industry news articles news columns comics founded february 13 1987 founder richard s. newcombe headquarters hermosa beach california u.s. key people richard s. newcombe founder ceo ; jack newcombe president ; melissa lin vice president of business affairs ; marianne sugawara vice president of operations ; david yontz managing editor website creators.com creators syndicate aka creators is an american independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns to daily newspapers websites and other digital outlets . when founded in 1987 creators syndicate became one of the few successful independent syndicates founded since the 1930s and was the first syndicate to allow cartoonists ownership rights to their work . 1 creators syndicate is based in hermosa beach california . contents 1 history 2 new business ventures 3 syndicated comics 4 references 5 external links history edit creators syndicate originated on february 13 1987 after the december 24 1986 announced sale of the irvine california based news america syndicate to king features syndicate a print syndication company owned by the hearst corporation . 2 3 the pending sale of news america syndicate which was first reported by advertising age in october 1986 4 prompted 36 year old news america syndicate president richard s. newcombe to leave nas in january 1987 and use financial backing from london based publisher robert maxwell to form creators syndicate before the close of the nas sale . 1 5 ann landers then the world s most widely syndicated newspaper columnist also announced that she was leaving nas to join the newly formed creators syndicate . 2 6 within a month creators syndicate acquired the syndication rights to the worldwide comic strip b.c. 7 and a few months after that acquired the syndication rights to the cartoon works of herblock 1 an american editorial cartoonist and author known for his commentary on domestic and foreign policy . new business ventures edit in may 2008 creators syndicate purchased copley news service a 1955 founded san diego based wire service that distributed news political cartoons and opinion columns . 8 during the past several years creators has expanded its business to include creators publishing alpha comedy a literary and lifestyle magazine a political website a podcast network and sumner books an e book and audiobook publishing company . syndicated comics edit agnes andy capp archie ask shagg ballard street b.c. the barn cafe con leche chuckle bros daddy s home diamond lil the dinette set dog eat doug dogs of c kennel donald duck flo & friends flare flight deck for heaven s sake free range girls & sports heathcliff herb and jamaal hope & death liberty meadows long story short mazetoons the meaning of lila mickey mouse momma nest heads one big happy on a claire day the other coast the quigmans rubes rugrats scary gary speed bump strange brew thin lines wee pals the wizard of id working it out zack hill references edit a b c katina alexander june 14 1987 . a superhero for cartoonists . new york times . p. 34 . retrieved august 18 2012 . a b popular advice columnist ann landers joins tribune . chicago tribune . february 13 1987 . p. 4 . retrieved august 18 2012 . jeff rowe october 16 1986 . murdoch news america group is up for sale . los angeles times . p. 4f . retrieved august 18 2012 . united press international october 21 1986 . 2 new york papers deny merger rumor . south florida sun sentinel . p. 2d . retrieved august 18 2012 . david astor january 17 1987 . richard s. newcombe leaves top exec post at nas . editor & publisher . 120 46 . access date requires url help david astor february 14 1987 . king news america deal finalized . editor & publisher . 120 58 . access date requires url help thomas collins april 26 1987 . a boss who lets artists own the comics competitors call him a raider but that implies that the talent is a caravan of slaves says the head of a new syndicate . pdf . newsday . p. 16 . retrieved august 18 2012 . jim hays may 29 2008 . creators syndicate buys copley news service . the oregonian . business news . retrieved august 18 2012 . external links edit official website creators syndicate in the news podcasts of creators syndicate articles coordinates 33 51 26 n 118 23 29 w 33.857304 n 118.391405 w 33.857304 ; 118.391405 v t e creators syndicate comics currently syndicated agnes andy capp archie ask shagg ballard street b.c. the barn boo crew cafe con leche chuckle bros daddy s home diamond lil the dinette set donald duck doodles dog eat doug the dogs of c kennel flo & friends flare flight deck for heaven s sake free range girls & sports heathcliff herb and jamaal liberty meadows mickey mouse the meaning of lila momma nest heads natural selection on a claire day one big happy the other coast the quigmans rubes rugrats scary gary speed bump state of the union strange brew thin lines wee pals winnie the pooh the wizard of id working it out zack hill retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title creators syndicate & oldid 743512024 categories comic strip syndicatescompanies based in los angelespublishing companies established in 1987hidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urlpages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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