Peanuts holiday countdown package now available
In addition to Universal’s Garfield countdown package, United Media is offering its annual Peanuts Christmas Countdown package to its subscribers…
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Comics Kingdom launches today
King Features officially launches its Comics Kingdom product today. Comics Kingdom is a new web application that newspapers can embed…
TMS ComicsPage.com to return
Tribune Media Syndicate has responded to questions posted by E&P’s Dave Astor about their online comics service’s apparent closure. A…
TMS Comicspage closes
Tribune Media Services has quietly closed down their Comicspage.com service. The homepage now instructs visitors to read their favorite comics…
News briefs for June 30, 2008
The Mail Tribune in Medford, Oregon decides not to discontinue Peanuts due to reader reaction. Fort Wayne, Indiana’s Journal Gazette…
Creators buys Copley to open more markets
Editor and Publisher’s Dave Astor has additional details to yesterday’s news that Creators Syndicate is purchasing Copley News Service. According…
Creators Syndicate buys Copley News Service
Creators Syndicate has announced that they have purchased Copley News Service. The deal goes into effect July 1. Regarding the…
King Features launches comic web application
King Features has released a new embed-able comic application called Comics Kingdom that allows any newspaper to deploy a comic…
Does a syndicate matter in today’s world?
Fleen has posted the first an interview with webcomic creator and author Dave Kellett on the importance and relevance of…
Comics in the 21st Century panel
Scott Lincoln, creator of Ralf the Destroyer, attended the “Comics in the 21st Century” panel at this year’s New York…
DBR Media closes
Mike Lynch is reporting that DBR Media is closing it’s doors. DBR is a smaller syndicate that distributes a few…
Amend, Robb, Wilson named judges in Scripps Howard Journalism Awards
FoxTrot creator Bill Amend, Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library Associate Curator and Assistant Professor Jenny Robb and United Media…
MacNelly widow sues Tribune Media Services (UPDATED)
Susie MacNelly, the widow of Shoe creator and Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly has sued Tribune Media Services…
Clay Bennett to be syndicated through Washington Post Writers Group
Washington Post Writers Group has announced that they have signed Pulitzer Prize winner Clay Bennett. Clay is leaving the Christian…
King Features commits $100k to scholarship fund in honor of Jay Kennedy
King Features Syndicate has committed $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship fund in honor of Jay Kennedy, who served as…