''Today's Sunbeam'' was a daily
newspaper
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in
Salem, New Jersey
Salem is a city in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city's population was 5,146, , United States. Founded in 1819, it ceased publication in 2012 when it merged with its sister papers the ''
Gloucester County Times
The ''Gloucester County Times'' (''GCT'') was a daily newspaper in Woodbury, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 1897 and ceased publication in 2012, when it merged with its sister papers ''Today's Sunbeam'' and ''The News of Cumberland ...
'' and ''
The News of Cumberland County
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'' to form the ''
South Jersey Times
The ''South Jersey Times'' is a newspaper serving the South Jersey area of New Jersey. It began publication on November 4, 2012, following a merger of three affiliated papers, ''Gloucester County Times'', ''The News of Cumberland County'' and '' ...
''.
History
The paper was founded in 1819 as the ''Salem Messenger'', serving only the town of
Salem, New Jersey
Salem is a city in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city's population was 5,146, . The name was later changed to the ''Salem Sunbeam''. In 1972 the ''Salem Sunbeam'' merged with four other local papers, ''Woodstown Monitor-Register'', ''Penns Grove Sun'', ''Pennsville Progress'', and ''Salem Standard and Jerseyman'', to form a new paper covering Salem County. The new paper was called the ''Sunbeam'', later ''Today's Sunbeam''.
[ The paper's chief competitors were '']The Philadelphia Inquirer
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'' across the Delaware River
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in Pennsylvania
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, and the ''Courier-Post
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'' and ''Burlington County Times
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'' in South Jersey
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. MediaNews Group
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acquired ''Today's Sunbeam'' in 1990. Advance Publications
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bought MediaNews' New Jersey and Pennsylvania newspapers in 2000. In 2012, the ''Sunbeam'' was merged with two other Advance Publications papers, ''Gloucester County Times
The ''Gloucester County Times'' (''GCT'') was a daily newspaper in Woodbury, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 1897 and ceased publication in 2012, when it merged with its sister papers ''Today's Sunbeam'' and ''The News of Cumberland ...
'' and ''The News of Cumberland County
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
'', to form the ''South Jersey Times
The ''South Jersey Times'' is a newspaper serving the South Jersey area of New Jersey. It began publication on November 4, 2012, following a merger of three affiliated papers, ''Gloucester County Times'', ''The News of Cumberland County'' and '' ...
''.[
]
References
External links
''Today's Sunbeam'' contacts list & general information
Advance Publications
Defunct newspapers published in New Jersey
Newspapers published in New Jersey
Publications disestablished in 2012
Publications established in 1819
Salem County, New Jersey
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