McClure Newspaper Syndicate

McClure Newspaper Syndicate
FormerlyT. C. McClure Syndicate
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPrint syndication
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884)
FounderSamuel S. McClure
DefunctSeptember 1952; 72 years ago (1952-09)
Fateabsorbed into Bell Syndicate
Headquarters75 West Street (1930s), ,
Area served
United States
Key people
John Sanborn Phillips, Henry Herbert McClure, Robert McClure, Allen Sangree, Adelaide P. Waldo, James L. Lenahan, Ernest Cuneo, Louis Ruppel
ProductsComic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons
Owner
In 1943, the McClure Newspaper Syndicate promoted the Batman comic strip with a 12-page booklet.

McClure Newspaper Syndicate, the first American newspaper syndicate, introduced many American and British writers to the masses. Launched in 1884 by publisher Samuel S. McClure, it was the first successful company of its kind. It turned the marketing of comic strips, columns, book serials and other editorial matter into a large industry, and a century later, 300 syndicates were distributing 10,000 features with combined sales of $100 million a year.[1]

  1. ^ "The Press: Syndicate Wars". Time. Sep 12, 1977. Archived from the original on 5 Nov 2012.