Curtis Circulation

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Curtis Circulation Company
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry Magazines
Founded1946;79 years ago (1946)
Headquarters
New Milford, New Jersey [1]
,
U.S.
Area served
 United States
Key people
Joseph M. Walsh
ServicesDistribution
Retail marketing
Publisher support services
Parent Curtis Publishing Company (1946–1969)
Perfect Film & Chemical Corporation (1969–1973)
Cadence Industries (1973–1986)
Hachette Distribution Services (1986–2019)
Comag Marketing Group (2019–present)
Website www.curtiscirc.com

Curtis Circulation Company, LLC (abbreviated as CC [2] ) is a magazine distribution company.

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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. [3]

Besides the publishing company's own magazines, other titles distributed by Curtis Circulation included The Atlantic and Esquire . [4] 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. [4]

In 1969, Perfect Film & Chemical Corporation, later Cadence Industries, purchased Curtis Circulation from the Curtis Publishing Company. [5] Beginning in 1969 (and lasting until 1995), Curtis became the distributor of Marvel Comics [6] (Perfect Film had bought out publisher Martin Goodman—owner of Magazine Management Company, the parent of Marvel Comics in 1968). [7]

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. [7] In 1978, CC was the U.S.'s largest magazine distributor. [1]

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] [3] [10]

Comag Marketing Group (CMG) acquired Curtis Circulation Company, effective October 1, 2019 [11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "House of Hammer Volume Two," DezSkinn.com. Retrieved Apr. 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ "The 1957 Atlas Implosion's effect on Marvel's Silver Age" by Alex Grand
  3. 1 2 "Curtis Circulation Company, LLC: Private Company Information". Business Week . August 23, 2011. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
  4. 1 2 Jones Jr., William B. Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, 2d ed. (McFarland & Company, 2017).
  5. ↑ Welles, Chris (February 10, 1969). "Post-Mortem". New York . pp. 32–36. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Duin, Steve; Richardson, Mike (1998). "Capital City". Comics Between the Panels. Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse Publishing. p. 69. ISBN   1-56971-344-8.
  7. 1 2 Nadel, Nick (August 31, 2009). "The Strange Business History of Marvel Comics". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  8. ↑ Joseph M. Walsh obituary, The Journal News (Jan. 17, 2016). Archived at Lohud (Legacy.com). Archived 2021-04-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved Apr. 19, 2021.
  9. ↑ Wise, Deborah. "INTERNATIONAL REPORT; Hachette: From Zola To a $3 Billion Giant," New York Times (March 21, 1988).
  10. ↑ "Joseph Walsh: Executive Profile & Biography". Business Week. August 23, 2011. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  11. ↑ "CMG Acquires Curtis Circulation Company". 31 August 2019.


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