The Detroit Jewish News
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The Detriot Jewish News is a weekly community newspaper serving the Jewish community of Detroit. It bills itself as "the largest, most comprehensive Jewish newspaper in North America." [1]
The newspaper was founded in 1942. In the 1980s it was purchased by Charles "Chuck" Buerger, the owner of the Baltimore Jewish Times. Buerger expanded the scope and the size of the paper, and it regularly exceeded 200 pages. [2]
Buerger passed away in 1996, and the paper was taken over by his son Andrew. In 2000 Andrew Buerger sold it, along with The Atlanta Jewish Times, to Jewish Renaissance Media, [3] which also operates the website Jewish.com.
In 2005 the newspaper claimed an "adult readership of more than 40,000 every week". [4] In 2005 the newspaper won a number of Michigan Press Association awards, including first place for Design, Editorial Writing, Local Columnist, and Special Section, and first and second place for Feature Story. [5]
As of 2006, Arthur M. Horwitz was the publisher, and Robert Sklar was the editor.
In the summer of 2006, the JN (as the paper is commonly abbreviated) started a minor controversy after they included the union of a gay male couple in their weekly marriage announcements. Some readers cancelled their subscriptions following this decision.
[edit] Notes
- ^ About Us, Detroit JNonline (The Detroit Jewish News website), 12/5/2005. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
- ^ David, Michael. Publisher of 6 Jewish weeklies, Charles Buerger, dies at 58, j., November 15, 1996.
- ^ Jewish Times owner sells two newspapers, Baltimore Business Journal, February 11, 2000.
- ^ Display & Classified Advertising, Detroit JNonline (The Detroit Jewish News website), 10/18/2005. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
- ^ 2005 "Newspaper of the Year" awards (PDF), Michigan Press Association, October 2, 2005.
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