Home Reporter, Spectator continue to grow with acquisition of Brokelyn.com
Home Reporter and Brooklyn Spectator publishers Joshua and Victoria Schneps have acquired Brokelyn, the seven-year-old entertainment and lifestyle blog based in Brooklyn and founded by Faye Penn.
Developed in 2009 in the height of the recession with the slogan “Living big on small change,” Brokelyn has grown into one of the most popular blogs in New York City, with more than 60,000 Twitter followers (the highest following of any general interest site in Brooklyn) and a loyal readership of more than 340,000 visitors in January, 2016 alone.
Particularly popular are Brokelyn’s annually sold-out Beer Books, which will continue under the new ownership, along with its Cocktail Book and Wine Book. The 2016 Upper and Middle Brooklyn Beer Books are now on sale at Brokelyn.com.