New Jersey Hills Media Group

What New Jersey Hills Media Group does

New Jersey Hills Media Group is a privately held local media company headquartered in Whippany, New Jersey, that operates a portfolio of 14 community newspaper brands serving more than 50 municipalities across Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset counties. The portfolio includes Bernardsville News, Chatham Courier, The Citizen, Echoes-Sentinel, Hanover-Florham Park Eagle, Hunterdon Review, Madison Eagle, Morris NewsBee, Observer-Tribune, The Progress, West Morris Reporter, West Essex Tribune, and the daily digital Parsippany Daily, each covering a defined geographic cluster. Content is delivered through weekly printed newspapers, dedicated newspaper websites, email newsletters, social media channels, and e-editions, with the digital properties built on the BLOX Content Management System from BLOX Digital. The company is owned by Corporation for New Jersey Local Media, a nonprofit entity whose stated mission is to expand the future of local news, which structurally differentiates ownership and capital allocation from typical for-profit local media operators.

The company's revenue is generated through four primary streams: recurring print and digital subscriptions to the newspapers and e-editions; digital advertising sold to local businesses across its websites and newsletters; print advertising including classifieds, in-column ads, real estate, auto, employment, and insert advertising; and a classifieds marketplace, with placement infrastructure provided through Future of News (PlaceMyAd) and employment listings routed to The Job Network. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer for residential subscribers and B2B field sales for local advertisers, with a media kit indicating quote-based rather than publicly disclosed pricing. The customer base is distributed across individual subscribers and a long tail of local SMBs, and the company's stated value proposition centers on hyperlocal coverage and audience affluence across the four-county footprint.

Operationally, the group has productized digital-only formats (Morris NewsBee, Parsippany Daily) alongside its traditional weekly print titles and has standardized its publishing stack on BLOX CMS with centralized advertising and classifieds tooling. No mobile app, AI features, proprietary technology, or disclosed headcount or financial figures are present in the available data, and the business model remains anchored to local journalism rather than technology-led media. The nonprofit parent structure is the most distinctive governance feature and shapes the long-term orientation of the company.

Name

New Jersey Hills Media Group

Legal name

New Jersey Hills Media Group

Website

https://newjerseyhills.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

New Jersey Hills Media Group operates 14 community newspapers and digital sites delivering local news, sports, and advertising across 50+ communities in four affluent New Jersey counties, under nonprofit parent Corporation for New Jersey Local Media.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Newspaper Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAJADAB

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/News Publishing (Newspapers, Digital Newsrooms, Wire Services)

Keywords

• Local newspaper publishing
• Community news media
• Print and digital advertising
• Newspaper subscriptions
• Online classifieds marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Whippany

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: Print and digital subscriptions for newspapers and e-editions delivered through websites, email newsletters, and weekly printed newspapers.
2. Digital Advertising: Online advertising solutions for local businesses including display ads, digital advertising packages.
3. Print Advertising: Classified ads, in-column ads, real estate ads, auto ads, employment ads, and insert advertising in printed newspapers.
4. Classifieds: Revenue from classified advertisements including place a classified ad services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

New Jersey Hills Media Group operates a network of 14 community newspapers and corresponding digital news websites serving communities across Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset counties in New Jersey. The company delivers hyperlocal news, sports coverage, arts, obituaries, and community information through weekly printed newspapers, dedicated websites, email newsletters, social media, and e-editions. It monetizes its audience through consumer subscriptions and through print, digital, and classified advertising sold to local businesses.

