OCTOBER 2019 • LONGISLANDPRESS.COM 27
PRESS BUSINESS
SCHNEPS MEDIA ACQUIRES AM NEW
YORK FROM NEWSDAY MEDIA GROUP
BY JAMES T. MADORE
Newsday
Special to Schneps Media
Newsday Media Group is selling
amNewYork, its free commuter newspaper
in New York City, to Schneps
Media, effective Oct. 11, officials announced
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.”
Schneps owns 33 newspapers,
28 magazines and specialty
publications and 20 websites,
produces numerous podcasts
and hosts 50 annual 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
We pride ourselves on being
EXPERIENCED, INNOVATIVE and AGGRESSIVE.
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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
amNewYork’s brand through our
expertise in multiplatform media,
including print, digital, events, social
media and broadcasting.”
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