Eye on The Record

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.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

'Eye on The Record' seeks help from ACLU

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Eye on The Record has appealed to the American Civil Liberties Union in Newark for help in fighting The Record's attempts to shut down this blog.

Last week, the newspaper's attorney sent a cease-and-desist letter to my attorney, Joshua L. "Josh" Weiner in Morristown.

I filed a complaint on Saturday, asking the ACLU to represent me or to assist my lawyer in defending my free-speech rights, and to help me publicize the newspaper's threats against me and the blog.

The Borg family, owner of North Jersey Media Group, and editors of The Record jealously guard their rights to publish what they want, but deny those same rights to others.

4 comments:

AnonymousMarch 30, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Hey, I just found your blog and am working my way through the stories. What a great job. What happened with their threats? You're still here, so I assume they backed down.
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Victor E. SassonMarch 30, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Yes. They backed down. I am now officially despised. Ha ha ha.
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AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 10:11 AM
Keep up the good work. I grew up reading (and yes delivering) this paper when it came out in the afternoon. So sad to see the decline.
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Victor E. SassonMarch 31, 2011 at 10:30 AM
Thanks again.
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