38 JULY 14 - JULY 20, 2017 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP
Special people making a di erence
VICTORIA’S
SECRETS
Victoria
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I’m not sure when it began but I’m
addicted to CBS’s Sunday morning
show from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Each Sunday morning, I gather the
newspapers dropped at my doorstep
and lay them out on my bed.
My breakfast and co ee
are at my elbow on a tray and I’m
nestled into my bed to watch “Sunday”
unfold.
This week, as all weeks, didn’t disappoint
me! I got to know a performer
who touched my heart, Jack Antono ,
a singer, songwriter, composer, producer
and partner to the extraordinary
actress/writer/director Lena
Dunham who starred and wrote many
episodes of the TV show “Girls.”
What impressed me most about
Antono was his taking his life’s experiences
and using his music to help
him heal from life’s pain. He had a kid
sister whose su ering from brain
cancer tore open his heart and that
of his family. He was able to channel
his pain and anguish through
songs like “Everybody
Lost Somebody.”
John Kominicki is the new co-publisher and executive editor at
the Long Island Press
“Everybody lost somebody, but we
keep going. That’s what’s incredible
about human beings, the choice to
keep going,” said Antono in his CBS
interview.
He shared his belief that we all carry
sacks of sadness and loss, “Some bigger
than others but every person alive carries
something.” In fact, he said, “And
if you think someone doesn’t have it,
they have a bigger one than you can
imagine.”
He has dealt with his pain as well
as his joy through his music. And we
are all enriched by his belief that if he
likes a song, his audience will. But he
never stops worrying that his audience
will be there for him.
I think all successful people worry
if their latest project will be successful.
It comes with the territory of being
creative or entrepreneurial.
JOHN KOMINICKI JOINS
L.I. PRESS
In that vein, my company has
just made a major acquisition of the
respected, even beloved Long Island
Press. Born in Queens and serving
Long Island too as a daily a ernoon
newspaper, it was shut down by union
demands in 1977 and was dormant for
decades.
Jed Morey bought the name and,
in 2003, created a weekly newspaper
that won countless awards for
its coverage of critically important
issues. It was the fi rst publication
to cover the then-unspoken opioid
crisis. Many more powerful stories
followed. A er a number of years it
became a monthly and then a digital
property. When we bought it, it was
longislandpress.com, and now we are
launching on September 1 the Long Island
Press print edition as a monthly
publication.
The best news for us is that we have
put together a great team to lead our
new venture. Co-publisher will be
John Kominicki, a 35-year veteran
of the print and digital worlds who,
as president, ran the Long Island
Business News for over 15 years
and created Innovate Long Island, a
tech-focused digital media startup. He
is a columnist and immersed in the life
of Long Island. I’m proud to have such
a profoundly connected, concerned
and committed journalist to lead our
newest publication.
Josh and I feel privileged to carry on
the tradition of a newspaper with so
many memories. If you have a memory
of carrying the newspaper or a
story that was in the Long Island Press,
email me at vschneps@gmail.com and
we will include it in our fi rst edition
coming out September 1.
Here’s to its rebirth!
Photo via Shutterstock
Jack Antono has a moving story of love and loss to share.