McClure Newspaper Syndicate

McClure Newspaper Syndicate

Formerly	T. C. McClure Syndicate
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Print syndication
Founded	1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Founder	Samuel S. McClure
Defunct	September 1952; 72 years ago (1952-09)
Fate	absorbed into Bell Syndicate
Headquarters	75 West Street (1930s), New York City, New York , U.S.
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
Products	Comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons
Owner	Samuel S. McClure (1884–1914) J. C. Brainard (1914–1928) Richard H. Waldo (1928–1946) James L. Lenahan (1946–1952) Bell Syndicate-North American Newspaper Alliance (1952)

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]