North Jersey Media Group

What North Jersey Media Group does

North Jersey Media Group is a regional local news publisher operating The Record (Bergen Record) and Herald News newspapers, anchored by the NorthJersey.com digital platform. The company serves residents, businesses, advertisers, and government entities across Bergen and Passaic counties in New Jersey, providing hyperlocal news, high school and professional sports coverage, real estate listings, obituaries, classifieds, and community event information. It operates as a wholly-owned property of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) within the USA Today Network, sharing centralized digital infrastructure, advertising networks, and corporate resources with Gannett's broader portfolio of local media properties.

The company's core technology consists of a digital publishing platform (NorthJersey.com), iOS and Android mobile applications, an eNewspaper digital replica edition, and a newsletter infrastructure — all built on shared Gannett CDN and content management assets (gannett-cdn.com). Distribution spans self-serve digital channels for consumers and SMBs, direct print home delivery, and bottom-funnel digital marketing services through the LocaliQ platform. Revenue is generated through four primary streams: recurring digital and print subscriptions, local and national advertising (including cross-network Gannett ad inventory), transaction-based real estate listings and classifieds, and regulated public notice publication for NJ municipalities, school districts, and fire districts under state law P.L. 2025, c.72. The go-to-market motion is sales-led, targeting local advertisers and government entities while operating a self-serve consumer subscription funnel.

Name

North Jersey Media Group

Legal name

North Jersey Media Group

Website

https://northjersey.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1895

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

North Jersey Media Group publishes The Record and Herald News newspapers and the NorthJersey.com digital platform, serving residents, local businesses, advertisers, and government entities in Bergen and Passaic counties, New Jersey, as a property of Gannett's USA Today Network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local News Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (51311), Newspaper Publishers (513110), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Investigative & Nonprofit News Organizations (MPAJADAF)

Keywords

• Local news publishing
• Digital newspaper subscriptions
• Community journalism services
• Classified advertising platform
• Obituary placement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodland Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Digital and print subscriptions providing access to local news content, eNewspaper, and exclusive subscriber features.
2. Advertising: Local and national advertising across digital properties including display ads, sponsored content, and targeted advertising through Gannett network.
3. Real Estate and Classifieds: Real estate listings, classified advertisements, job postings, and marketplace services for local consumers and businesses.
4. Obituary Services: Fee-based obituary placement services for funeral homes and families.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

North Jersey Media Group publishes local news and information for Bergen and Passaic counties in New Jersey through its digital platform NorthJersey.com (The Bergen Record / The Record) and the Herald News print newspaper. The company monetizes this content via consumer subscriptions (digital, print, and combined), display and sponsored advertising for local businesses, real estate and classified listings, obituary placement services, and statutory public-notice publication for government entities.

Product overview

NorthJersey.com (also known as The Bergen Record and part of the North Jersey Media Group) is a regional digital news and media platform operated as part of the Gannett/USA TODAY Network. The platform delivers local news, sports content, high school sports coverage, real estate listings, obituaries, and community information for Bergen and Passaic counties in New Jersey. The site serves as the digital home for The Record newspaper and related regional publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Record: The flagship newspaper of North Jersey Media Group serving Bergen County and surrounding areas.

Products and services

• NorthJersey.com Digital News Platform Regional digital news platform providing local news coverage for Bergen and Passaic counties in New Jersey, including sports, high school sports, real estate listings, obituaries, classifieds, public notices, and community content, available to subscribers and ad-supported readers.
• The Record (Bergen Record) Print Newspaper Flagship daily print newspaper serving Bergen County and surrounding areas with local news, sports, classifieds, and public notices, distributed via home delivery and newsstand sales.
• Herald News (Passaic) Print Newspaper Print newspaper serving Passaic County with local news, sports, and community coverage as part of the North Jersey Media Group portfolio.
• Obituary Placement Services Fee-based obituary publication service for funeral homes and bereaved families in Bergen and Passaic counties, with placement across print editions of The Record and Herald News and on NorthJersey.com for wide community reach.
• Real Estate Listings and Home Search Real estate listing and home search service for Bergen and Passaic county properties, powered by the AddressUSA partnership and featured in the NorthJersey.com real estate section, with transaction-based listing fees.
• Public Notice / Legal Advertising Publication Statutory public notice and legal advertising service for New Jersey municipalities, school districts, and fire districts across Bergen and Passaic counties, published as required by state law.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• New Jersey State Government and MunicipalitiescoreOthers · 1 March 2026Public notice publication partnership with NJ government entities as required by state law P.L. 2025, c.72, governing legal notice publication for municipalities, school districts, and fire districts across Bergen and Passaic counties.
• Gannett/USA Today NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorth Jersey Media Group operates as part of the Gannett/USA Today Network, leveraging shared technology infrastructure, advertising networks, and brand resources across the largest local media company in the US.
• LocaliQ Digital Marketing SolutionscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerLocaliQ is Gannett's digital marketing solutions brand providing local businesses with digital advertising and marketing services, integrated with NorthJersey.com.
• AddressUSAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for real estate listings and home search services featured on NorthJersey.com real estate section.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lee Enterprises: Publicly traded operator of local and regional newspapers across the US, competing in the same local news publishing and digital subscription category.
• Tribune Publishing: Major metropolitan and regional newspaper publisher with print/digital products and local advertising, directly comparable in category and business model.
• MediaNews Group (Digital First Media): Operates a large portfolio of local and regional newspapers, including titles in the Northeast, competing in the same local news publishing space.
• NJ Advance Media (NJ.com / The Star-Ledger): New Jersey's leading local news publisher covering the same statewide and North Jersey markets with digital and print products, directly competing for local audiences and advertisers.
• McClatchy: Owns dozens of local and regional newspapers, pursuing the same digital-subscription transition and local advertising model as North Jersey Media Group.

Emerging players

• Patch: Digital-only hyperlocal news network covering many New Jersey towns, competing directly for local readers and small-business advertisers in the same communities.

Broad incumbents

• Hearst Newspapers: Large diversified operator of local and regional newspapers pursuing digital subscription growth, offering overlapping capabilities as part of a wider media portfolio.
• Advance Local: Parent of NJ.com and numerous local news brands; a large local-media operator with the same subscription-plus-advertising model across US regions.
• Gannett: Parent company and the largest US local media network; operates hundreds of local newspaper properties on the same digital-first, subscription-and-advertising model.

Regional players

• TAPinto: New Jersey-based network of franchised hyperlocal online news sites competing for the same local audiences and advertisers in Bergen and Passaic communities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/northjersey
• Facebookfacebook.com/northjerseycom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/north-jersey-media-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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