Curtis Circulation

Curtis Circulation Company

Type	subsidiary
Industry	magazines
Founded	1946
Headquarters	New Milford, NJ, USA
Services	Distribution retail marketing publisher support services
Parent	Curtis Publishing Company (1946-1969) Perfect Film & Chemical Corporation/ Cadence Industries (1969-1986) Hachette Distribution Services Lagardere SCA
Website	curtiscirc.com

Curtis Circulation Company, LLC is a company that is in the magazines distribution business. It is also known for lending its name to an affiliated company, Marvel Comics Group, for a line of magazines, Curtis Magazines.

History

Curtis Circulation Company start out as Curtis Publishing Company's circulation department. In 1946, the department became a subsidiary of the Publishing Company.^[1]

In 1968, Perfect Film & Chemical Corporation loaned $5 million to Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of the Saturday Evening Post, at the request of Curtis' primary loan holder, First National Bank of Boston.^[2] Despite attempts to revive the Saturday Evening Post 's circulation, and with the lack of a purchaser, Curtis Publishing shut the magazine down in 1969. Perfect Film purchased Curtis Circulation that same year from Curtis Publishing Company.^[3]

When Cadence Industries was liquidated in 1986, it sold Curtis Circulation to Joseph M. Walsh and Hachette Distribution Services.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Curtis Circulation Company, LLC: Private Company Information". Business Week. August 23, 2011. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4761928. Retrieved 23 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Magazines: New Man for Curtis". Time. May 3, 1968. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841264,00.html. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
3. ^ Welles, Chris (Feb 10, 1969). "Post-Mortem". New York Magazine: pp. 32–36. http://books.google.com/books?id=nOECAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=Magazine+Management+CO.,+Inc.&source=bl&ots=XukfyPaKqy&sig=YnM8PwX6QD7yy8mtgU258WcDh84&hl=en&ei=wFs8Ts78EZOLsAK50uEZ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBTgy#v=onepage&q=Magazine%20Management%20CO.%2C%20Inc.&f=false. Retrieved 5 August 2011.