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Credit...Jason Cohen/Bronx Times/Schneps Media, via Associated Press
- ↑ Marc Tracy (April 10, 2020). "News Media Outlets Have Been Ravaged by the Pandemic". The New York Times .
- ↑ "Wall Street Rallies, Bucking Drop in Global Stocks". The New York Times . April 24, 2020.
- 1 2 Marc Tracy (October 11, 2019). "A New Owner, and Layoffs, for amNewYork". The New York Times .
- 1 2 3 Jake Offenhartz (January 10, 2020). "Metro New York Staff Fired Without Severance As Schneps Media Gobbles Up More Local News". The Gothamist .
- ↑ Genn, Adina (May 7, 2024). "Schneps acquires a Long Island newspaper group". Long Island Business News. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ↑ "Pseudo newspaper focused on Brooklyn beep Eric Adams reaps ad revenue while taxpayers foot bill for postage". New York Daily News .
