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PRESS BUSINESS
BY AMNEWYORK METRO STAFF
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 more than
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 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 its 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.
Editor’s note: Schneps Media is the
parent company of the Long Island
Press
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