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{{Short description|New Jersey newspaper}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
|name logo = The Star-Ledger (2007-08-08).svg
| image = [[File:The Star-Ledger front page.jpg|225px|border]]
| caption = The May 24, 2012 front page of<br />''The Star-Ledger''
| type = [[Daily newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| language = [[American English]]
| foundation = 1832
| ceased publication =
| owners = [[Advance Publications]]
| publisher = Richard Vezza
| editor = Kevin Whitmer
| circulation = 114,000 daily<ref name=medium>{{cite journal| title=The sky is falling on print newspapers faster than you think| url=https://medium.com/@dicktofel/the-sky-is-falling-on-print-newspapers-faster-than-you-think-c84a2f9a9df4#.wh7wcg7w5| last=Tofel| first=Richard| date=January 20, 2016| journal=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]| access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>(Sept 2015)<br />359,820 Sunday<ref>{{cite web| title=State of the News Media| url=http://www.journalism.org/media-indicators/average-circulation-at-the-top-25-u-s-sunday-newspapers/| publisher=Pew Research Center}}</ref>(Sept 2014)
| headquarters = 1 [[Gateway Center (Newark)|Gateway Center]] Suite 1100<br />[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey]] 07102U.S.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nj.com/starledger/index.ssf/2014/09/how_to_contact_the_star-ledger.html| title=How to contact The Star-Ledger| work=The Star-Ledger| access-date=April 1, 2016}}</ref>
| publishing_country = United States
| ISSN =
| oclc = 10944976
| website = {{URL|https://www.nj.com/starledger/}}
}}
 
[[File:The Star-Ledger (2007-08-08).svg|thumb|Star-Ledger logo in 2007]]
[[File:Star-Ledger.Headquarters.Newark 02.jpg|thumb|Former headquarters in Newark]]
'''''The Star-Ledger''''' is the largest circulated [[newspaper]] in the U.S. state of [[New Jersey]] and is based in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]. It is a sister paper to ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'' of Jersey City, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'' of [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] and the ''[[Staten Island Advance]]'', all of which are owned by [[Advance Publications]].▼
 
'''''The Star-Ledger''''' is the largest circulation [[newspaper]] in [[New Jersey]]. It is based in [[Newark, New Jersey]].
 
In 2007, ''The Star-Ledger''{{'}}s daily circulation was reportedly more than the next two largest New Jersey newspapers combined, and its Sunday circulation was larger than the next three papers combined.<ref>[http://www.njpa.org/njpa/member_newspapers/daily_newspaper_members.html Member Newspapers - Dailies], New Jersey Press Association; Star-Ledger data from Editor & Publisher April 2007 article.</ref> It has suffered great declines in print circulation in recent years, to 180,000 daily in 2013, then to 114,000 "individually paid print circulation," which is the number of copies being bought by subscription or at newsstands, in 2015.<ref name=medium/>
 
In July 2013, the paper announced that it would sell its headquarters building in Newark.<ref>{{cite news |title=Star-Ledger HQ on block |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/star_ledger_hq_on_block_r23tFsmOcNxEbEXZNQM9FJ |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=July 5, 2013 |access-date=July 5, 2013}}</ref> In the same year, Advance Publications announced it was exploring cost-saving changes among its New Jersey properties, but was not considering mergers or changes in publication frequency at any of the newspapers, nor the elimination of home delivery.<ref>{{cite news| last=Sherman| first=Ted| title=Owners of Star-Ledger, NJ.com and sister newspapers studying possible consolidations| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| date=December 5, 2013| url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/12/owners_of_star-ledger_njcom_and_sister_newspapers_studying_possible_consolidations_within_properties.html| access-date=2013-12-07}}</ref>
 
▲'''''The Star-Ledger''''' is thea largestsister circulatedpaper [[newspaper]] in the U.S. state ofto ''[[NewThe Jersey Journal]] and is based'' in [[NewarkSecaucus, New Jersey|NewarkSecaucus]]. It is a sister paper to ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'' of Jersey City, ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'' ofin [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], and the ''[[Staten Island Advance]]'', all of which are owned by [[Advance Publications]], headquartered in [[One World Trade Center]] in [[Lower Manhattan]].
 
