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Advance Publications Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryMass media
Founded1922; 102 years ago (1922)
FounderSamuel Irving Newhouse Sr.
HeadquartersStaten Island,
New York City
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
(none)
(Chairman)
Thomas Summer
(CFO)
Donald Newhouse
(President)
ProductsNewspapers, News & Information Websites, Magazines, Television
RevenueDecrease US$ 2.4 billion (2016)[1]
Number of employees
12,000
SubsidiariesAdvance Local
American City Business Journals
Condé Nast
Websitewww.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 has never had an official headquarters.[2]

As of October 2014, it was ranked as the 44th largest privately held company in the United States according to Forbes.[3] Crain's ranked Advance Publications the 4th largest private company in the New York 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]


References

  1. ^ "Advance Publications," Forbes.com. Accessed February 26, 2015.
  2. ^ Flamm, Matthew (November 21, 2010). "Advance Publications at crossroads". Crain's New York. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  3. ^ "America's Largest Private Companies," Forbes.com. Accessed February 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Flamm, Matthew (December 13, 2010). "Advance Publications waving around $500M". CransNewYork.com. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Newhouse Broadcasting reports 13 pct stake in Charter Communications". Reuters. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Charter Communications Agrees to Acquire Time Warner Cable". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

Bibliography

  • Newhouse, Thomas Maier, St. Martin's Press, 1994.

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