Courier News
The Courier News is a daily newspaper headquartered in Somerville, New Jersey, that serves Somerset [County, New Jersey|Somerset County] and other areas of Central Jersey. The paper has been owned by USA Today Co. since 1927.
Notable employees
- John Curley, former president, chairman and CEO of Gannett Co., Inc, the first editor of USA Today, chairman of the Newspaper Association of America, and a member of the Gannett Board of Directors from 1983 to 2001. His newspaper career spanned 30 years with Gannett and including publisher of the Courier-News. The sports journalism department at Penn State is named in his honor.
- Tom Curley, former president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press. Curley is also a former president, publisher, and one of the co-creators of USA Today. He was publisher of the Courier-News from 1983 until 1985.
- Guy Sterling, retired journalist and currently author of several books and historian in Newark, New Jersey.
- Chauncey F. Stout joined the paper in 1905 as circulation manager, and later served as publisher from 1927 until his retirement in 1957.