- Dell Magazines
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Dell Magazines Parent company Crosstown Publications Founded 1921 Founder George T. Delacorte Jr. Country of origin United States Publication types Magazines Dell Magazines was a company founded by George T. Delacorte Jr. in 1921 as part of his Dell Publishing Co. Dell is today known for its many puzzle magazines, as well as fiction magazines such as Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Asimov's Science Fiction, and Analog Science Fiction and Fact. It was sold in March 1996 by Dell's successor company to Crosstown Publications, with headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, under the same ownership as Penny Publications, LLC, which publishes Penny Press puzzle magazines.
The first puzzle magazine Dell published was Dell Crossword Puzzles, in 1931, and since then it has printed magazines containing word searches, math and logic puzzles, and other diversions.
See also
- Penny Publications
External links
- Penny Publications including Science Fiction and other divisions Official website
- Penny Dell Puzzles focusing on crossword puzzle and fill-in products Official website
Categories:- Magazine companies of the United States
- Publishing companies established in 1921
- United States publishing company stubs
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