Formerly | Bell Syndicate-North American Newspaper Alliance Bell-McClure Syndicate |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Print syndication |
Predecessor | Wheeler Syndicate |
Founded | 1916 |
Founder | John Neville Wheeler |
Defunct | 1972 |
Fate | absorbed into United Feature Syndicate |
Headquarters | 229 West 43rd Street, , |
Area served | United States |
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Products | columns, fiction, feature articles, and comic strips |
Owners | North American Newspaper Alliance (1930–1966) Koster-Dana (1966–1972) United Features Syndicate (1972) |
Subsidiaries | Metropolitan Newspaper Service (1920–1930) Associated Newspapers (1930–c. 1966) McClure Syndicate (1952–1972) |
The Bell Syndicate, launched in 1916 by editor-publisher John Neville Wheeler, was an American syndicate that distributed columns, fiction, feature articles and comic strips to newspapers for decades. It was located in New York City at 247 West 43rd Street and later at 229 West 43rd Street. It also reprinted comic strips in book form.[1]