The Bergen Record
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The August 1, 2016 front page of The Record
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett Company |
| Publisher | Nancy A. Meyer |
| Editor | Richard A. Green |
| Founded | June 5, 1895 |
| Headquarters | 1 Garret Mountain Plaza, Woodland Park, New Jersey 07424 United States |
| Circulation | 144,897 Daily 167,969 Sunday |
| Website | northjersey |
The Record (colloquially called The Bergen Record or The Record of Hackensack) is a newspaper in North Jersey, United States. It primarily serves Bergen County, though it also covers Hudson, Essex and Passaic counties as well. It has the second largest circulation of New Jersey's daily newspapers, behind The Star-Ledger. Its editor is Richard A. Green.
The Record was under the ownership of the Borg family from 1930 on and the family went on to form North Jersey Media Group, which eventually bought its competitor, the Herald News. Both papers are now owned by Gannett Company, which purchased the Borgs' media assets in July 2016.
For years, The Record had its primary offices in Hackensack with a bureau in Wayne. Following the purchase of the competing Herald News of Passaic, both papers began centralizing operations in what is now Woodland Park, where The Record is currently located.
In 1930 John Borg, a Wall Street financier, bought The Record.
From 1952 to 1963 the circulation of The Record doubled and its coverage changed from local to regional. It was one of the papers whose editorial position was in favor of the Metropolitan Regional Council (MRC)
In 1974, writers in the area voted The Record first in the categories of writing, editing and local coverage. It provided different local news coverage for various areas in its distribution range.
In 1983, the paper had a daily circulation of just over 149,000 with its readership described as "upscale".
On September 12, 1988, its afternoon publication and delivery changed to early morning. When combined with more centralized distribution requiring carriers to have automobiles, many "youth carriers" (paperboys) were put out of work.
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