Profile of Advance Publications

Advance Publications gets its marching orders from the printed page. A leading US newspaper publisher, Advance owns some 26 daily newspapers around the country, including "The Star-Ledger" (New Jersey), "The Cleveland Plain Dealer," and its namesake "Staten Island Advance." It also owns American City Business Journals (more than 40 weekly papers) and Parade Publications ("Parade Magazine" Sunday insert). Aside from print publishing, Advance is a major online publisher with 10 regional news Web sites. Samuel "Si" Newhouse Jr. and his brother, Donald, own the company.

Contact Information:
Address: 950 Fingerboard Rd., Staten Island, NY 10305
Phone: 212-286-2860 Fax: 718-981-1456
Key People:
• Chairman and CEO; Chairman, Condé Nast Publications: Samuel I. (Si) Newhouse Jr.
• President: Donald E. Newhouse
• COO; CEO, Condé Nast: Charles H. (Chuck) Townsend
Subsidiaries & Affiliates:
• Advance/Newhouse Communications Inc.
• American City Business Journals, Inc.
• Hemmings Motor News
• Condé Nast Publications Inc.
• The Cartoon Bank
• Comag Marketing Group, LLC
Top Competitors: Gannett Co., Inc. The Hearst Corporation and Time Inc.
Web Site: www.advance.net
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, o Muskegon Chronicle and 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 and Vitals
Other: Golf Digest, Golf for Women, Golf World and Golf World Business
Cable Television: Cable Television Operations - with Time Warner and Discovery Channel (partial ownership)
Others: Religion News Service and Newhouse News Service
REGIONAL WEB SITES: al.com Everything Alabama, cleveland.com Everything Cleveland, MassLive.com For Western Massachusetts, MLive.com Everything Michigan. NJ.com Everything Jersey, NOLA.com Everything New Orleans, OregonLive.com Everything Oregon, PennLive.com For Central Pennsylvania & Lehigh Valley, SILive.com Everything Staten Island and Syracuse.com For Central New York.

[Information is from Columbia Journalism Review, Yahoo and the firm's web site]