New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
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Formerly called
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New York Herald Syndicate |
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Print syndication |
| Fate | merged into Publishers Syndicate |
| Founded | c. 1914 |
| Defunct | 1966 |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, U.S. |
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Key people
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Harry Staton |
| Products | Comic strips, newspaper columns |
| Owners | Reid Family (1924–1958) John Hay Whitney (1958–1966) |
The New York Herald Tribune Syndicate was the syndication service of the New York Herald Tribune. Syndicating comic strips and newspaper columns, it operated from c. 1914 to 1966. The syndicate's most notable strips were Mr. and Mrs., Our Bill, Penny, Miss Peach, and B.C. Syndicated columns included Weare Holbrook's Soundings and John Crosby's radio and television column.
The syndicate dates back to at least 1914, when it was part of the New York Tribune. (The Tribune acquired the New York Herald in 1924 to form the New York Herald Tribune.)
The Syndicate's first comic strip of note was Clare Briggs' Mr. and Mrs., which debuted in 1919. Harry Staton became the editor and manager of the Syndicate in 1920; other notable strips which launched in the 1920s included Harrison Cady's Peter Rabbit, Charles A. Voight's Betty (which had originated with the McClure Syndicate), Crawford Young's Clarence, and H. T. Webster's The Timid Soul (later known as Caspar Milquetoast). All of those strips had long syndication runs of at least 25 years.
Strips launched by the Herald Tribune Syndicate in the 1930s included Dow Walling's Skeets and Harry Haenigsen's Our Bill, both of which had long runs. Strips begun in the 1940s included Haenigsen's Penny and Leslie Charteris & Mike Roy's The Saint. Buell Weare stepped in as the Syndicate business manager in 1946 and Harold Straubing was comics editor c. 1946-1954. In the period 1947–1948, the Syndicate tried out a number of weekly filler strips, none of which were particularly successful.
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