DC Thomson

Not to be confused with DC Comics or Thomson Corporation.
DC Thomson & Company Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublishing
Founded1905; 119 years ago (1905)
FounderDavid Couper Thomson
HeadquartersDundee, Scotland, UK
Key people
    • Christopher HW Thomson (Chairman)
    • David Thomson (Director & COO)
    • Richard Hall (Director)
Products
RevenueIncrease£245 million (2016)[1]
Increase£30.06 million (2016)[1]
Total assetsDecrease£1.404 billion (2016)[1]
Number of employees
Increase2,148 (2016)[1]
Subsidiaries
    • DC Thomson Media
    • DC Thomson Ventures
    • Brightsolid, Findmypast
    • Beano Studios
    • Shortlist Media
    • Puzzler Media
    • Wild & Wolf
    • Pure Radio Scotland
    • Fifth Ring
Websitedcthomson.co.uk

DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing The Courier, The Evening Telegraph and The Sunday Post newspapers, and the comics Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando. It also owns the Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the Press and Journal. The company owns several websites, including Findmypast, and owned the now defunct social media site Friends Reunited.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd". Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. ^ "brightsolid acquires Friends Reunited". Brightsolid.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.