Product overview

New Jersey Hills Media Group operates a portfolio of 14 local newspaper brands across Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset counties in New Jersey, delivered through weekly printed newspapers and dedicated websites. The company offers digital services including email newsletters and e-editions, along with advertising solutions (digital and print), classified marketplace, and public notice publishing. The individual newspaper brands (Bernardsville News, Chatham Courier, The Citizen, Echoes-Sentinel, Hanover-Florham Park Eagle, Hunterdon Review, Madison Eagle, Morris NewsBee, Observer-Tribune, The Progress, West Morris Reporter, West Essex Tribune, Parsippany Daily) serve specific geographic communities and are powered by BLOX Content Management System.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bernardsville News Weekly printed newspaper and digital website providing local news coverage to Bedminster, Bernardsville, Bernards Township, Far Hills, and Peapack & Gladstone in Somerset County.
• Chatham Courier Weekly printed newspaper and digital website covering Chatham Borough and Chatham Township in Morris County.
• The Citizen Weekly printed newspaper and digital website covering Boonton, Boonton Township, Denville, Dover, Montville, Mountain Lakes, Rockaway, and Rockaway Township.
• Echoes-Sentinel Weekly printed newspaper and digital website covering Long Hill, Warren, and Watchung communities.
• Hanover-Florham Park Eagle Weekly printed newspaper and digital website covering Hanover, Florham Park, and East Hanover.
• Hunterdon Review Weekly printed newspaper and digital website covering Califon, Clinton, Clinton Township, High Bridge, Lebanon Borough, Lebanon Township, Readington, and Tewksbury.
• Madison Eagle Weekly printed newspaper and digital website covering Madison borough in Morris County.
• Morris NewsBee Digital news website covering Morristown, Morris Township, and Morris Plains.
• Observer-Tribune Weekly printed newspaper and digital website covering Chester Borough, Chester Township, Harding, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township, and Washington Township.
• The Progress Weekly printed newspaper covering Caldwell, Essex Fells, Fairfield, North Caldwell, Roseland, and West Caldwell.
• West Morris Reporter Weekly printed newspaper covering Mine Hill, Mount Arlington, Mount Olive, Randolph, and Roxbury.
• West Essex Tribune Weekly printed newspaper covering Livingston and West Essex area communities.
• Parsippany Daily Daily digital news website covering Parsippany.
• Email Newsletters Email newsletter subscriptions delivering local news updates to subscribers' inboxes, available for various individual newspapers and the overall group.
• E-Editions Digital editions of print newspapers viewable online, including Morris Review and Somerset Review regional editions.
• Digital Advertising Online advertising solutions for local businesses to reach targeted and affluent audiences across the media group's digital platforms.
• Print Advertising Traditional print advertising options in weekly newspapers distributed across Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, and Somerset counties.
• Classifieds Online classified advertisements including real estate, vehicles, employment, and public notices.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BLOX DigitalcoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology provider powering the content management system (BLOX CMS) that runs the New Jersey Hills Media Group websites and digital publishing operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Block Club Chicago: Nonprofit, digital-first hyperlocal newsroom covering Chicago neighborhoods. Comparable as a nonprofit-supported local news outlet filling gaps left by legacy dailies, though operating in a single city without print.
• Patch Media: Hyperlocal online news network serving thousands of US communities, with strong presence in New Jersey suburbs. Directly overlaps NJ Hills on community-level digital news and local advertising, differing by being digital-only and largely volunteer-driven.
• VTDigger: Nonprofit investigative and civic news organization covering Vermont. Comparable as a nonprofit-supported local news outlet with subscription and donation revenue, though statewide and digital-only.

Direct peers

• Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. (CNHI): Owned by Retirement Systems of Alabama, CNHI operates a portfolio of community newspapers and associated digital sites across the US. Comparable as a multi-title community paper operator using shared editorial and ad infrastructure.
• Lee Enterprises: Multi-title regional and community newspaper publisher in the US. Closely comparable as a for-profit operator of a portfolio of weekly and daily local papers relying on subscription and ad revenue, though considerably larger and publicly traded.

Broad incumbents

• Advance Local (Advance Publications): Operates local news sites including NJ.com, the dominant New Jersey regional digital outlet. Directly comparable as a New Jersey local news and advertising platform, but operates at statewide scale rather than four-county hyperlocal.
• Gannett Co. (USA TODAY Network): Largest US newspaper chain operating hundreds of local titles including dailies and weeklies across the country. Comparable as a multi-title local newspaper and advertising platform, but vastly larger and more digitally focused than NJ Hills.

Others

• Substack (local newsletter authors): Independent subscription newsletter platform hosting many hyperlocal New Jersey writers. Comparable as a digital alternative that competes for the same affluent suburban readers and subscription dollars as NJ Hills titles.
• New England Newspaper and Press Association (industry association): Industry trade association supporting community and weekly newspapers in the US Northeast. Comparable ecosystem participant that supports advertising, training, and shared services for community paper operators like NJ Hills.

Regional players

• Star Tribune Media Co. Regional newspaper and digital media company serving Minnesota. Comparable as a legacy local publisher transitioning print revenue to digital subscriptions and advertising, though operating at metro daily scale rather than weekly community papers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bville_news
• Facebookfacebook.com/madisoneagle
• Instagraminstagram.com/madisoneaglenj
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bernardsville-news

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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