Herald News

The ''Herald News'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper headquartered in Woodland Park, New Jersey, that focuses on the Passaic County, New Jersey area. Today's ''Herald News'' is descended from several papers, but did not come to be until two Passaic County papers out of Passaic and Paterson merged in 1988.

The ''Herald News'' is an edition of '' The Record'', a publication serving Bergen County, New Jersey in 2016.

History

One of the two papers that merged to form the now-''Herald News'' was the ''North Jersey Herald-News'', which grew from the mergers of several papers in the Passaic-Clifton metropolitan area, and for many years was known as the ''Passaic Herald News''. The paper was headquartered at the intersection of Main Avenue and Highland Avenue in Passaic, just over the border with Clifton. In the 1970s, the paper became known as the ''North Jersey Herald-News'' and was owned by the Drukker family, with former Congressman Dow Drukker founding the paper and relative Austin Crane Drukker owning and publishing the paper by the early 1980s.

Beginning publication in 1890, the ''Paterson Evening News'' was one of several daily papers that called the county seat of Passaic county home. The paper's chief competitor was the ''Paterson Morning Call'', which eventually grew and absorbed the ''Paterson Morning News'' to become the ''Paterson News and Call''. By the 1970s the ''News and Call'' and ''Evening News'' were the two remaining papers in Paterson. The two eventually merged in 1980, operating out of the headquarters of the ''Evening News'' on 16th Avenue, and became simply known as ''The News''. At the time, the paper was owned by Allbritton Communications Company.

In 1985, MediaNews Group bought ''The News'' from Albritton. Shortly thereafter, the Drukker family sold control of the ''Herald-News'' to a MediaNews affiliate. MediaNews continued to operate both ''The News'' and the ''Herald-News'' out of their respective plants in Paterson and Passaic while beginning to plan a merger. In July 1987, the weekend editions of ''The News'' and ''North Jersey Sunday'' (the name for the Sunday ''Herald-News'') were merged. Then, in September, MediaNews finalized the merger of the daily editions and the paper became known as ''The North Jersey Herald & News''. Following the merger the former ''Evening News'' headquarters were closed, and publishing operations were moved to the old ''Herald-News'' headquarters in Passaic. The ''Evening News'' building is now used by a Paterson elementary school. For its new combined paper, MediaNews developed the slogan "FIRST with the news...everyday!" and designed an accompanying rising sun logo.

In 1997 MediaNews sold the paper to the Borg family, owners of '' The Record'' of Hackensack, New Jersey, to the new site. Later, North Jersey Media Group closed the former ''Record'' headquarters in Hackensack and consolidated the remaining resources there into the corporate headquarters in Woodland Park. The two papers have operated largely as a single entity, featuring mostly the same stories but laid out in different areas; for instance, an article might be on the front page of ''The Record'' but be found somewhere inside the main section of the ''Herald News''. Gannett ceased this practice following their acquisition of both papers and both are now identically printed, with the only differences being the papers’ respective mastheads.

The ''Herald News primary area of concentration is in Passaic County, while also covering news in the suburbs of the county (areas of Bergen, Essex, and Morris Counties) as well.

Lineage

*''The North Jersey Herald & News'' (Passaic, N.J.) 1987–2012, , including renamed versions ''North Jersey Herald News'' and ''Herald News''
**''The News'' (Paterson, N.J.) 1980–1987,
***''Paterson Evening News'' (Paterson, N.J.) 1890–1969,
***''Paterson News and Call''
****''Paterson Morning Call''
****''Paterson Morning News''
**''North Jersey Herald-News'' (Passaic, N.J.) 19??-1987, and ''North Jersey Sunday''
***''Passaic Herald News,'' also known simply as ''The Herald-News''

References

External links

NorthJersey.com, ''Herald News'' / ''The Record'' web siteNorth Jersey Media Group (parent company) home

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Companies based in Passaic County, New Jersey
Woodland Park, New Jersey
Newspapers published in New Jersey
Publications established in 1872
1872 establishments in New Jersey