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The ''Princeton Packet'' is a
weekly newspaper Weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspap ...
serving the
Princeton, New Jersey The Municipality of Princeton is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, Borough of Princeton and Pri ...
area. The company traces its lineage to 1786. Packet Media, LLC. is the publisher of 5 community newspapers, a weekly arts and entertainment supplement and a series of local-news-based websites. The paper was purchased by former Wall Street Journal publisher Barney Kilgore in 1955, inherited by his family after his death, and has been expanded by acquisition of newspapers in adjoining towns. According to its advertiser kit, the ''Packets circulation was approximately 20,000. The company's products serve more than 40 municipalities in
Central New Jersey Central Jersey, or Central New Jersey, is the middle region of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The designation Central Jersey is a distinct administrative division, administrative toponymy, toponym. While New Jersey is often divided into North Je ...
including Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Monmouth, Ocean counties as well as Burlington County. In January 2009 the Packet website packetonline.com became . In March 2016, Princeton Packet Inc. announced a deal that will form a new company to operate the ''Packet'' and other newspapers and websites. The CEO of Broad Street Media will oversee operations of the company; James Kilgore would continue as the publisher and a board member. In July 2016, Richard Donnelly purchased a majority interest in Packet Media LLC, and took over as CEO, with Perry Corsetti taking over as COO. Subsequently, Joseph L. Eisele IV, was named Publisher in September 2016.


See also

* List of newspapers in New Jersey


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* {{Princeton, New Jersey Princeton, New Jersey Newspapers published in New Jersey Weekly newspapers published in the United States