DC Thomson

DC Thomson & Company Limited
	Logo used since 2011
	Dundee headquarters at Meadowside
Company type	Private
Industry	Publishing
Founded	1905; 119 years ago
Founder	David Couper Thomson
Headquarters	Dundee, Scotland, UK
Key people	Christopher HW Thomson (Chairman); David Thomson (Director & COO); Richard Hall (Director); ;
Products	Sunday Post; The Evening Telegraph; My Weekly; Jackie; Shout; The Beano; The Dandy; Commando; See also: List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications; ;
Revenue	£245 million (2016)
Operating income	£30.06 million (2016)
Total assets	£1.404 billion (2016)
Number of employees	2,148 (2016)
Subsidiaries	DC Thomson Media; DC Thomson Ventures; Brightsolid, Findmypast; Beano Studios; Emanata Studios; Shortlist Media; Puzzler Media; Wild & Wolf; Pure Radio Scotland; Fifth Ring; ;
Website	dcthomson.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]

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^ "brightsolid acquires Friends Reunited". Brightsolid.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.