The Sunday paper is usually the biggest of the week, with room for more news stories. Reporters often write something special for the Sunday edition. But at The Record, the Sunday paper doesn't have a lot to offer in the way of local news:
No stories about Hackensack (except for one about a cop injured at an accident scene), Teaneck or Englewood. None about Ridgewood, Westwood or Wayne. No mention of Passaic, West Milford or Ringwood or lots of other towns in the paper's circulation area that are too numerous to mention.
Tiny Moonachie gets coverage for a fire that destroyed three mobile homes across the street from Teterboro Airport. The story doesn't explore the possibility the owners burned down their own homes to escape the incredibly annoying noise of aircraft carrying corporate executives, moguls and hip-hop stars.
On July 6, 2016, Gannett, the nation's biggest newspaper chain, paid the Borgs $40 million for North Jersey Media Group (The Record of Woodland Park, Herald News, NorthJersey.com, (201) magazine and 50 weeklies). Stephen A. Borg, publisher for a decade, oversaw the biggest downsizing ever. Local news declined, errors mounted and most employees were denied raises. Gannett replaced Editor Deirdre Sykes, revised The Record's website and redesigned the print edition, cutting another 350-plus jobs.
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