List of comic strip syndicates

Comic strip syndicates

• Andrews McMeel Syndication — formed by merger of Universal Press Syndicate and Uclick; formerly called Universal Uclick; includes GoComics
• * Uclick — formerly named Universal New Media
• * Universal Press Syndicate — former names include Universal New Media
• ** Washington Star Syndicate
• *** George Matthew Adams Service — formerly known as the Adams Newspaper Service
• ** Chronicle Features
• ** Editors Press Service
• * United Media
• ** Newspaper Enterprise Association
• ** United Feature Syndicate
• *** Metropolitan Newspaper Service
• *** Press Publishing Co.
• *** World Feature Service
• *** Bell Syndicate — known as the Bell-McClure Syndicate from 1930 to 1972
• **** Associated Newspapers
• **** McClure Newspaper Syndicate — began syndicating comic strips c. 1903
• ***** Wheeler Syndicate — syndicated the work of Bud Fisher and Fontaine Fox
• ArcaMax Publishing — web distribution through email
• Creators Syndicate — formed in reaction to King Features' acquisition of the Register and Tribune Syndicate and News America Syndicate
• King Features Syndicate
• * Central Press Association
• ** North American Press Syndicate
• ** Editors Feature Service
• * Register and Tribune Syndicate,
• * Field Newspaper Syndicate — former names include the Chicago Sun Syndicate, the Field Enterprises Syndicate, and the Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate; later renamed News America Syndicate and then North America Syndicate
• ** Chicago Times Syndicate
• ** Publishers Syndicate — became Publishers-Hall
• ** Publishers-Hall Syndicate — former names include Hall Syndicate, New York Post Syndicate, Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc., Hall Syndicate
• *** New York Herald Tribune Syndicate — remaining strips taken over by Publishers-Hall
• Royal Comics Syndicate
• Torstar Syndication Services — King Features Syndicate's distribution partner in Canada; former names include Toronto Star Syndicate
• Tribune Content Agency — former names include Tribune-New York News Syndicate, Chicago Tribune Syndicate, the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, Tribune Company Syndicate, and Tribune Media Services
• * Los Angeles Times Syndicate — former names include Mirror Enterprises Syndicate and Los Angeles Times Mirror Syndicate
• ** General Features Corp.
• The Washington Post Writers Group

  Defunct comic strip syndicates

• Al Smith Feature Service — mainly weekly strips
• AP Newsfeatures — owned by the Associated Press
• Columbia Features
• Comx Box Comics Syndicate — distributed webcomics
• Frank Jay Markey Syndicate — Markey was originally an executive at the McNaught Syndicate
• Lafave Newspaper Features
• Ledger Syndicate — outlived its corporate owner, the Philadelphia Public Ledger
• Ledger Syndicate — second iteration of the syndicate
• McNaught Syndicate
• * New York City Central Press Association
• National Newspaper Syndicate — formerly known as the John F. Dille Co.
• * Uncle Ray Syndicate