulation is larger than the next three papers combined.
History
The
Newark Daily Advertiser, founded in 1832, was Newark's first daily newspaper. It subsequently evolved into the
Newark Star-Eagle, which merged with the
Newark Ledger to become the
Newark Star-Ledger, later changed to simply
The Star-Ledger. (It is still popularly called the
Newark Star-Ledger by many New York-area residents because of its heritage and its location in the Garden State's biggest city.)
The Star-Ledger distributes county-wide local news sections with the paper to customers in
Essex,
Middlesex,
Morris,
Somerset/
Hunterdon,
Sussex/
Warren and
Union counties. In
Hudson County its sister newspaper is distributed, the
Jersey Journal. The same is done in
Mercer County with the
Trenton Times. All of these papers, as well as Advance-owned dailies in southern New Jersey, share a common web site, nj.com.
During the 1960’s
The Star-Ledger’s chief competitor was the
Newark Evening News, once the most popular newspaper in New Jersey. In March of 1971, the
Star-Ledger surpassed the
Evening News in daily circulation. The
Evening News shut down in 1972.
Perhaps learning a lesson after the
Newark Evening News’ disastrous move to a high traffic area (trapping its delivery trucks in inner-city traffic) the
Star-Ledger opened a satellite plant in
Newark and
Piscataway. The Piscataway location offered quick access to
Union,
Monmouth,
Somerset, and
Middlesex counties.
The
Star-Ledger was the recipient of the
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2005 for its comprehensive and clear-headed coverage of the resignation of the
Governor of New Jersey Jim McGreevey, after he confessed to adultery with a male lover.
The paper awards the
Star-Ledger Trophy each year to high school teams that end up as the number one team in their respective sport in the state of New Jersey.
Management
Presidents
Executive editors
Amzi Armstrong (1832-1963)
Mort Pye (1963-1994)
Jim Willse (1994-Incumbent)
Jim Willse
In 1995, following the retirement of 32-year veteran editor Mort Pye, Jim Willse was appointed the editor of the Ledger. Willse was the former editor and publisher of the New York Daily News. Prior to accepting the Ledger's editor Willse headed up the review of electronic information options for all Newhouse newspapers. He also expanded the Ledger's use of color and encouraged a more aggressive editorial team. The National Press Foundation named Willse its 1999 recipient of the George Beveridge Editor of the Year Award in recognition of Ledger's coverage of racial profiling by the New Jersey State Police.
George Arwady
In 2005, George Arwady became the publisher of the Star-Ledger. Arwady was the publisher of the Kalamazoo Gazette prior, which is located in Kalamazoo, MI. He has worked very closely with the Newhouse family for over 30 years. Arwady was asked to move to Newark to head up the
Star-Ledger and turn the paper around. The paper wasn't doing well financially. Since Arwady's arrival, however, the paper has won another Pullitzer Prize and has been doing quite well.
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