Advance nixes NJ papers

So long, Star-Ledger and others

 

What does this mean? They're being sold? Shuttered?

 

Ending print entirely:

https://www.nj.com/news/2024/10/sta...-and-closing-production-facility-in-2025.html

 

I had no idea that NJ.com was so popular.

In August, the most recent month for which data is available, NJ.com ranked as the #1 local news site in the country, according to Comscore, a media measurement and analytics company. That month, the site had 15.2 million unique visitors, placing it even ahead of such national news brands as Wired, The Atlantic and Slate on Comscore’s rankings.

 

Print is dead. While Gannett and others waste money and resources trying to squeeze out a couple extra pennies from washed-up advertisers, Advance is actually taking steps to keep the business alive.

 

Star Ledger used to sell 400,000+ Sunday copies at the turn of the century. It's pretty stunning to me that it pulled the plug on print.

 

Hard to believe The Trentonian, perhaps the most lurid tabloid in the U.S. when Sandy Schwartz was editor, will outlive the Trenton Times. Roasted Nuts

 

I hope this time they can make online work.

If not, there's always selling pork roll on the boardwalk.

 

Yes. Think of all the money they'll save by not hiring copy editors, or giving the work to a 22-year-old English major.

 

Or Taylor Ham. Hahaha

 

What Advance outlets still have print?

New Orleans, Ann Arbor, Alabama, Oregon, Syracuse, New Jersey are online.