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Special people making a diff erence
vschneps@gmail.com
I’m not sure when it began
but I’m addicted to CBS’s
Sunday morning show from
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Each Sunday
morning, I gather the newspapers
dropped at my doorstep
and lay them out on my bed. My
breakfast and coff ee are at my
elbow on a tray and I’m nestled
into my bed to watch “Sunday”
unfold.
Th is week, as all weeks, didn’t
disappoint me! I got to know
a performer who touched my
heart, Jack Antonoff , a singer,
songwriter, composer, producer
and partner to the extraordinary
actress/writer/director
Lena Dunham who starred and
wrote many episodes of the TV
show “Girls.”
What impressed me most
about Antonoff was his taking
his life’s experiences and using
his music to help him heal from
life’s pain. He had a kid sister
whose suff ering from brain
cancer tore open his heart and
that of his family. He was able
to channel his pain and anguish
through songs like “Everybody
Lost Somebody.”
“Everybody lost somebody, but
we keep going. Th at’s what’s
incredible about human beings,
the choice to keep going,” said
Antonoff in his CBS interview.
He shared his belief that we all
carry sacks of sadness and loss,
“Some bigger than others but
every person alive carries something.”
In fact, he said, “And if
you think someone doesn’t have
it, they have a bigger one than
you can imagine.”
He has dealt with his pain as
well as his joy through his music.
And we are all enriched by his
belief that if he likes a song, his
audience will. But he never stops
worrying that his audience will
be there for him.
I think all successful people
worry if their latest project will
be successful. It comes with the
territory of being creative or
entrepreneurial.
JOHN KOMINICKI JOINS
L.I. PRESS
In that vein, my company has
just made a major acquisition
of the respected, even beloved
Long Island Press. Born in
Queens and serving Long Island
too as a daily aft ernoon newspaper,
it was shut down by union
demands in 1977 and was dormant
for decades.
Jed Morey bought the name
and, in 2003, created a weekly
newspaper that won countless
awards for its coverage of critically
important issues. It was
the fi rst publication to cover
the then-unspoken opioid crisis.
Many more powerful stories followed.
Aft er a number of years
it became a monthly and then
a digital property. When we
bought it, it was longislandpress.
com, and now we are launching
on September 1 the Long Island
Press print edition as a monthly
publication.
Th e best news for us is that
we have put together a great
team to lead our new venture.
Co-publisher will be John
Kominicki, a 35-year veteran
of the print and digital worlds
who, as president, ran the Long
Island Business News for over
15 years and created Innovate
Long Island, a tech-focused digital
media startup. He is a columnist
and immersed in the life
of Long Island. I’m proud to
have such a profoundly connected,
concerned and committed
journalist to lead our newest
publication.
Josh and I feel privileged to
carry on the tradition of a newspaper
with so many memories.
If you have a memory of carrying
the newspaper or a story
that was in the Long Island
Press, email me at vschneps@
gmail.com and we will include
it in our fi rst edition coming out
September 1.
Here’s to its rebirth!
VICTORIA’S
SECRETS
Victoria
SCHNEPSYUNIS
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Photo via Shutterstock
Jack Antonoff has a moving story of love and loss to share.
John Kominicki is the new co-publisher and executive editor at the Long Island
Press
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