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amNewYork and Metro join forces for daily giant
Th e 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 fi ve 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. Th e fi rst series will be Th e
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 Pfeiff er acting as publisher and
associate publisher for New York City
and Philadelphia, respectively. Robert
Pozarycki, amNewYork’s current editorin
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
offi ce.
“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.”
“Th is is an exciting next step for
our entire organization off ering 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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