Advance Publications 401(k) and pension plans

Advance Publications, Inc., New York, NY. EIN 13-5576716. Annual reports 2009–2024.

Advance Publications, Inc. has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Advance Pension Plan, with 13,114 participants and $911 million in assets in 2024.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 25,548
Plan assets: $2.6 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Fidelity
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Information and media

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Advance Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit), frozenActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 13-5576716
Participants (2024): 13,114
Net assets (2024): $911 million
Plan administrator: Advance Local Media LLC
169 Monroe Ave. NW, Suite 200
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(877) 242-4505As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1976

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	13,114	$911 million	not listed
2023	13,699	$962 million	not listed
2022	14,263	$976 million	not listed
2021	14,941	$1.5 billion	not listed
2020	15,572	$1.5 billion	not listed
2019	16,374	$1.4 billion	not listed
2018	17,170	$1.3 billion	not listed
2017	18,050	$1.6 billion	not listed
2016	18,810	$1.4 billion	not listed
2015	20,155	$1.4 billion	not listed
2014	20,931	$1.6 billion	not listed
2013	30,772	$1.7 billion	not listed
2012	32,413	$1.6 billion	not listed
2011	33,862	$1.5 billion	not listed
2010	34,105	$1.3 billion	not listed
2009	34,834	$1.2 billion	not listed

Advance 401(k) Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 012Employer EIN 13-5576716
Participants (2024): 12,434
Net assets (2024): $1.7 billion
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2011–2024
Plan administrator: Advance Publications, Inc.
1 World Trade Center, Floor 44
New York, NY 10007
(212) 286-6900As filed for 2024
In effect since: April 15, 2011

Plans merged into this one: Advance/Newhouse Partnership 401(k) Plan (2011); Conde Nast 401(k) Plan (2017); The Plain Dealer Publishing Co. 401(k) Bargaining Unit Savings Plan (2011); Oregonian Publishing Company Employees' 401(k) Plan (2011).

Year by year, 2011 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	12,434	$1.7 billion	Fidelity
2023	12,891	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2022	13,222	$1.3 billion	Fidelity
2021	13,072	$1.6 billion	Fidelity
2020	12,624	$1.5 billion	Fidelity
2019	13,337	$1.4 billion	Fidelity
2018	13,653	$1.2 billion	Fidelity
2017	14,472	$1.3 billion	Fidelity
2016	10,184	$803 million	Fidelity
2015	19,089	$1.0 billion	Fidelity
2014	19,307	$1.1 billion	Fidelity
2013	19,620	$1.0 billion	Fidelity
2012	19,966	$957 million	Fidelity
2011	20,709	$878 million	Fidelity

Advance Publications 401(k) Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2011 its assets moved to the Plain Dealer Federal Credit Union, Inc. 401(k) Plan (EIN 34-0818703, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 009Employer EIN 13-5576716
Participants (2010): 10,072
Net assets (2010): $532 million
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2009–2011
Plan administrator: Advance Publications, Inc.
950 Fingerboard Road
Staten Island, NY 10305
(718) 981-1234As filed for 2011
In effect since: January 1, 1992

Earlier plan names: Advance 401(k) Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2011

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2011	0	$0	Fidelity
2010	10,072	$532 million	Fidelity
2009	10,846	$503 million	Fidelity

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Fidelity (fidelity.com), which runs the Advance 401(k) Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((877) 242-4505). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.