Los Angeles Times Syndicate

Los Angeles Times Syndicate
FormerlyMirror Enterprises Syndicate (late 1940s–early 1960s)
Los Angeles Times Mirror Syndicate
Company typeSyndication
IndustryMedia
Foundedc. 1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Defunct2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Fatemerged into Tribune Media Services
Headquarters,
Area served
United States
Key people
Rex Barley (manager), Richard S. Newcombe (VP and GM, 1978–1984), J. Willard Colston (President)[1]
Servicescolumns, news and feature services, editorial cartoons and comic strips, online products
OwnerTimes Mirror Company
ParentLos Angeles Times
DivisionsGeneral Features Corp. (1967–1974)

The Los Angeles Times Syndicate was a print syndication service that operated from c. 1949 to 2000. Owned by the Times Mirror Company, it also operated the Los Angeles Times Syndicate International; together the two divisions sold more than 140 features in more than 100 countries around the world. Syndicated features included Pulitzer Prize-winning commentators and columnists, full news and feature services, editorial cartoons and comic strips, online products and photo and graphics packages.

  1. ^ "LATS to Release Bruce Lee Strip," The Comics Journal #73 (July 1982), p. 13.