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Advance: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Advance is a family-owned company headquartered in New York, New York, United States that owns 6 consumer brands.[1]

Advance is the Newhouse family's private holding company and one of the least visible large media owners in America. It holds Condé Nast outright and substantial stakes in Reddit and Warner Bros. Discovery, so a family firm that publishes no results owns some of the best-known titles in publishing.

Company facts

Legal name
Advance Publications, Inc.
Type
family-owned company · see all family-owned company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Founded
1922
Wikidata
Q393792
Website
www.advance.com
Last verified
· 1 sources

Advance in numbers

Everything Advance owns

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything Advance owns Tree of 6 brands under Advance. Advance Condé Nast GQ The New Yorker Vanity Fair Vogue WIRED

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Brand portfolio by category

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Advance own?

Advance owns 6 consumer brands tracked here, including Condé Nast, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, WIRED and Vogue.

Is Advance an American company?

Yes. Advance is headquartered in New York, New York, United States and was founded in 1922.

Who owns Advance?

Advance is privately held. Advance is the Newhouse family's private holding company and one of the least visible large media owners in America.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] Advance — about us — Advance Publications, Inc., Official document; retrieved 8 September 2026.

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