Statistics
| Unique monthly visitors
45,000 |
| Average page views
100,000 |
| Average visits
85,000 |
| E-newsletter
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| E-newsletter subscribers
2,300 |
| Facebook followers
4100 |
| Twitter followers
2200 |
| Instagram followers
1300 |
| You Tube
0 |
| Revenue
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| Primary revenue source(s)
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| Ad products
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| Paywall
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| Distribution
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| Total personnel/contributor FTE
3.1 |
| Date of most recent publisher update
06/09/19 |
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Last Publisher Update
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Village Green NJ
New Jersey
Village Green NJ, NJ Next
This site covers Maplewood and South Orange, New Jersey and topics including education, government, elections, redevelopment, business news, public safety, arts & entertainment, local profiles. It was launched in September 2014 by two former Patch editors.
Revenue: Advertising and Subscriptions
Who is in charge?
Mary Mann and Carolyn Parisi
Job title
Publishers, Owners
City
Maplewood
State
New Jersey
Zip code
07040
Year launched
2014
Tax status
- LLC
Geographic scope
- Small city or town
Population of coverage area
42,000
Scope of coverage
- General news or a number of topics that are not necessarily closely related to each other
Primary focus
- Current news and events
Topics of coverage
- Business in coverage area
- Crime & justice
- Education & schools
- Government
- Politics
Watchdog journalism?
- Yes, occasional
Facebook link
Site Twitter handle
@VillageGreenNJ1
Effective engagement practice
Facebook - we've recently created a group because it sends notifications to members.
Revenue challenges
manpower - it's hard to staff the new revenue sources. We need to grow to train staff and pay them. We're doing it on a commission basis or hourly pay rate.