About Us
TAPinto.net is a network of more than 95 independently owned and operated local news and digital marketing platforms in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida. Each site is franchised to a local owner/publisher and provides original, objective, daily local news reporting.
With local hardcopy newspapers being acquired by national operations or leaving town altogether, TAPinto is often the only local news coverage in the communities we serve.
TAPinto does not have a paywall because we believe that all members of the community should be able to be informed and involved in their community, regardless of their socioeconomic background.
TAPinto’s award-winning local journalists consistently break exclusive stories that impact their communities. In 2023, the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists honored TAPinto with three Excellence in Journalism Awards.
TAPinto celebrated its 15th birthday in October 2023. It was founded by Michael and Lauryn Shapiro in New Providence, New Jersey. Michael Shapiro is the majority owner.
In 2023, Franchise Business Review named TAPinto.net as a Top Franchise, Most Innovative Franchise, Top Low-Cost Franchise and a Top Franchise for Women.
TAPinto is proud to support many charitable causes including the American Heart Association. TAPinto's executives, employees and franchisees are members of dozens of community organizations.
TAPinto offers content marketing, native advertising, social media marketing, exclusive sponsorships, branded content opportunities, email marketing, and traditional online advertising.
TAPinto is available on desktop, mobile, and tablet, and also has a TAPinto App for Android and iPhone.
For more information on marketing on TAPinto, click here.
For more information on franchising a TAPinto local news platform in your area, please click here.
Name of LLC | Territory/Towns Franchised | Site Editor | Editor Email |
Belcom NJ, LLC | Asbury Park | Matt Doherty | mdoherty@tapinto.net |
The Convergence/St. Bonaventure University | Allegany, NY; Carrollton, NY; Cuba, NY; Ellicottville, NY; Franklinville, NY; Hinsdale, NY; Humphrey, NY; Greater Olean Area | Rich Lee | greaterolean@tapinto.net |
Shark Ventures | Barnegat - Waretown | Pat Sharkey and Kaitlyn Debarth | psharkey@tapinto.net, ksharkey@tapintp.net |
The Alternative Press of Berkeley Heights LLC | Basking Ridge/West Millington/Liberty Corner | Bobbie Peer | bpeer@tapinto.net |
Oasis Media | Bayonne | Steve Lenox |
slenox@tapinto.net |
Belcom NJ, LLC | Belmar/Lake Como | Matt Doherty | mdoherty@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press of Berkeley Heights LLC | Berkeley Heights | Bobbie Peer | bpeer@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press of Berkeley Heights LLC | Bernardsville and Bedminster | Bobbie Peer | bpeer@tapinto.net |
Bloomfield News, LLC | Bloomfield | Joe Coletta | jcoletta@tapinto.net |
E&K Communicatoins LLC | Bordentown | Elizabeth Meyers | emeyers@tapinto.net |
LB Media, LLC dba The Breeze | Bridgewater/Raritan | Audrey Blumberg | ablumberg@tapinto.net |
Skyway Publishing LLC | Camden | Neill Borowski | nborowski@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press of Chatham, LLC | Chatham | Ed Barmakian | ebarmakian@tapinto.net |
DBK Media LLC | Clark | David Brighouse | dbrighouse@tapinto.net |
LLAJ MEDIA, LLC | Coconut Creek | Leon Fooksman | lfooksman@tapinto.net |
LLAJ MEDIA, LLC | Coral Springs | Leon Fooksman | lfooksman@tapinto.net |
Noteworthy Media LLC | Cranford | Rebecca Tantillo | rtantillo@tapinto.net |
Little Blue Bird Enterprises, LLC | Denville | Lauren Zucchi | lzucchi@tapinto.net |
Roman Press, INC | Doylestown, PA | Ed Doyle | edoyle@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press of East Brunswick | East Brunswick | Maureen Berzok | mberzok@tapinto.net |
Sphinx Minerva Group, LLC | East Orange | Brian Agnew | yournews@tapinto.net |
Middlesex Media LLC | Edison | Jacob Turchi | jturchi@tapinto.net |
TAP Into Local LLC | Elizabeth | Mike Shapiro | mshapiro@tapinto.net |
Beckwill Communications | Fair Lawn/Glen Rock | Rebecca Greene | rgreene@tapinto.net |
Hunterdon Media Partnership | Flemington/Raritan | Audrey Blumberg & Joey Novick | ablumberg@tapinto.net, jnovick@tapinto.net |
Triple Win, Inc | East Hanover/Florham Park | Marianne Carillo | mcarillo@tapinto.net |
LGMB, LLC | Franklin Township | Malik Lyons | mlyons@tapinto.net |
Kerri Blair, LLC | Hackensack | Rebecca Greene | rgreene@tapinto.net |
Lenox Consulting | Hamilton | Steve Lenox | slenox@tapinto.net, |
Triple Win, Inc | Hanover Township | Marianne Carillo | mcarillo@tapinto.net |
