New Jersey Hills Media Group

Overview

New Jersey Hills Media Group, formerly Recorder Community Newspapers, is a group of weekly newspapers covering Morris, Somerset, Hunterdon and Essex counties, New Jersey. It is owned by the nonprofit Corporation for New Jersey Local Media (CNJLM).

History

Founded in 1955 when Cortlandt and Nancy Parker launched the Morris Observer in Morris Township. The company expanded through decades of acquisitions and new launches, including the Bernardsville News and Mendham-Chester Tribune (1957), the Echoes-Sentinel (1959), the Hunterdon Review and Somerset Hills Exponent (1969), The Randolph Reporter (1978), the Mount Olive Chronicle (1979), the Roxbury Register (1988), the Eagle-Courier group of papers (1990) and the Morris NewsBee (1993), among others. Co-owners Steve and Elizabeth Parker transitioned the company, then the largest independent weekly newspaper group in New Jersey, to nonprofit ownership under CNJLM in 2022.

Notable works

No distinguishing individual awards were identified in available sourcing.

Key personnel

Publisher and Executive Director, CNJLM: Amanda Richardson
Executive Editor: Joe Territo (since January 2025, succeeding Elizabeth Parker, who served as executive editor for 42 years and moved into a part-time senior advisor role)

Audience

Residents of 57 municipalities across Morris, Somerset, Hunterdon and Essex counties, New Jersey.

Location and contact info

Address
100 South Jefferson Road, Suite 104
Whippany, NJ 07981
Phone
908-766-3900
Website
https://www.newjerseyhills.com