==History==
===19th century===
The ''Newark Daily Advertiser'', founded in 1832, was Newark's first daily newspaper. It subsequently evolved into the ''Newark Star-Eagle'', owned by what eventually became [[Block Communications]]. [[Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr.|S. I. Newhouse]] bought the ''Star-Eagle'' from Block in 1939 and merged it with the ''Newark Ledger'' to become the ''Newark Star-Ledger''. The paper dropped Newark from its masthead sometime in the 1970s, but is still popularly called the ''Newark Star-Ledger'' by many New Jersey residents.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/04/inside-the-massacre-at-the-newark-star-ledger-the-paper-that-makes-chris-christie-squirm.html| title=Inside the Massacre at the Newark Star-Ledger, The Paper That Makes Chris Christie Squirm| date=April 4, 2014| last=Nuzzi| first=Olivia| work=[[The Daily Beast]]| access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=LOC>{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020510/|title=About Star-ledger. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1964-current|website=Library of Congress|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref>▼
The ''Newark Daily Advertiser'', founded in 1832, was [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]'s first daily newspaper. It subsequently evolved into the ''Newark Star-Eagle'', owned by what eventually became [[Block Communications]].
 
===20th century===
▲TheIn ''Newark Daily Advertiser''1939, founded in 1832, was Newark's first daily newspaper. It subsequently evolved into the ''Newark Star-Eagle'', owned by what eventually became [[Block Communications]]. [[Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr.|S. I. Newhouse]] bought the ''Star-Eagle'' from Block in 1939 and merged it with the ''Newark Ledger'' to become the ''Newark Star-Ledger''. The paper dropped Newark from its masthead sometime in the 1970s, but is still popularly called the ''Newark Star-Ledger'' by many residents of [[New Jersey residents]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/04/inside-the-massacre-at-the-newark-star-ledger-the-paper-that-makes-chris-christie-squirm.html| title=Inside the Massacre at the Newark Star-Ledger, The Paper That Makes Chris Christie Squirm| date=April 4, 2014| last=Nuzzi| first=Olivia| work=[[The Daily Beast]]| access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref><ref name=LOC>{{cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020510/|title=About Star-ledger. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1964-current|website=Library of Congress|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref>
 
During the 1960s ''The Star-Ledger''{{'}}s chief competitor was the ''[[Newark Evening News]]'', once the most popular newspaper in New Jersey. In March 1971, the ''Star-Ledger'' surpassed the ''Evening News'' in daily circulation, because the Newark News was on strike. The ''Evening News'' shut down in 1972.<ref>{{cite news| last=Mackin| first=Tom| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/30/nyregion/the-newark-news-in-memoriam.html|title=THE NEWARK NEWS: IN MEMORIAM| date=30 August 1981| work=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=1 April 2016| df=mdy}}</ref>
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After the ''Newark Evening News'' moved to a high-traffic area (with the potential of trapping its delivery trucks in inner-city traffic) the ''Star-Ledger'' opened a satellite plant in [[Piscataway Township, New Jersey|Piscataway]]. The Piscataway location offered quick access to [[Union County, New Jersey|Union]], [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth]], [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset]], and [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex]] counties.<ref>{{cite book| first1=David B.| last1=Sachsman| first2=Warren| last2=Sloat| publisher=Transaction Publishers| year=2014| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coNrAgAAQBAJ&q=star+ledger+satellite+plant+piscataway&pg=PA33| title=The Press and the Suburbs| isbn=978-1-4128-5193-0| page=34| access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
 
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 [[Governor of New Jersey|New Jersey Governor]] [[Jim McGreevey]], after he confessed to adultery with a male lover.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/6998| publisher=The Pulitzer Prizes| title=The 2005 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting: Staff of The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ| access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
 
The paper awards the Star-Ledger Trophy each year to the number one high school teams in their respective sport in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news| last=Kratch| first=James| url=http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/wrestling/index.ssf/2013/02/wrestling_the_history_of_the_star-ledger_trophy.html| title=Wrestling: The history of The Star-Ledger Trophy| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| date=February 11, 2013| access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
 
