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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Founded | 1883 |
Ceased publication | 1972 |
The Newark Evening News was an American newspaper published in Newark, New Jersey. As New Jersey's largest city, Newark played a major role in New Jersey's journalistic history. At its apex, The News was widely regarded as the newspaper of record in New Jersey. [1] For much of its life it had the largest circulation of any New Jersey newspaper, and in 1963 was the 20th ranked national newspaper by evening circulation numbers. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Newark News has been digitized by the Newark Public Library and Advantage Archives. [6] [7]
The News was founded in 1883 by Wallace Scudder, with the first issue published Sept 1, 1883. [8] [2] The grandson of Wallace Scudder, Richard Scudder, worked as the newspaper's publisher from 1952 until 1972. [8]
For years, the paper thrived as a daily and Sunday paper. [9] It had bureaus in Montclair, Elizabeth, Metuchen, Morristown, Plainfield, Kearny, and Belmar. [9] There were also bureaus in the New Jersey State House in Trenton and in Washington, DC. [9] The paper had had five editorial writers, an editorial cartoonist, a military writer, an aviation writer, and a Sunday magazine. [9]
In 1970, the paper was sold to Media General. [9] [10] In February 1971, the newsroom, which had never been organized, voted to go out on strike and walked out in May 1971, which was supported by labor leaders around the state. [11] [12] [13]
The strike lasted almost a full year — not settling until April 1972. [14] It faced increasing competition from the Newark Star-Ledger, and for its final four months, the daily editions of the Newark Evening News were printed on Star-Ledger presses. [11] That was because the paper's new owners had sold the presses, along with the Sunday News edition, to the Star-Ledger. [11]
The paper folded on August 31, 1972. [11] [14]
The former headquarters of the paper in Downtown Newark at 215-217 Market St (or 111 Mulberry) is now a residential condominium. [15] [2] [16]
Since its demise, the Newark Public Library acquired the paper's records. [17] The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center at Newark Public Library owns the News's indices and clippings files, as well as a full run of microfilm. [17] They have digitized the paper up through 1971. [18]
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Founded | 1883 |
Ceased publication | 1972 |
The Newark Evening News was an American newspaper published in Newark, New Jersey. As New Jersey's largest city, Newark played a major role in New Jersey's journalistic history. At its apex, The News was widely regarded as the newspaper of record in New Jersey. [1] For much of its life it had the largest circulation of any New Jersey newspaper, and in 1963 was the 20th ranked national newspaper by evening circulation numbers. [2] [3] [4] [5] The Newark News has been digitized by the Newark Public Library and Advantage Archives. [6] [7]
The News was founded in 1883 by Wallace Scudder, with the first issue published Sept 1, 1883. [8] [2] The grandson of Wallace Scudder, Richard Scudder, worked as the newspaper's publisher from 1952 until 1972. [8]
For years, the paper thrived as a daily and Sunday paper. [9] It had bureaus in Montclair, Elizabeth, Metuchen, Morristown, Plainfield, Kearny, and Belmar. [9] There were also bureaus in the New Jersey State House in Trenton and in Washington, DC. [9] The paper had had five editorial writers, an editorial cartoonist, a military writer, an aviation writer, and a Sunday magazine. [9]
In 1970, the paper was sold to Media General. [9] [10] In February 1971, the newsroom, which had never been organized, voted to go out on strike and walked out in May 1971, which was supported by labor leaders around the state. [11] [12] [13]
The strike lasted almost a full year — not settling until April 1972. [14] It faced increasing competition from the Newark Star-Ledger, and for its final four months, the daily editions of the Newark Evening News were printed on Star-Ledger presses. [11] That was because the paper's new owners had sold the presses, along with the Sunday News edition, to the Star-Ledger. [11]
The paper folded on August 31, 1972. [11] [14]
The former headquarters of the paper in Downtown Newark at 215-217 Market St (or 111 Mulberry) is now a residential condominium. [15] [2] [16]
Since its demise, the Newark Public Library acquired the paper's records. [17] The Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center at Newark Public Library owns the News's indices and clippings files, as well as a full run of microfilm. [17] They have digitized the paper up through 1971. [18]