Advance Publications

Advance Publications, Inc. is a privately held, leading newspaper publisher in the U.S. It owns daily newspapers in about 20 cities and is a top magazine publisher with its Conde Nast unit. It is also a major online publisher of local news web sites as well as owning television assets. Top competitors are Gannett, Hearst Corporation, and Time Inc. (under Time Warner).

Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr., who has a personal fortune of US$7.5 billion, and his brother Donald E. Newhouse, who has a personal fortune of US$7.3 billion, together own the company. According to Forbes, their fortune is "inherited and growing".

Personnel
Key executives:
 * Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 * Donald E. Newhouse, President
 * Charles H. Townsend, Chief Operating Officer

Holdings
Newspapers:
 * The Birmingham News (Alabama)
 * Harrisburg Patriot-News (Pennsylvania)
 * Express-Times (Easton, PA)
 * The Allentown Times (Pennsylvania)
 * The Huntsville Times (Alabama)
 * Mobile Register (Alabama)
 * The Jersey Journal (Jersey City, NJ)
 * The Star- Ledger (Newark, NJ)
 * The Gloucester County Times (NJ)
 * Today's Sunbeam in Salem (NJ)
 * Bridgeton Evening News (NJ)
 * The Trenton Times ( NJ)
 * Mississippi Press (Pascagoula)
 * The Oregonian (Portland)
 * Hillsboro Argus (Oregon)
 * Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
 * Staten Island Advance (NY)
 * The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
 * The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
 * Union-News & Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA)
 * Sun Newspapers - weekly suburban newspapers in Ohio

Booth Newspapers of Michigan:
 * Ann Arbor News
 * Bay City Times
 * Flint Journal
 * Grand Rapids Press
 * Jackson Citizen Patriot
 * Kalamazoo Gazette
 * Muskegon Chronicle
 * Saginaw News

Business Journals and Periodicals:
 * American City Business Journals, local weekly business newspapers, motorsports periodicals, and sport annuals

Magazines: Conde Nast Publications:
 * Allure
 * Architectural Digest
 * Bon Appetit
 * Conde Nast House & Garden
 * Conde Nast Traveler
 * Glamour
 * Gourmet
 * GQ
 * Lucky
 * The New Yorker
 * Parade Publications
 * Parade
 * React
 * Self
 * Tatler
 * Vanity Fair
 * Vogue
 * Wired
 * The World of Interiors

Fairchild:
 * W
 * Jane
 * Women's Wear Daily
 * Daily News Record
 * Footwear News
 * Home Furnishings News
 * HighPoints
 * Executive Technology
 * Children's Business
 * Supermarket News
 * Brand Marketing
 * Salon News
 * Details
 * Elegant Bride
 * Bride's
 * Modern Bride
 * Vitals

Other:
 * Golf Digest
 * Golf for Women
 * Golf World
 * Golf World Business

Cable Television:
 * Cable Television Operations - with Time Warner
 * Discovery Channel (partial ownership)

Multimedia:
 * CondeNet

Other:
 * Religion News Service
 * Newhouse News Service

Contact details
950 Fingerboard Road Staten Island, NY 10305 Phone: 212-286-2860 Fax: 718-981-1456 Web: http://www.advance.net

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