===21st century: financial troubles===
In 2005, George Arwady became the publisher of ''The Star-Ledger''. A graduate of [[Columbia University]], Arwady hadwas previously been the publisher of the ''[[Kalamazoo Gazette]]'' in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]. Having worked closely with the Newhouse family for years, Arwady was asked to move to [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] to financiallyoversee revampa financial revamping of the papernewspaper.<ref>{{cite news| title=Larry McDermott, publisher of The Republican, announces retirement; to be replaced by Newark Star-Ledger publisher George Arwady| date=December 15, 2009| url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/larry_mcdermott_publisher_of_the_republican_announces_retirement_to_be_replaced_by_newark_star_ledger_publisher_george_arwady.html| newspaper=[[The Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts)|The Republican]]| location=Springfield, Massachusetts| access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
 
Due to financial losses, the paper's parent company [[Advance Publications]] announced on July 31, 2008, that it would sell the ''Star-Ledger'' unless 200 non-union staff voluntarily left under a [[buyout]] offer, and its unionized truck drivers and mailers agreed to concessions.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Star-Ledger announces large-scale buyout offer| url=http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008/08/the_starledger_announces_large.html| first=Steven| last=Chambers| date=August 1, 2008| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref> On September 16, publisher George Arwady sent employees an email saying that management felt progress had been made on the buyout and concessions from the mailers, but that management is "far from an agreement with the Drivers' union.".<ref name="eandp">{{cite journal| url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003850353| title='Star-Ledger' Publisher Threatens January 2009 Shutdown| date=September 2008| last=Strupp| first=Joe| journal=[[Editor & Publisher]]| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918210001/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003850353| archive-date=September 18, 2008}}</ref> The email continued:<ref name="eandp"/>
:Since it is doubtful that the Drivers will ratify an agreement by October 8, 2008, we will be sending formal notices to all employees this week, as required by both federal and New Jersey law, advising you that the Company will be sold, or, failing that, that it will close operations on January 5, 2009.
 
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On January 16, 2013, the newspaper announced the layoffs of 34 employees including 18 newsroom staff.<ref>{{cite news| title=Star-Ledger axing 34 employees| url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/01/16/star-ledger-axing-34-employees-in-first-major-layoff/| agency=[[Associated Press]]| work=[[WCBS-TV]] News| date=January 16, 2013}}</ref>
 
TheIn NewarkJuly, headquarters of the ''Star-Ledger''2014, hometheir toNewark the state's largest newspaper for nearly 50 years,headquarters was sold to a New York developer in July 2014, according to a news article released by the paper.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2014/07/star-ledger_building_sold_to_new_york_real_estate_development_firm.html| title=Newark headquarters of Star-Ledger sold to New York real estate development firm| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| access-date=1 April 2016| df=mdy}}</ref>
 
''The Star-Ledger'', which Vezza said will continuecontinues to be publishedpublish seven days a week, willand retainretains a presence in Newark in leased office space located within the downtown Gateway Center complex, where the publisher, the newspaper's editorial board, its columnists, its magazine staff and a handful of other jobs will be based. Advance Publications, the owner of the newspaper, launched a new media company — NJ Advance Media — in 2014 to provide content, advertising and marketing services for its online presence at NJ.com, and many of its New Jersey newspapers out of the offices in Woodbridge.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2014/03/advance_publications_forms_new.html| title=Advance Publications forms new unit| last=Mueller| first=Mark| date=March 28, 2014| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| access-date=16 February 2017| df=mdy}}</ref> The sales and marketing staffs moved to Woodbridge in June 2014.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
 
On Sept. 14, 2023, the paper announced it will cease publication of its Saturday print edition, moving to an all-digital delivery of the Saturday edition beginning in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-09-14 |title=Star-Ledger to end publication of Saturday print edition |url=https://www.nj.com/news/2023/09/star-ledger-to-end-publication-of-saturday-print-edition.html |access-date=2023-09-19 |website=nj.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Management==▼
 
▲==Management==
===Presidents===
* [[Amzi Armstrong]] (1832–?)
* [[William Burnet Kinney]] (?–1851)
* [[Thomas T. Kinney]] (1851–1895)
* [[James Smith, Jr.]] (1895–1915)
* [[Paul Block (newspaper publisher)|Paul Block]] (1915–1939)
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===Publishers===
* [[Richard Vezza]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Future of some major newspapers about to change |first=Roger |last=Yu |date=June 27, 2013 |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/06/27/newspaper-restructuring/2463863/ |access-date=March 5, 2014}}</ref>
 
