AmNewYork

{{Short description|Daily newspaper in New York City, US}} {{Lowercase title|italic=yes}} {{Infobox newspaper | italic_title = no | name = amNewYork | logo = AM New York.svg | image = 200px|border | caption = | type = Free daily newspaper | format = | owners = Schneps Media | founder = Russel Pergament | publisher = Victoria Schneps | editor = Robert Pozarycki | chief_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | opinion_editor = | photo_editor = | staff_writers = | founded = October 10, 2003 | political_position = | language = English | ceased_publication = | headquarters = New York City | circulation = | sister_newspapers = ''The Villager'', ''Long Island Press'', ''Gay City News'', ''Metro Philadelphia'' | ISSN = | oclc = | website = {{URL|amny.com}} }} '''''amNewYork''''' is a free daily newspaper that is published in New York City by Schneps Media.<ref name="Selling">{{cite web |url=https://www.amny.com/news/newsday-amnewyork-schneps-media-1.37087848 |title=Newsday selling amNewYork to Schneps Media |publisher=am New York |last=Madore |first=James T. |date=October 2, 2019 |access-date=October 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015181526/https://www.amny.com/news/newsday-amnewyork-schneps-media-1.37087848 |archive-date=October 15, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the company, the average Friday circulation in September 2013 was 335,900.<ref name="MediaKit">{{cite web |url=http://data.newsday.com/amny/mediakit/cms/wp-content/uploads/MediaKitFINALsept2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907233412/http://data.newsday.com/amny/mediakit/cms/wp-content/uploads/MediaKitFINALsept2014.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |title=amNY Media Kit |work=amNewYork |date=September 2014 |access-date=2015-01-30}}</ref> When launched on October 10, 2003, it was the first free daily newspaper in New York City.

''amNewYork'' is primarily distributed in enclosed newspaper holders ("honor boxes") located on sidewalks at street corners with high pedestrian traffic, and in racks in many major transportation hubs.

==History== Boston-based free newspaper publisher Russel Pergament moved into New York City's ultra-competitive newspaper market in the early 2000s, a move ''Time'' called "admirable in its audacity", by focusing on the 18-to-34 segment of the population that traditionally did not read newspapers and wanted content that was "fast, blather free and unbiased" according to Pergament. He launched ''amNewYork'', published by the Tribune Company, on October 10, 2003.<ref name=Time>{{cite news |last1=Kiviat |first1=Barbara |title=Media: The Free Press |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,994115,00.html |access-date=16 December 2023 |work=Time magazine |date=2004-05-03}}</ref> When it launched, ''amNewYork'' was the first free daily newspaper in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/article/209826/metro-international-launches-its-new-york-city-edition |title=Metro International launches its New York City edition |work=BrandRepublic |date=May 5, 2004 |access-date=2015-01-30 }}</ref>

''amNewYork'' grew quickly to a circulation of 290,000 by May 2004. The launch of ''amNew York'' was part of a broader effort across the United States to revive the moribund newspaper industry after a decade of eroding readership and declining business.<ref name=Time />

''amNewYork'', along with ''Newsday'', was sold by the Tribune Company to Cablevision in July 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cablevision buys ''Newsday'' from Tribune for $650M |work=USA Today |location=McLean, Virginia |date=May 12, 2008 }}</ref> amNewYork was acquired by Schneps Media in October 2019<ref name="Selling"/><ref>{{cite news |author=Marc Tracy |date=October 11, 2019 |title=A New Owner, and Layoffs, for amNewYork |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/business/media/amnewyork-layoffs-schneps.html}}</ref> and subsequently merged with ''Metro New York'' to become ''amNewYork Metro'' in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=amNewYork and METRO join forces to become New York City's top daily paper |url=https://www.amny.com/news/amnewyork-and-metro-join-forces-to-become-new-york-citys-top-daily-paper/ |website=Am Metro New York |date=6 January 2020 |publisher=Schneps Media |access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> On March 24, 2025, the "Metro" was dropped from the paper's name and it returned to its original title to align in with the paper's website, which remained at amny.com.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.calameo.com/read/006530363fc6c9e15d586|title=Check out our brand new look!|newspaper=amNewYork|page=4|date=March 24, 2025|access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref>

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Category:Daily newspapers published in New York City Category:Pulitzer Prize–winning newspapers Category:Free daily newspapers Category:2003 establishments in New York City Category:Newspapers established in 2003