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14-412: AmNewYork Metro 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. 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

28-681: A JNS news brief about someone in Israel inventing a new flavor of ice cream, but they won’t run anything that’s kind of scary," he told the Jewish Press. JNS has been described as conservative, right-leaning, and more hawkish than the JTA. According to Rick Kestenbaum of the American Jewish Press Association , editors of Jewish media outlets are aware of JNS's ideology and difference from JTA. The Adelson Foundation

42-577: A New York newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This New York City –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Russel Pergament Russel Pergament is a journalist and newspaper publisher. He is considered an early pioneer of free newspapers, founding or publishing The Tabs , Metro Boston , and Boston Now in the Boston area, and amNew York in New York City. He also publishes

56-738: The Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) to compete with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency as the Associated Press of the Jewish media. By 2013, JNS was growing quicker and provided news wire content to approximately 40 news. Jewish News Syndicate Jewish News Syndicate ( JNS ) is a news agency and wire service that primarily covers Jewish and Israel -related topics and news. While officially nonpartisan , compared to its larger and older competitor,

70-423: The Jewish News Syndicate wire service. Pergament started his career as a stockbroker, then had stints at two Boston weeklies and The Boston Herald . He entered the publishing business as co-publisher of The Tabs in 1979 with two partners, Dick Yousoufian and Stephen Cummings, and a $ 10,000 investment. The Tabs were a group of 14 free-distribution community newspapers that included The Weekly Tab serving

84-447: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), which is considered the " Associated Press of Jewish media". The wire employed five staff members. Approximately 40 new outlets used JNS, compared to 88 outlets using JTA. Subscribers to JNS paid between $ 400 to $ 700 per month, with the first year free, for access to the wire service. In 2015, JNS had between 40 and 55 newspapers, with a third in the free trial period. The editor-in-chief until 2016

98-646: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency , JNS is considered to be more conservative and hawkish . The wire service was launched in September 2011 with an exclusive U.S. distribution deal with free Israeli daily Israel Hayom . It is published by Russel Pergament and Joshua Katzen. Its editor-in-chief is American journalist Jonathan S. Tobin By 2013, JNS was growing quicker, which left-leaning Jewish newspaper The Forward crediting JNS's pro-Israel perspective and cheaper price point compared to its much larger and older competitor,

112-490: 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. When it launched, amNewYork was the first free daily newspaper in New York City. amNewYork grew quickly to a circulation of 290,000 by May 2004. The launch of amNew York

126-486: The JNS board included Middle East Forum president and pro-Israel hawk Daniel Pipes and neoconservative Harvard professor Ruth Wisse . JNS's publisher Russel Pergament described the wire service as a "nonpartisan, objective, straight down the middle newswire with no axe to grind except one: to see that Israel gets a fair shake in the news." "There are some editors who do not want to upset their readers so they’ll publish

140-463: The respective traditional paid newspaper operators in their markets. The Tabs launched Metro Boston , a free daily newspaper, which published from 2001 to 2020, with Pergament as publisher. Pergament moved into New York City's ultracompetitive 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

154-597: The suburban areas west of Boston. In his publisher's column in The Weekly Tab , Pergament frequently railed against the biases of The Boston Globe . In response to the financial success of The Tabs , which earned $ 12 million in annual revenue by 1989, the Globe launched its own weekly section aimed at the same demographic. The Tabs were among several free publications across the United States that pressured

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168-838: Was "fast, blather free and unbiased" according to Pergament. He launched the free daily newspaper amNew York , published by the Tribune Co. in the fall of 2003, which 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. In February 2007, Pergament returned to Boston and launched free daily newspaper Boston Now , backed by Icelandic conglomerate Dagsbrun. Pergament described Boston Now as breaking news in addition to carrying news wire content. Pergament shut down Boston Now in 2008 due to tumult in foreign credit markets. In September 2011, Pergament launched and published

182-529: Was Jacob Kamaras. In 2020, JNS's largest single donor was Sheldon Adelson . JNS won its first two Rockower Awards in 2019. Since then it has won awards each year. In 2015, The Forward described JNS as focusing heavily on Israeli security threats. Frequent columnists Ben Cohen and Stephen M. Flatow wrote often against the Iran Nuclear Deal and the Obama administration more generally, and

196-596: 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. amNewYork , along with Newsday , was sold by the Tribune Company to Cablevision in July 2008. amNewYork was acquired by Schneps Media in October 2019. and subsequently merged with Metro New York to become amNewYork Metro in January 2020. This article about

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