The drumbeat urging this company forward is the drone of printing presses. Advance Publications is a leading newspaper and magazine publisher with several dozen titles. Its portfolio of about 25 newspapers includes The Star-Ledger (New Jersey), The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and namesake Staten Island Advance, as well as more than 40 weekly titles published by American City Business Journals. Through Advance Magazine Publishers (DBA Condé Nast), the company owns magazines including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Wired. Other operations and interests include online content and cable television. Patriarch Sam Newhouse started the family-owned business with the purchase of the Staten Island Advance in 1922.