Jersey Journal May Cease Publication in April
By Jon Whiten • Feb 2nd, 2009 • Category: Blog, News
The Evening Journal Association announced to its employees today that the company would cease publication of the Journal and its weekly papers on April 13, 2009, if its revenue is not sufficient to support the papers’ reduced expense plan. Similar threats were made seven years ago, but obviously the paper did not close.
“We understand how important it is for Hudson County to have a strong local newspaper and we’ll be doing everything we can to make sure we can continue to provide that service,” publisher Kendrick Ross said.
We agree with Ross, which is why we started the Independent. We may rib the Journal quite a bit and criticize its coverage sometimes, but we take no pleasure in this news. Fewer media outlets can only be bad news for the city’s civic life.
More on this to come…
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Jon Whiten is the founding editor of the Jersey City Independent; he now works for a public-policy nonprofit in Trenton.
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