media founded 1922 ; 94 years ago 1922 founder samuel irving newhouse sr. headquarters staten island new york city united states area served worldwide key people samuel irving newhouse jr. chairman thomas summer cfo donald newhouse president products newspapers news & information websites magazines television revenue us 8 billion 2014 1 number of employees 25 000 subsidiaries advance local american city business journals cond nast website www.advance.net advance publications inc. is an american media company owned by the descendants of s.i. newhouse sr. donald newhouse and s.i. newhouse jr. it is named after the staten island advance the first newspaper owned by the newhouse family in which sam newhouse bought a controlling interest in 1922 . the company is nominally headquartered in the advance offices in staten island s grasmere neighborhood though advance does not have an official headquarters . 2 as of october 2014 it was ranked as the 44th largest private company in the united states according to forbes . 3 crain s ranked advance publications the 4th largest private company in the ny area in 2012 . in addition to holding publishing and communication assets advance serves as the holding company for the family s 31 % stake in cable entertainment company discovery communications . 4 advance also owns a 13 % stake in charter communications which it received when bright house networks merged with charter . 5 6 contents 1 subsidiaries 2 publications 2.1 newspapers and affiliate websites 2.2 business journals and periodicals 2.3 magazines 3 advance websites 3.1 cond nast digital 4 other 5 former and defunct divisions 5.1 formerly owned television stations 6 references 7 bibliography 8 external links subsidiaries edit advance local 7 new york new york advance digital jersey city new jersey advance central services wilmington delaware headline studio american city business journals cond nast publications edit newspapers and affiliate websites edit the advance local media group established in 2010 operates 12 local news and information websites and more than 30 newspapers . the advance local group includes advance digital a central source of sales and content strategy product development and technology . 8 another unit advance central services supports the advance local publications with responsibility for vendor management finance and accounting human resources technology production and facilities and circulation . headline studio established in 2015 is an in house content marketing agency . in 2009 advance publications launched a multi year reorganization of its newspapers and their affiliate websites beginning with its michigan properties . advance in most cases created regional media groups to oversee the websites and print publications along with affiliate central services companies to print and deliver the newspapers and provide support services . as each property reorganized the new companies took a digital first approach to publication ; in most cases the moves have been accompanied by layoffs . staff produced content is published first to a website ; content is then harvested from the website for publication in the printed newspapers . days of newspaper home delivery were reduced to three or four except at the new jersey papers and the staten island advance . 9 advance media southeast alabama media group al.com gulflive.com the birmingham news birmingham alabama 10 press register mobile alabama the huntsville times huntsville alabama the mississippi press pascagoula mississippi nola media group nola.com the times picayune new orleans louisiana mardigras.com advance central services southeast masslive.com the republican springfield massachusetts mlive media group mlive.com the ann arbor news print edition thursdays & sundays 11 kalamazoo gazette bay city times flint journal grand rapids press jackson citizen patriot muskegon chronicle saginaw news advance central services michigan nj advance media nj.com the star ledger newark new jersey the times trenton new jersey the jersey journal jersey city new jersey njn publishing south jersey media group the south jersey times the hunterdon democrat flemington new jersey gloucester county times woodbury new jersey the news of cumberland county bridgeton new jersey today s sunbeam salem new jersey the warren reporter hackettstown new jersey the reporter somerset county new jersey independent press new providence new jersey suburban news clark new jersey cranford chronicle cranford new jersey lehigh valley media group lehighvalleylive.com the express times easton pennsylvania penn jersey advance central services silive.com staten island advance staten island new york syracuse media group syracuse.com newyorkupstate.com the post standard syracuse new york advance central services syracuse advance ohio new name for northeast ohio media group as of january 26 2016 cleveland.com the plain dealer cleveland ohio sun newspapers weekly newspapers for the greater cleveland area the plain dealer publishing company oregonian media group oregonlive.com the oregonian portland oregon the hillsboro argus hillsboro oregon advance central services oregon pa media group the patriot news harrisburg pennsylvania pennlive.com advance central services pennsylvania business journals and periodicals edit main article american city business journals sports business journal sports business daily nascar illustrated street & smiths sports annuals hemmings motor news hemmings muscle machines hemmings sports & exotic car hemmings classic car the sporting news inside lacrosse portfolio.com magazines edit cond nast allure architectural digest bon appetit brides house & garden cond nast traveler details defunct ; ceasing publication with the issue of december 2015 january 2016 easy living glamour golf digest golf world gq lucky the new yorker cond nast portfolio defunct ; portfolio.com continues as part of advance s american city business journals self tatler teen vogue vanity fair vogue w wired the world of interiors advance websites edit cond nast digital edit style.com thescene.com flip.com men.style.com brides.com epicurious.com concierge.com nutritiondata.com stylefinder.com arstechnica.com webmonkey.com wired news pitchfork.com including the websites of all cond nast s publications other edit pop acquired 2013 12 1010data acquired 2015 13 pitchfork media acquired 2015 14 former and defunct divisions edit rca purchased random house in 1965 and later sold it to advance publications in 1980 . 