Advance Publications

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Advance Publications

COMPANY

Owner of Cond� Nast (acquired 1959), Fairchild Publications (acquired from Disney 1999), Parade magazine, and several mid-sized newspapers, among other properties. Owned Random House 1980-98, selling it to Bertelsmann.

Official Website:
http://www.advance.net/

Industry:
Media

Ticker:
(private)

Corporate headquarters:
Staten Island, NY

Sales:
$7.3B (2005)

Employees:
30000 (2005)

EXECUTIVES

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Steven Florio Publisher 19-Apr-1949 27-Dec-2007 CEO of Cond� Nast, 1995-2005

Jeff Jarvis Blogger 12-Sep-1954 Founder of Entertainment Weekly

Si Newhouse, Jr. Publisher 8-Nov-1927 Chairman of Cond� Nast

S. I. Newhouse, Sr. Publisher 24-May-1895 29-Aug-1979 Founder of Advance Publications

Donald Newhouse Publisher 1929 Advance Newspapers billionaire

Steven O. Newhouse Business c. 1957 Chairman of Advance.Net

Charles H. Townsend Business c. 1945 CEO of Cond� Nast

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