Creators Syndicate

Type: Private
On the web: http://www.creators.com
Employees: 23

Newspaper syndicate Creators Syndicate represents and distributes more than 100 newspaper features to some 2,400 newspapers and Internet sites worldwide. Its content includes comics (Andy Capp, Momma, B.C.), advice (Dear Margo), and opinion (Molly Ivins, Robert Novak). The company was founded in 1987 by Richard Newcombe and its first columnist was Ann Landers. (The late columnist's work still appear in newspapers as "Classic" Ann Landers columns.) In 2008 Creators Syndicate bought the Copley News Service from The Copley Press in order to form Creators News Service. Creators Syndicate is one of the biggest independent syndicates; most of the others are owned by newspaper chains.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $2.8M

Officers:
President and CEO: Richard S. (Rick) Newcombe
National Sales Director: Information Collection & Delivery

Competitors:
Andrews McMeel Universal
E. W. Scripps
King Features

Creators Syndicate is an independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns for daily newspapers. It was founded in 1987 by Richard S. Newcombe, and is based in Los Angeles. Creators was one of the first syndicates to allow its clients to maintain creative control of their material. Since its inception, Creators has become only the second major independent syndicate founded since the 1930s.

Contents 1 Columnists 2 Comic strips 2.1 Current 2.2 Discontinued 3 Editorial cartoonists 4 External links

Columnists

• Michael Barone
• Andy Borowitz
• L. Brent Bozell III
• Pat Buchanan
• Steve Chapman
• Mona Charen
• Larry Elder
• Lawrence Kudlow
• Ann Landers
• David Limbaugh
• Michelle Malkin
• Dennis Mammana
• Roland Martin
• Oliver North
• Robert Novak
• Dennis Prager
• Paul Craig Roberts
• Andy Seamans
• Robert Scheer
• Thomas Sowell
• Jacob Sullum
• Walter E. Williams

Lenore Skenazy

Comic strips

Current

• On A Claire Day
• One Big Happy
• B.C.
• The Wizard of Id
• Wee Pals
• Momma
• Andy Capp
• Rubes
• Working It Out
• Heathcliff

Discontinued

• Baby Blues (moved to King Features Syndicate)
• Poor Arnold's Almanac
• Sherman's Lagoon (moved to King Features Syndicate)

Editorial cartoonists

• Chuck Asay
• Mike Luckovich

External links

• Official site
• Podcasts of Creators Syndicate articles

v • d • e Creators Syndicate Comics Currently syndicated Agnes · Andy Capp · Archie · Ask Shagg · Ballard Street · The Barn · B.C. · Café con Leche · Chuckle Bros · The Dinette Set · Doodles · Dog Eat Doug · Flo and Friends · Flight Deck · For Heaven's Sake · Free Range · Girls & Sports · Heathcliff · Herb and Jamaal · Liberty Meadows · The Meaning of Lila · Momma · On a Claire Day · One Big Happy · The Other Coast · Rubes · Rugrats · Speed Bump · State of the Union · Strange Brew · Thin Lines · Wee Pals · The Wizard of Id · Working It Out · Zack Hill

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