Shortly thereafter, the Drukker family sold control of the Herald-News to a MediaNews affiliate. MediaNews continued to operate both The News and the Herald-News out of their respective plants in Paterson and Passaic while beginning to plan a merger.
Afterward, the Drukker family sold the Herald-News to a MediaNews subsidiary. MediaNews kept running both The News and the Herald-News from their separate offices in Paterson and Passaic while starting to merge them.