Publishers Syndicate

Publishers Syndicate
FormerlyPublishers Newspaper Syndicate
IndustryPrint syndication
Founded1925; 99 years ago (1925)
FoundersHarold H. Anderson and Eugene P. Conley
Defunct1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Fatemerged with Hall Syndicate to form Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Headquarters30 N. LaSalle Street,
Chicago, Illinois
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U.S.
Key people
Allen Saunders, Nicholas P. Dallis
ProductsComic strips, newspaper columns
OwnersHarold H. Anderson (1925–1963)
Field Enterprises (1963–onward)

Publishers Newspaper Syndicate (later Publishers Syndicate) was a syndication service based in Chicago that operated from 1925 to 1967, when it merged with the Hall Syndicate. Publishers syndicated such long-lived comic strips as Big Chief Wahoo/Steve Roper, Mary Worth, Kerry Drake, Rex Morgan, M.D., Judge Parker, and Apartment 3-G.

Allen Saunders served as comics editor in the 1940s[citation needed] and wrote a number of Publishers Syndicate's most popular strips, including Apple Mary/Mary Worth, Big Chief Wahoo, and Kerry Drake. His protege Nicholas P. Dallis followed in Saunders' footsteps by writing the popular strips Rex Morgan, M.D., Judge Parker, and Apartment 3-G.[1]

In addition to comic strips, Publishers syndicated sports columnists such as Red Smith and columnists such as Roscoe Drummond.[2]

Publishers Syndicate was acquired by Field Enterprises in 1963 and merged with the Hall Syndicate in 1967, becoming the Publishers-Hall Syndicate.

  1. ^ Mendez, A. E. 2006. "Remembering the Girls Next Door: Alex Kotzky and Apartment 3-G," Part 2, The Look of Love:The Rise and Fall of the Photo-Realistic Newspaper Strip, 1946-1970.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Heise was invoked but never defined (see the help page).