D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd

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company_name = D C Thomson & co. Ltd.
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foundation = 1905, by David Coupar Thomson
location = 2 Albert Square, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 9QJ
key_people = Andrew Thomson (Chairman)
num_employees = 2000
industry = Newspapers, Magazines, Comics
products = "Sunday Post", "The Evening Telegraph"
"My Weekly", "Jackie", "Shout"
"The Beano", "The Dandy", " Commando"
"See also: list of DC Thomson Publications"
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homepage = [http://www.dcthomson.co.uk/ D C Thomson & co Ltd: Publishers and Printers]

D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing "Oor Wullie", "The Broons", "The Beano", "The Dandy" and " Commando" comics. It also owns Parragon, and the Aberdeen "Press and Journal".

The Company

The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when W Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Co., publishers of "Dundee Courier and Daily Argus". In 1884, David Coupar Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as DC Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the "Three Js", the traditional summary of Dundee industry ('jam, jute and journalism'). [cite web
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title = Victorian Dundee: Jute, Jam & Journalism
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accessdate = 2007-10-02] Thomson was notable for his conservatism, vigorously opposing the introduction of trade unions into his workforce, and denying employment to people of the Roman Catholic faith.cite web | url =http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst437.html | title = Gazetteer for Scotland: David Couper Thomson]

The company produces more than 200 million comic books, magazines, and newspapers every year from offices in Dundee, Glasgow, Manchester and London. As of 2006, the company employed around 1,950 workers. [cite web
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title = About Us
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accessdate = 2007-10-02] Although the principal offices are located outside the city centre, the Courier Building has been retained. This 1902 building was designed to resemble an American red stone, steel reinforced office block. When a tower extension was added in 1960, the architect T Lindsay Grey kept the same style.

Publications

DC Thomson publications include:
*"Sunday Post"
*"The Courier"
*"The Evening Telegraph"
*"My Weekly"
*"The Scots Magazine"
*"The Beano"
*"The Dandy"
*" Commando"
*"Jackie"
*"Shout"

See the list of DC Thomson publications for a complete listing.

ee also

*List of DC Thomson Publications
*British comics

References

External links

*official|http://www.dcthomson.co.uk