15 advance sold random house to german media conglomerate bertelsmann in 1998 . 16 advance entertainment corporation uplinker and programmer of wwor emi service during 1996 newhouse news service closed in 2008 17 religion news service sold 2011 to the religion newswriters foundation a non profit affiliate of the religion newswriters association 18 reddit.com 19 reddit used to be owned by cond nast but in 2011 it was moved out from under cond nast to advance publications which is cond nast s parent company . then in 2012 reddit was spun out into a re incorporated independent entity with its own board and control of its own finances hiring a new ceo and bringing back co founder alexis ohanian to serve on the board . ... reddit has 3 sets of shareholders the largest shareholder is still advance publications . the second largest set of shareholders are reddit employees . in the spin out that occurred in early 2012 advance voluntarily reduced its sole ownership to that of a partial owner in order to put ownership in the hands of current and future employees . the third and smallest fraction consists of a set of angel investors . 20 parade sold december 2014 fairchild fashion media sold august 2014 to penske media corporation bright house networks merged with charter communications in may 2016 formerly owned television stations edit stations are listed alphabetically by state and city of license . note indicates a station that was built and signed on by advance newhouse . city of license market station channel tv rf years owned current ownership status birmingham tuscaloosa anniston wvtm tv 13 13 1956 1980 nbc affiliate owned by hearst television st. louis ktvi 2 43 1955 1980 fox affiliate owned by tribune broadcasting elmira new york wetm tv 18 18 1956 1980 nbc affiliate owned by nexstar broadcasting group syracuse new york wstm tv 3 24 1950 1980 nbc affiliate owned by sinclair broadcast group portland koin 6 40 1953 1977 cbs affiliate owned by media general harrisburg lancaster lebanon york whtm tv 27 10 1953 1980 abc affiliate owned by media general references edit advance publications forbes.com . accessed february 26 2015 . flamm matthew november 21 2010 . advance publications at crossroads . crain s new york . retrieved september 24 2012 . america s largest private companies forbes.com . accessed february 26 2015 . flamm matthew december 13 2010 . advance publications waving around 500m . cransnewyork.com . retrieved 22 june 2012 . newhouse broadcasting reports 13 pct stake in charter communications . reuters . retrieved 25 june 2016 . charter communications agrees to acquire time warner cable . the new york times . retrieved 26 may 2015 . leading national media company advance local . retrieved 12 october 2016 . advance local 2013 year end letter advance local . retrieved 12 october 2016 . advance digital makeover of its newspapers five years in and no turning back . 24 june 2014 . retrieved 12 october 2016 . affiliated newspapers . advance publications . retrieved 2009 11 17 . the ann arbor news or there and back again why the news world s first print edition of a website is coming to a close . retrieved 12 october 2016 . cook john . 2013 january 16 . advance publications buys seattle digital agency pop geekwire.com . accessed february 26 2015 . advance acquires 1010data for 500 million . retrieved 12 october 2016 . ha anthony . cond nast exec says acquisition won t change pitchfork s voice . retrieved 12 october 2016 . rca history . bobsamerica . retrieved 3 october 2015 . the world bertelsmann swallows random house ; american pop culture foreign owned . the new york times . 29 march 1998 . retrieved 12 october 2016 . newhouse news service shutters after 47 years . retrieved 12 october 2016 . religion news service press releases religion news service enters nonprofit partnership with religion newswriters foundation . retrieved 12 october 2016 . independence . reddit blog . retrieved 2011 09 06 . reddit myth busters . retrieved 12 october 2016 . bibliography edit newhouse thomas maier st. martin s press 1994 . external links edit official website v t e advance publications newspapers birmingham news express times forest grove leader hillsboro argus hunterdon democrat huntsville times jersey journal oregonian patriot news plain dealer post standard press register the republican south jersey times star ledger staten island advance sun newspapers the times the times picayune warren reporter mlive media group ann arbor news flint journal grand rapids press advances jackson citizen patriot kalamazoo gazette muskegon chronicle lakeshore press valley publishing company bay city times saginaw news cond nast cond nast entertainment allure architectural digest bon app tit brides cond nast traveler glamour golf digest golf world gq lucky self style.com teen vogue new yorker vanity fair vogue w wired cond nast digital allure architectural digest ars technica bon app tit brides cond nast traveler epicurious glamour golf digest golf world gq lucky reddit self teen vogue the new yorker vanity fair vogue w webmonkey wired cond nast international cond nast traveller gq australia india house & garden tatler vogue uk china india italy paris world of interiors american city business journals hemmings motor news inside lacrosse portfolio.com sporting news media 35 % defunct properties annarbor.com cookie details gloucester county times gourmet jane mademoiselle men s vogue nascar scene news of cumberland co. oregon journal syracuse herald journal today s sunbeam womensports wwor emi service ym former subsidiaries bright house networks bay news 9 news 13 infom s bright house sports network in demand part owner v t e vogue magazines country editions argentina australia brazil china france germany greece great britain india italy japan korea latin america mexico the netherlands portugal russia spain taiwan turkey united states other men s vogue teen vogue advance publications parent company cond nast publisher v t e discovery communications ownership discovery communications inc. ; 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