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The ''Courier News'' is a daily newspaper headquartered in
Somerville, New Jersey Somerville is a borough and the county seat of Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.New Je ...
, that serves Somerset County and other areas of
Central Jersey Central Jersey is the central region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The designation of Central New Jersey is a distinct administrative toponym. Geographic area and descriptions While the State of New Jersey is often divided into North an ...
. The paper has been owned by
Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.


Notable employees

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John Curley John Curley is a Professor, Distinguished Professional in Residence, and Co-Director of the Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State. He was head of Gannett News Service, during which time the news service won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Ser ...
, former president, chairman and CEO of
Gannett Co. Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Tom Curley, former president and chief executive officer of the
Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. new ...
. Curley is also a former president, publisher, and one of the co-creators of ''
USA Today ''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virgini ...
''. He was publisher of the ''Courier-News'' from 1983 until 1985. * Guy Sterling, retired journalist and currently author of several books and historian in
Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, most populous City (New Jersey), city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat, seat of Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County and the second largest city within the New Yo ...
. *Chauncey F. Stout (d. 1972) joined the paper in 1905 as circulation manager, and later served as publisher from 1927 until his retirement in 1957.(11 August 1972)
Chauncey F. Stout, A Jersey Publisher
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The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
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{{Authority control Companies based in Somerset County, New Jersey Newspapers published in New Jersey Somerville, New Jersey Gannett publications Newspapers established in 1884 1884 establishments in New Jersey