 NJ.com's logo since 2013 | |
Type of site | News |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | Iselin, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Owner | Advance Publications |
| URL | nj |
| Commercial | Yes |
NJ.com is a digital news content provider and website inNew Jersey owned byAdvance Publications. According toThe New York Times in 2012, it was the largest provider of digital news in the state at the time.[1] In 2018,comScore reports that NJ.com has an average of 12.1 million unique monthly visitors consuming a total of 70 million pageviews per month.[2]
NJ.com covers news in theLehigh Valley region of easternPennsylvania and throughoutNew Jersey, and advertises itself as "the number one provider of local news in New Jersey and the Lehigh Valley."[3]
Content on NJ.com is provided by NJ Advance Media, a company launched in June 2014 to provide content, sales and marketing services to NJ.com and Advance'sNew Jersey–based newspapers, includingThe Star-Ledger,The Times ofTrenton, theSouth Jersey Times,The Hunterdon County Democrat,The Star-Gazette,The Warren Reporter,The Suburban News,Hoboken Now,Ledger Local,Ledger Somerset Observer,The Star-Gazette, andThe Washington Township Times. It is owned by Advance Local, an organization that operates ten local news and information sites in the United States.
The site was ranked byAlexa as 2,712th worldwide and 661st in the U.S. in May 2016.[4] NJ.com's news reports are widely quoted by other news publications such as theNew YorkDaily News,[5] theChicago Tribune,[6]The Washington Post,[7] and other news organizations around the nation. In 2019, NJ Advance Media's Steve Politi was named the nation's top sports columnist by the Associated Press Sports Editors.[8]
NJ.com is part of a general trend away from printed newspapers towards digital content. A report inUSA Today in 2012 suggested that many newspaper readers were moving to digital websites such as NJ.com for local news.[9] In 2018, Steve Alessi became NJ Advance Media, leading the NJ.com operation when Matt Kraner was promoted to COO of the newly formed Advance Local.[10]
In 2016, its editors called on GovernorChris Christie to resign from office, after a failed presidential campaign and Christie's controversial endorsement of Republican presidential frontrunnerDonald Trump.[11] Advance Publications is owned by the Newhouse family. According to a report in 2014, NJ.com was laying off some employees, although there were reports that staffing losses were being offset by hiring at NJ Advance Media.[12]
... NJ.COM — New Jersey's biggest digital news operation ... more of a news-gathering operation in areas that are outside the core coverage of the newspapers...
...doctor will cough up $5.25 million after billing Medicare and Medicaid for tests that were never performed, ...Riachi made the fraudulently billings ... according to NJ.com....
...science teacher Mark Eastburn told NJ.com the 3-inch green anole lizard was found in a bundle of tatsoi greens last week by a kindergartner....
...crowned Miss New Jersey in 2013 and then competed in the Miss America pageant, died at a Camden, N.J., hospital, NJ.com reported...
...Drew Kronick is pretty much done with printed newspapers. The Westfield, N.J., resident has canceled his subscription to The New York Times ... He checks out NJ.com for local information. ...
...New Jersey's biggest newspaper has called on Gov. Chris Christie to resign....An editorial from NJ Advance Media, which supplies news content to The Star Ledger and NJ.com...
... Advance is laying off people at the website NJ.com.... NJ.com President Matt Kraner, who will become president of NJ Advance Media ... new unit would result in more newsroom jobs at the company...
