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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
New York Giants release statement on passing of long-time beat writer Dave Klein
New York Giants release statement on passing of long-time beat writer Dave Klein Long-time New York Giants beat writer Dave Klein has passed away at the age of 85. Klein covered the Giants for The Star-Ledger for decades and attended the first 54 Super Bowls. At Super Bowl I, a mere 338 media members were credentialed compared to today's 6,000 media members who receive credentials. "We are saddened to hear of Dave's passing," the Giants said in a statement. "He devoted much of his professional life to covering our organization and keeping our fans informed. Our thoughts are with Dave's family, friends and readers." At Super Bowl 50, Klein and two other journalists (Star-Ledger columnist Jerry Izenberg and Detroit News columnist Jerry Green) were honored by the NFL as the only three writers to cover every Super Bowl game up to that point. He covered the big game until 2021 when he missed Super Bowl LV. Later, Klein would say that the streak "is not an accomplishment as much as it is a happy stroke of longevity." Born in Newark, New Jersey, Klein graduated from Weequahic High, and although he left The Star-Ledger in 1996, he started his own Giants newsletter where he continued to cover the team. Klein is survived by his wife, son and daughter-in-law, daughter and son-in-law, and his brother and sister-in-law. Services will be held on Sunday at 11 a.m. at Bloomfield Cooper Funeral Home in Ocean Township. A burial ceremony will follow at Beth Israel Cemetery in Woodbridge. We, at GiantsWire, send our condolences to the Klein family as they navigate this loss.
CBS News
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
"The Sopranos" featured it. Now, The Star-Ledger newspaper is stopping print editions.
Two longstanding New York City area newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," are vanishing from newsstands, leaving Jersey City without printed news as media struggle against nationwide headwinds. Across the river from New York, the fate of New Jersey's Star-Ledger -- read by fictional mob boss Tony Soprano -- and The Jersey Journal is leaving locals without a physical paper and some journalists, paperboys and printers without jobs. The Star-Ledger is going online-only and The Jersey Journal is closing up shop altogether, reports which posts content from both, among other outlets. NJ Advance Media owns The Jersey Journal, The Star-Ledger and "I'm heartbroken," said Margaret Doman, at the foot of a cluster of mushrooming buildings in Jersey City, within eyesight of Manhattan. "I use The Jersey Journal for a lot of things -- not just to read the news, but to post information, and to get in tune with what's going on around the town," said the long-time resident and community activist. "The Jersey Journal ceasing publication is like losing an old friend," said one letter to the editor. In the thick of Journal Square, named for the daily founded in 1867, "Jersey Journal" in giant red letters adorns the building that once housed the newsroom, long since displaced. With 17 employees and fewer than 15,000 copies sold daily, The Jersey Journal could not withstand the body blow that was the closure of the printworks it shared with The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest daily, which goes all-digital this weekend. The Star-Ledger's president, Wes Turner, pointed to an op-ed on that stated the closure was forced by "rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print." The newspaper, which featured in the iconic New Jersey mafia TV series, won the coveted Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for a series of articles on the political upheavals of then-governor Jim McGreevey. But the scoops didn't save the daily, as sales plummeted and the paper went through several rounds of painful buyouts. With the switch to all-digital, even its editorial board will be abolished, announced one of its members, Tom Moran. Local newspapers in decline across the nation The decline of the local press has been a slow, painful death across the United States. According to the latest report from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, more than one-third of newspapers -- 3,300 in all -- have gone out of print since 2005. They've been victims of declining readership and the consolidation of titles into a handful of corporate masters. "When a newspaper disappears, there's a number of tangible consequences," said the report's director, Zach Metzger. "Voter participation tends to decline. Split-ticket voting tends to decline. Incumbents are reelected more often. Rates of corruption can increase. Rates of police misconduct can increase." Fewer local papers and the domination of major national issues in the news cycle are also often given as reasons for the rampant polarization of American society between left and right. Steve Alessi, president of NJ Advance Media, wrote on that the termination of print "represents the next step into the digital future of journalism in New Jersey" and promised new investment for the website, which claims over 15 million unique monthly visitors. He touted several flagship investigative projects on political extremism, as well as mismanagement in the region's private schools, the production of podcasts, and newsletters to attract new readers. "There is still a digital divide across the country. ... My concern is for people who are not digitally acclimated, they still go to their public libraries or a newsstand to see a physical copy of the paper," said Kenneth Burns, president of New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists. "There are not a whole lot of outlets keeping tabs on local affairs already," he said, calling The Star-Ledger an "institution."
CBS News
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
"The Sopranos" featured it. Now, The Star-Ledger is stopping print editions.