Aviator Publishing, LLC | Hasbrouck Heights, Wood-Ridge, Teterboro | Faith Armonaitis | farmonaitis@tapinto.net |
Beckwill Communications | Hawthorne | Rebecca Greene | rgreene@tapinto.net |
Hometown News, LLC | Hazlet/Keyport | Jeanne Wall | jwall@tapinto.net |
Thirty and Done Online Publishing | Hillsborough | Rod Hirsch | rhirsch@tapinto.net |
TAP Into Local LLC | Hillside | Mike Shapiro | mshapiro@tapinto.net |
Oasis Media | Hoboken | Steve Lenox | slenox@tapinto.net |
Hometown News, LLC | Holmdel/Colts Neck | Jeanne Wall | jwall@tapinto.net |
Oasis Media | Jersey City | Steve Lenox | slenox@tapinto.net |
Halston Media | Katonah - Lewisboro New York | Tom Walogorsky and Emile Menasche | news@halstonmedia.com |
Telina LLC | Kenilworth | Telina Cuppari | tcuppari@tapinto.net |
TAP into Long Branch, LLC | Long Branch | Samantha Minchello | sminchello@tapinto.net |
Sisters Turning Pages, LLC | Linden | Donna Eleazer | deleazer@tapinto.net |
Livingston TAP LLC | Livingston | Danielle Santola | dsantola@tapinto.net |
L & L Media LLC | Madison |
Marianne Carillo |
madisoneditor@tapinto.net |
Mahopac News | Mahopac, NY | Bob Dumas | bdumas@tapinto.net |
Hometown News LLC | Middletown | Jeanne Wall | jwall@tapinto.net |
Presto Group, LLC | Millburn/Short Hills | Elise Margulis | emargulis@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press Milltown, and Spotswood, LLC | Milltown, and Spotswood | Dawn Miller | dmiller@tapinto.net |
Montclair Media Group, LLC | Montclair | Natalie Hackett | nhackett@tapinto.net |
Montville News Online LLC | Montville Township (includes Montville, Pine Brook and Towaco) | Hope White | hwhite@tapinto.net |
Morristown Publishing, LLC | Morristown | Leigh O'Neil | morristown@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press of Berkeley Heights LLC | Mountainside | Bobbie Peer | bpeer@tapinto.net |
E&K Communicatoins LLC | Mount Laurel, NJ | Elizabeth Meyers | emeyers@tapinto.net |
The Neptunes News LLC | Neptune/Neptune City | Lauren Albrecht | lalbrecht@tapinto.net |
AEA Enterprises, LLC | New Brunswick/Rutgers | Chuck O'Donnell | codonnell@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press of Berkeley Heights LLC | New Providence | Bobbie Peer | bpeer@tapinto.net |
Skyway Publishing LLC | Newark | Mark Bonamo | mbonamo@tapinto.net |
Sparta's Local News, LLC | Newton | Jenny Dericks | jdericks@tapinto.net |
Arrival Media Group LLC | North Hunterdon | Jenn Snider | jsnider@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press-Warren, LLC | North Plainfield, Green Brook, Watchung | Brenda Nemcek | bnemcek@tapinto.net |
North Salem News | North Salem, NY | Tom Walogorsky | northsalem@tapinto.net |
Passaic Valley Media LLC | Nutley | John Lee | jlee@tapinto.net |
Kerri Blair, LLC | Paramus | Rebecca Greene | rgreene@tapinto.net |
Five by the Glades, LLC | Parkland, Florida | Gina Pfingsten | gpfingsten@tapinto.net |
Triple Win, Inc | Parsippany |
Marianne Carillo |
mcarillo@tapinto.net |
TAP Into Local LLC | Passaic Valley | Steve Lenox |
slenox@tapinto.net |
Oasis Media | Paterson | Steve Lenox | slenox@tapinto.net |
Birch Run Media, LLC | Piscataway | Ken and Kia Simmons | piscataway@tapinto.net |
Stateline Media Group, LLC | Phillipsburg, NJ | Danielle DeGerolamo | ddegerolamo@tapinto.net |
David Rutherford | Plainfield | David Rutherford | drutherford@tapinto.net |
Rein Reports | Princeton | Richard Rein | rrein@tapinto.net |
DBK Media LLC | Rahway | David Brighouse | dbrighouse@tapinto.net |
Randolph News Online LLC | Randolph | Wendi Manderioli | wmanderioli@tapinto.net |
Scotch Plains Online LLC | Raritan Bay (Sayreville, South Amboy) | John Mooney | jmooney@tapinto.net |
Navesink Enterprises LLC | Red Bank | Scott Wingerter | swingerter@tapinto.net |
Sleek News, LLC | Ridgewood | James Ochoa | jochoa@tapinto.net |
BMS & Company, LLC | Roselle | Bianca Sanchez | bsanchez@tapinto.net |
Sleek News, LLC | Roselle Park | Jason DeAlessi | jdealessi@tapinto.net |
Fred. J. Aun | Roxbury, NJ | Fred Aun | faun@tapinto.net |
Scotch Plains Online LLC | Scotch Plains-Fanwood | John Mooney | jmooney@tapinto.net |
Somers Record | Somers, NY | Brian Marschhauser | marschhauser@halstonmedia.com |
Thirty and Done Online Publishing | Somerville | Rod Hirsch | rhirsch@tapinto.net |
TAP Ventures LLC | South Brunswick | Rob Rakossy | rrakossy@tapinto.net |
FMS Enews, LLC | South Orange/Maplewood | Fred Smith | fsmith@tapinto.net |
Backyard Publishing LLC | South Plainfield | Darlene Cullen | dcullen@tapinto.net |
Sparta's Local News, LLC | Sparta | Jenny Dericks | jdericks@tapinto.net |
Presto Group, LLC | Springfield | Guy Kipp | gkipp@tapinto.net |
