Posts Tagged ‘Ron Leir’

The Jersey Journal is Saved but At Least Five Jobs Are Lost

By Jon Whiten • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Blog, News

Yesterday Jersey Journal publisher Kendrick Ross announced that Jersey City’s only daily paper and its affiliated community weeklies had met first quarter revenue projections and will continue publishing for now, avoiding an April 13 closure that was threatened earlier this year. But the paper will be forced to press on with a smaller staff.
“The paper [...]



Jersey Journal Editorial Union’s Counteroffer ‘Summarily Rejected’

By Jon Whiten • Mar 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog, News

As we reported on Friday, Local 42 of the Newspaper Guild was preparing a counteroffer to Jersey Journal owner Advance Communications for a meeting this week as the paper confronts a possible closure on April 13. Let’s just say the meeting could have gone better for the ink-stained wretches of Journal Square.
As part of concessions [...]



Concerned Citizens Aim to ‘Save the Jersey Journal’ As it Faces Closure

By Jon Whiten • Feb 27th, 2009 • Category: Featured, News

Early in February, while checking the streams of Facebook status updates of my acquaintances, I came across an interesting tidbit: Someone had joined the group “Save the Jersey Journal.” Since then, the group has grown quickly as the fate of the 142-year-old newspaper remains uncertain.

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