Two longstanding New York City area newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," are vanishing from newsstands, leaving Jersey City without printed news as media struggle against nationwide headwinds. Across the river from New York, the fate of New Jersey's Star-Ledger -- read by fictional mob boss Tony Soprano -- and The Jersey Journal is leaving locals without a physical paper and some journalists, paperboys and printers without jobs. The Star-Ledger is going online-only and The Jersey Journal is closing up shop altogether, reports which posts content from both, among other outlets. NJ Advance Media owns The Jersey Journal, The Star-Ledger and "I'm heartbroken," said Margaret Doman, at the foot of a cluster of mushrooming buildings in Jersey City, within eyesight of Manhattan. "I use The Jersey Journal for a lot of things -- not just to read the news, but to post information, and to get in tune with what's going on around the town," said the long-time resident and community activist. "The Jersey Journal ceasing publication is like losing an old friend," said one letter to the editor. In the thick of Journal Square, named for the daily founded in 1867, "Jersey Journal" in giant red letters adorns the building that once housed the newsroom, long since displaced. With 17 employees and fewer than 15,000 copies sold daily, The Jersey Journal could not withstand the body blow that was the closure of the printworks it shared with The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest daily, which goes all-digital this weekend. The Star-Ledger's president, Wes Turner, pointed to an op-ed on that stated the closure was forced by "rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print." The newspaper, which featured in the iconic New Jersey mafia TV series, won the coveted Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for a series of articles on the political upheavals of then-governor Jim McGreevey. But the scoops didn't save the daily, as sales plummeted and the papere went through several rounds of painful buyouts. With the switch to all-digital, even its editorial board will be abolished, announced one of its members, Tom Moran. Local newspapers in decline across the nation The decline of the local press has been a slow, painful death across the United States. According to the latest report from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, more than one-third of newspapers -- 3,300 in all -- have gone out of print since 2005. They've been victims of declining readership and the consolidation of titles into a handful of corporate masters. "When a newspaper disappears, there's a number of tangible consequences," said the report's director, Zach Metzger. "Voter participation tends to decline. Split-ticket voting tends to decline. Incumbents are reelected more often. Rates of corruption can increase. Rates of police misconduct can increase." Fewer local papers and the domination of major national issues in the news cycle are also often given as reasons for the rampant polarization of American society between left and right. Steve Alessi, president of NJ Advance Media, wrote on that the termination of print "represents the next step into the digital future of journalism in New Jersey" and promised new investment for the website, which claims over 15 million unique monthly visitors. He touted several flagship investigative projects on political extremism, as well as mismanagement in the region's private schools, the production of podcasts, and newsletters to attract new readers. "There is still a digital divide across the country. ... My concern is for people who are not digitally acclimated, they still go to their public libraries or a newsstand to see a physical copy of the paper," said Kenneth Burns, president of New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists. "There are not a whole lot of outlets keeping tabs on local affairs already," he said, calling The Star-Ledger an "institution."
CBS News
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
"The Sopranos" made it famous. Now, The Star-Ledger is stopping print editions.
Two longstanding New York City area newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," are vanishing from newsstands, leaving Jersey City without printed news as media struggle against nationwide headwinds. Across the river from New York, the fate of New Jersey's Star-Ledger -- read by fictional mob boss Tony Soprano -- and The Jersey Journal is leaving locals without a physical paper and some journalists, paperboys and printers without jobs. The Star-Ledger is going online-only and The Jersey Journal is closing up shop altogether, reports which posts content from both, among other outlets. NJ Advance Media owns The Jersey Journal, The Star-Ledger and "I'm heartbroken," said Margaret Doman, at the foot of a cluster of mushrooming buildings in Jersey City, within eyesight of Manhattan. "I use The Jersey Journal for a lot of things -- not just to read the news, but to post information, and to get in tune with what's going on around the town," said the long-time resident and community activist. "The Jersey Journal ceasing publication is like losing an old friend," said one letter to the editor. In the thick of Journal Square, named for the daily founded in 1867, "Jersey Journal" in giant red letters adorns the building that once housed the newsroom, long since displaced. With 17 employees and fewer than 15,000 copies sold daily, The Jersey Journal could not withstand the body blow that was the closure of the printworks it shared with The Star-Ledger, New Jersey's largest daily, which goes all-digital this weekend. The Star-Ledger's president, Wes Turner, pointed to an op-ed on that stated the closure was forced by "rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print." The newspaper, which featured in the iconic New Jersey mafia TV series, won the coveted Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for a series of articles on the political upheavals of then-governor Jim McGreevey. But the scoops didn't save the daily, as sales plummeted and the papere went through several rounds of painful buyouts. With the switch to all-digital, even its editorial board will be abolished, announced one of its members, Tom Moran. Local newspapers in decline across the nation The decline of the local press has been a slow, painful death across the United States. According to the latest report from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, more than one-third of newspapers -- 3,300 in all -- have gone out of print since 2005. They've been victims of declining readership and the consolidation of titles into a handful of corporate masters. "When a newspaper disappears, there's a number of tangible consequences," said the report's director, Zach Metzger. "Voter participation tends to decline. Split-ticket voting tends to decline. Incumbents are reelected more often. Rates of corruption can increase. Rates of police misconduct can increase." Fewer local papers and the domination of major national issues in the news cycle are also often given as reasons for the rampant polarization of American society between left and right. Steve Alessi, president of NJ Advance Media, wrote on that the termination of print "represents the next step into the digital future of journalism in New Jersey" and promised new investment for the website, which claims over 15 million unique monthly visitors. He touted several flagship investigative projects on political extremism, as well as mismanagement in the region's private schools, the production of podcasts, and newsletters to attract new readers. "There is still a digital divide across the country. ... My concern is for people who are not digitally acclimated, they still go to their public libraries or a newsstand to see a physical copy of the paper," said Kenneth Burns, president of New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
