[1] In its current form, it exists as a bi-fold tabloid-style paper featuring international, national, local, and university news, as well as editorials, columns, comics, classifieds, sports,[5] and other amusements.
The Daily Targum is published Monday through Thursday and on Sundays while classes are in session, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
[7] CNBC personality Rebecca Quick served as the newspaper's editor-in-chief for a period, before joining The Wall Street Journal.
[6] It includes campus news, poetry, humor and essays on literature, science, philosophy, religion and travel.
1980: The Targum Publishing Company files its papers of incorporation on July 1, 1980, following a year of negotiations with the University and an arduously fought battle to pass the student vote for funding.
1998: In January of this year, the Targum begins using full color on the front and back pages on a daily basis.
2004: The "Happy Hour" comic strip begins appearing in the paper on November 30, originally created by Jim Kohl.
2013: The Daily Targum began live streaming, beginning with the March 12 Strategic Planning Town Hall with University President Robert L. Barchi — the first on the New Brunswick campus.
The Targum responded by cutting its Friday print publication, decreasing its circulation to 5,000, and taking on a digital-first approach.
In order to secure student funding for the Daily Targum, the newspaper is required to hold a referendum every three years.
[9] 22 years prior, economist Milton Friedman, class of '32, stated in a full page Targum ad against funding sports at the expense of supporting student newspapers.
The Newark Targum also prints content from The Associated Press, most notably on page 2 in the World Briefs column and occasionally in the sports section.
Mid-fall semester 2005 an e-mail was sent to business manager Brad Whitson asking for The Daily Targum to be delivered to the Rutgers–Newark campus.
With a tentative budget set, the four student executives went to the company's Board of Trustees, which approved a test run of four issues.