D. C. Thomson & Co.

D C Thomson & Co. Ltd.

Dundee Headquarters of DC Thomson & Co.
Type	Private
Founded	1905, by David Coupar Thomson
Headquarters	2 Albert Square, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 9QJ, UK
Key people	Andrew Thomson (Chairman)
Industry	Newspapers, Magazines, Comics
Products	Sunday Post, The Evening Telegraph My Weekly, Jackie, Shout The Beano, The Dandy, Commando See also: list of DC Thomson Publications
Employees	2000
Website	D C Thomson & co Ltd: Publishers and Printers

D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando comics. It also owns Friends Reunited^[1], Parragon, and the Aberdeen Press and Journal.

The company

The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when W Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Co., publishers of Dundee Courier and Daily Argus. In 1884, David Coupar Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as DC Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the "Three Js", the traditional summary of Dundee industry ('jam, jute and journalism').^[2] Thomson was notable for his conservatism, vigorously opposing the introduction of trade unions into his workforce, and for refusing to employ Catholics.^[3]

The company produces more than 200 million comic books, magazines, and newspapers every year from offices in Dundee, Glasgow, Manchester and London. As of 2006, the company employed around 1,950 workers.^[4] Although the principal offices are located outside the city centre, the Courier Building has been retained. This 1902 building was designed to resemble an American red stone, steel reinforced office block. When a tower extension was added in 1960, the architect T Lindsay Grey kept the same style.

Publications

DC Thomson publications include:

• Sunday Post
• The Courier
• The Evening Telegraph
• My Weekly
• The Scots Magazine
• The Beano
• The Dandy
• Commando
• Jackie
• Shout

See also

• List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications
• British comics

References

External links

• Official website