Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Infobox company Curtis Circulation Company, LLC (abbreviated as CC[1]) is a magazine distribution company.
History
Curtis Circulation Company began as the circulation department of the Philadelphia-based Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, and Holiday; Curtis Circulation became a subsidiary in 1946.[2]
Besides the publishing company's own magazines, other titles distributed by Curtis Circulation included The Atlantic and Esquire.[3] One of Curtis' most notable clients in the 1950s was Classics Illustrated, which Curtis distributed, starting first in Canada in 1948, and then nationally in the U.S. beginning in 1951.[3]
In 1969, Perfect Film & Chemical Corporation, later Cadence Industries, purchased Curtis Circulation from the Curtis Publishing Company.[4] Beginning in 1969 (and lasting until 1995), Curtis became the distributor of Marvel Comics[5] (Perfect Film had bought out publisher Martin Goodman—owner of Magazine Management Company, the parent of Marvel Comics in 1968).[6]
Joseph M. Walsh (1944–2016) became president of Curtis Circulation in 1970 (he also held high-ranking titles at its parent company, Cadence Industries).
In 1973, Perfect Film renamed itself Cadence Industries.[6] In 1978, CC was the U.S.'s largest magazine distributor.[7]
In 1982, Joseph M. Walsh became Chairman and CEO of Curtis, acquiring an ownership stake.[8]
Cadence Industries was liquidated in 1986, selling Curtis Circulation to Hachette Distribution Services (a division of the Lagardère Group); Walsh retained his ownership stake.[9][2][10]
Comag Marketing Group (CMG) acquired Curtis Circulation Company, effective October 1, 2019 [11]
See also
References
- ↑ "The 1957 Atlas Implosion's effect on Marvel's Silver Age" by Alex Grand
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jones Jr., William B. Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2d ed. (McFarland & Company, 2017).
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- ↑ "House of Hammer Volume Two," DezSkinn.com. Retrieved Apr. 19, 2021.
- ↑ Joseph M. Walsh obituary, The Journal News (Jan. 17, 2016). Archived at Lohud (Legacy.com). Template:Webarchive Retrieved Apr. 19, 2021.
- ↑ Wise, Deborah. "INTERNATIONAL REPORT; Hachette: From Zola To a $3 Billion Giant," New York Times (March 21, 1988).
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