Broad Street Media Owner buys South Jersey Weekly Newspaper Chain

The Sun Newspapers, weekly publications in nine South Jersey towns and Princeton, were sold by Haddonfield’s Elauwit Media. to a group led by Broad Street media majority owner Richard Donnelly. Financial terms were not disclosed.

It’s the second acquisition for Donnelly, president of advertising distribution company Donnelly Distribution in Pennsauken, N.J., in as many months. In July, he acquired Broad Street Media’s 12 publications, which include Philadelphia Weekly, Northeast Times and South Philly Review.

But instead of folding Sun under the Broad Street Media umbrella, Donnelly has chosen to form a separate parent company called Newspaper Media Group. Broad Street Media Editor-in-Chief Don Russell said Donnelly chose to go that route to differentiate between the South Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania publications of Broad Street Media.

Russell said about 20 new employees will join the company from Sun and that there will be no layoffs.

Sun Publisher Joe Eisele will continue to lead the advertising and business operations while Executive Editor and General Manager Tim Ronaldson will continue to lead news and production.

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