amNewYork and Metro join forces for daily giant
The two free daily tabloids serving
New York City are now one.
Schneps Media, publisher of
amNewYork, acquired the assets
of Metro New York and Metro Philadelphia,
including the popular daily
newspapers, websites and digital media
businesses serving New York City
and Philadelphia.
As a result, Schneps Media has
merged amNewYork and Metro New
York to form amNewYork Metro. With
175,000 copies sent to press for Monday’s
issues, its circulation is now
more than twice than that of any other
major daily circulated in the five boroughs.
In addition, Schneps adds over
350,000 in weekly circulation with
its community newspapers serving
Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the
Bronx. Schneps Media also covers the
Long Island and Westchester markets.
Schneps’ combined digital reach
will now grow to about 3.5 million
unique visitors and 5.5 million page
views per month with over 300,000
email newsletter subscribers and
500,000 social media followers.
Schneps plans to retain amNY.com
as the digital brand for New York and
will soon be launching amNY TV, providing
episodes of content across multiple
digital platforms. The first series
will be The World’s Fare, featuring
the best authentic international restaurants
and their chefs in New York
City.
Philadelphia is a new market for
Schneps Media with METRO having
the largest circulation in Philadelphia
County.
Schneps Media executive Cliff Luster
has been named Group Publisher
for the New York and Philadelphia
markets with former METRO executives
Ed Abrams and Susan Pfeiffer
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acting as publisher and associate publisher
for New York City and Philadelphia,
respectively. Robert Pozarycki,
amNewYork’s current editor-in-chief,
will serve in the same role for the combined
New York City media.
METRO largely consolidated their
Philadelphia newsroom into New York
and Schneps Media plans to focus on
hiring editorial staff that will be based
in the local Philadelphia market for
that office.
“I’m very happy that the readers
and communities of New York and
Philadelphia will get their news from
publishers that have been devoted to
local news coverage for over 35 years,”
said Abrams. “I’m excited to be joining
and leading the amNewYork METRO
division with a company I competed
with and also respected for many
years.”
“This is an exciting next step for
our entire organization offering a
unique opportunity to strengthen our
position in the daily newspaper market
and increase our readership to over 2.5
million readers in print each week and
many more online,” said Schneps Media
CEO Joshua Schneps.
“Our expansion to the Philadelphia
market is something we look forward
to. We will be bringing our business
model to this historic city,” said Schneps
Media Founder and President
Victoria Schneps. “METRO Philadelphia
is poised to grow tremendously
and we look forward to working with
the local community.”
Schneps Media is now the publisher
and producer of two leading daily newspapers,
33 award-winning community
newspapers, 28 magazines and specialty
publications, 20 websites and more
than 50 annual events throughout New
York City, Long Island, Westchester
and now Philadelphia.
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