Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
Whippany, New Jersey, USA
The Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM) is a nonprofit media corporation founded in 2020.
CNJLM is a nonprofit organization with no corporate parent or family owner. It was founded by Nic Platt and Amanda Richardson.
In April 2022, CNJLM took over the New Jersey Hills Media Group's 14 weeklies from the Parker family (Liz and Steve Parker), who had run the papers for 65 years, making CNJLM the largest nonprofit weekly newspaper chain in the United States.
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National Newspaper Association. Nonprofit corporation for New Jersey Local Media takes the reins of NJ's largest independent weekly newspaper group
Columbia Journalism Review. Amanda Richardson talks the path to nonprofit news in New Jersey
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