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Schneps Media acquires AM New
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By James T. Madore
Brooklyn Paper
Newsday Media Group is selling
amNewYork, its free commuter
newspaper in New York City, to Schneps
Media, effective Oct. 11, officials
announced Wednesday.
The price was not disclosed. Schneps
executives said they will expand
amNewYork through events
programming and broadcasting.
Launched in 2003, amNewYork
is Manhattan’s highest daily circulation
newspaper and has almost 1
million unique visitors to its website
each month.
Newsday publisher Debby Krenek
said: “amNewYork has become an
important part of daily life in the
city … We are confident that this
tradition of serving New Yorkers
will continue with Schneps Media,
whose strong commitment to local
media makes them the
ideal new publisher
of amNewYork.”
Sch neps
owns 33
newsp a -
pers, 28
magazines
and specialty
publications
and
20 websites,
produces numerous
podcasts
and hosts
50 an nual
events. Among
its publications
are Queens Courier,
TimesLedger,
The Brooklyn Paper,
The Villager,
Long Island Press
and the Spanish-language
paper Noticia
Long Island.
“Moving forward
Newsday Media Group
will fully focus on serving
Long Islanders with
news, information and experiences
as we continue to expand
our multimedia products and platforms,
and fulfill our mission of
being the primary source of powerful
local journalism as ‘Your Eye
on LI,’ ” Krenek said.
Last month, Newsday moved into
a new multimillion-dollar headquarters
in Melville that will feature a
television studio and auditorium
capable of streaming live events
on newsday.com.
Schneps president and publisher
Victoria Schneps said: “We are delighted
to add amNewYork to our
media company. We thank Newsday
for this opportunity to carry
on the commitment of amNewYork
to deliver the best and most important
local news stories.”
Schneps started her company in
the mid-1980s with a weekly paper
published from the living room of
her Bayside, Queens, home.
Her son Joshua Schneps, the company’s
CEO and co-publisher, said,
“We look forward to enhancing am-
NewYork’s brand through our expertise
in multiplatform media, including
print, digital, events, social
media and broadcasting.”
By Aidan Graham
Brooklyn Paper
A Brownsville man faces
life in prison for fatally mowing
down a bicyclist who he
claims burglarized his car
earlier this month.
Korey Johnson, 41, was
arraigned Sept. 27 before
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Justice Vincent Del Giudice
on murder charges for allegedly
killing 47-year-old biker
Donald Roberts in Bushwick
on Sept. 2.
Johnson claims that he
spotted Roberts looting his
parked car on Broadway
near Ellery Street when he
attempted to confront the thief
— leading to a bloody confrontation
when Roberts allegedly
stabbed an innocent
bystander in the arm with a
screwdriver, according to authorities.
Roberts then attempted to
peddle away from the scene
on his bicycle, but Johnson
gave chase in his SUV, pursuing
the victim east along the
westbound lane of Broadway,
according to police.
The high-speed pursuit
ended when the Johnson’s
Jeep struck the cyclists,
pinning him to a row
of parked vehicles — and flipping
his car in the process,
cops said.
First responders found
Roberts dead on the pavement
with severe head trauma, according
to a police department
spokesman.
Cops cuffed Johnson and
charged him with second-degree
murder and first-degree
reckless endangerment, according
to prosecutors.
Brooklyn District Attorney
Eric Gonzalez blasted
Johnson for his reckless attempt
to take justice into his
own hands.
“Rather than call the police
when he allegedly saw a
crime being committed, this
defendant allegedly turned
his car into a deadly weapon
and needlessly took a life,”
said Gonzalez.
The suspect was released
without bail and ordered to
return to court on Dec. 6. He
faces a maximum sentence
of up to 25 years to life in
prison if convicted of the
top count.
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