===Executive editors===
AfterIn October 2009, managing editor [[Kevin Whitmer]] took over as editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/star-ledger_editor_jim_willse.html|title=Star-Ledger Editor Jim Willse announces retirement, names successor|work=NJ.com|accessdate=1 April 2016}}</ref> After Whitmer left in September 2015, Richard Vezza assumed the position as editor.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwhitmer|title=Kevin Whitmner| publisher=Linkedin| access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.starledger.com/contact.asp| title=Administration| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
 
Prior to Whitmer, [[James Willse]] manned the helm from 1995. He was appointed following the retirement of 32-year veteran editor [[Mort Pye]]. Willse was the former editor and publisher of the ''[[New York Daily News]]''. Prior to accepting the ''Ledger''{{'}}s editorship, Willse headed the review of electronic information options for all Newhouse newspapers. He also expanded the ''Ledger''{{'}} use of color and encouraged a more aggressive editorial team. The [[National Press Foundation]] named Willse its 1999 recipient of the [[George D. Beveridge|George Beveridge]] Editor of the Year Award in recognition of ''Ledger''{{'}}s coverage of [[racial profiling]] by the [[New Jersey State Police]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Benjamin C. Bradlee Editor of the Year Award| url=http://nationalpress.org/awards/benjamin-c-bradlee-editor-of-the-year-award/?a=4947| publisher=National Press Foundation| access-date=February 5, 2018}}</ref>
 
==In popular culture==
* ''The Star-Ledger'' is featured in the 2021 [[Showtime (TV network)| Showtime]] series ''[[Yellowjackets (TV series)| Yellowjackets]]''.
* Between 1999 and 2007, ''The Star-Ledger'' was featured prominently various times in the hit television series ''[[The Sopranos]]'', an [[HBO]] drama series set in [[New Jersey]]. [[Tony Soprano]] received home delivery of the''The paperStar-Ledger'', and several episodes opened with him picking it up at the end of his driveway.
**''The Sopranos'' creator David Chase credited a ''Star-Ledger'' story by journalist [[Guy Sterling]] in ''The Star-Ledger'' with inspiring the theme for the series’series' [[The Sopranos (season 5)|fifth season]] in 2004.<ref name=Sterling>{{cite news| title=Jersey cases inspire new 'Sopranos' season| newspaper=The Star-Ledger| date=January 9, 2003| url=http://www.nj.com/sopranos/stories/20040109sl_alltv.html| access-date=2016-08-10| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313045937/http://www.nj.com/sopranos/stories/20040109sl_alltv.html| archive-date=March 13, 2009}}</ref>
* ''The Star-Ledger'' serves as the inspiration for a fictional newspaper in an award-winning series of mystery novels by [[Brad Parks]].
* The newspaper was referenced by comedian [[George Carlin]] in the 2004 comedy-drama ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]'', which was written and directed by New[[Kevin JerseySmith]], nativea [[KevinNew SmithJersey]] native.
* In 2004, ''The Star-Ledger'' was also featured in [[Robert Kurson]]'s 2004 novel ''[[Shadow Divers]]''.
 
==Prices==
''The Star-Ledger'' prices are $1.50 weekdays, $2 Saturdays and $3 Sundays and Thanksgiving Day. May be higher outside New Jersey. Per a letter from the ''Star Ledger'' dated December 9, 2016, the price for a 4-week subscription will increase from $31.80 to $37.00 effective 12/28 2016 (an increase of over 16%). Effective March 31, 2017, the 4-week rate will increase to $38.
The price as of September 30, 2019, is $2.00 for weekdays. Effective 9/27/20 the price of the Sunday Edition doubled from $3 to $6.
 
== See also ==
{{portal|New Jersey}}
* [[Beachgate]]
* [[Zan Stewart]]
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==External links==
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* [http://www.nj.com/ ''The Star-Ledger''] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100425010931/http://mobile.nj.com/ mobile])
* [http://www.starledgernj.com/contact.asp ''TheOfficial Star-Ledger's''website] Business Center]
 
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