Shark Ventures, LLC | Stafford/LBI, NJ | Pat and Kaitlyn Sharkey | psharkey@tapinto.net and ksharkey@tapinto.net |
Wightman Media, LLC | Summit | Christopher Wightman | cwightman@tapinto.net |
Lucky Limited, LLC | Tri-Borough (Kinnelon, Butler and Bloomingdale) | Sabrina Luciano | sluciano@tapinto.net |
Union News Online LLC | Union | Kathy Cryan | kcryan@tapinto.net |
Presto Group, LLC | Verona/Cedar Grove | Guy Kipp | gkipp@tapinto.net |
The Alternative Press-Warren, LLC | Warren, NJ | Brenda Nemcek | bnemcek@tapinto.net |
Ferris Publishing LLC | Wayne, NJ | Jon 'Ferris' Meredith | jmeredith@tapinto.net |
Presto Group, LLC | West Essex | Guy Kipp | gkipp@tapinto.net |
Presto Group, LLC | West Orange | Elise Marguiles | emarguiles@tapinto.net |
Lois Jackie, LLC | Westfield | Jackie Liberman, Tyler Brown |
jlieberman@tapinto.net, tbrown@tapinto.net |
AEA Enterprises, LLC | Woodbridge and Carteret, NJ | Tony Gallotto | tgallotto@tapinto.net |
Halston Media | Yorktown, NY | Brian Marschhauser | brian.a.marschhauser@gmail.com |
We are always searching for ways to give our franchisees the tools to make their reporting and coverage transparent, independent and objective, while updating our policies to ensure that all of our sites follow the highest ethical standards for journalism.
Here is what we have done to continue to build trust with our readers:
SPJ Code of Ethics
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) has served as the preeminent professional association for journalists since 1909. SPJ publishes a strict code of ethics. All TAPinto sites are required to adhere to the SPJ Code of Ethics. You can read more about the Code of Ethics here.
No Editorializing
While editorial and opinion have their place, TAPinto's mission is focused on reporting the news. To protect the integrity of reporting, TAPinto maintains a policy that prohibits our franchisees and journalists from engaging in editorialization and opinion journalism.
No Endorsement of, or Contributions to, Local Political Candidates
Our TAPinto franchises provide readers with important coverage of local government and politics. To ensure quality, unbiased coverage, as well as the appearance thereof, we adopted a policy that strongly recommends franchisees and their owners not publicly support their local political candidates in any manner. We also adopted a policy that strongly recommends all TAPinto franchisees and their owners not contribute to political candidates running for local office in their town(s). We also have strongly recommended to all TAPinto franchisees and their owners and site editors that they refrain from making endorsements of, or otherwise publicly supporting, regional, state and national candidates or elected officials, including, but not limited to, on personal or public social media, via lawn signs, or otherwise.
Disclosure of Ownership
All of our sites are bound by a disclosure policy so our readers know the ownership of each TAPinto franchise.
Disclosure of Perceived or Potential Conflicts of Interest
We require that should a reporter, editor, or franchise owner be a member of the group that is the subject of the story or have a financial or business relationship with the subject of the story, disclosure is prominently noted in the story through an Editor’s Note.
Clear Advertising Disclosures
Lines between news content and advertising at times have become blurred as online news organizations test new advertising products and business models. All of our content advertising and sponsorship is clearly and conspicuously marked so readers know if they're looking at paid content.
As always, we welcome feedback from TAPinto readers to help us continue to improve and grow.
Correction Policy
When TAPinto publishes a story and later find out there was a factual mistake/error in it (including misquoting someone), we will publish a corrected version of the story as soon as possible. This creates greater transparency regarding corrections and creates more accountability with our readers.
If an article needs to be corrected, we will correct the mistake and mark an *asterisk* at the end of the corrected sentence.
We will then include an italicized "Editor's note" at the bottom (for minor corrections) or the top (for major corrections) of the story with an explanation of the correction.
For example: Editor's Note: John Symth's name was spelled incorrectly in an earlier version of this story.
Fact-Checking Policy
All stories are fact-checked prior to publication. If you feel a story includes incorrect facts, please contact the editor of the site using the contact information in the table above.