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Magazine publishing companies of the United States

  • Arms Control AssociationThe Arms Control Association opened its doors in 1971. Its founders set a clear goal for the new group. They wanted to promote public understanding of and…
  • Hearst CommunicationsIn 1880, George Hearst bought the San Francisco Daily Examiner for a mining entrepreneur and U.S. senator. He turned that paper over to his son William…
  • Wizards of the CoastPeter Adkison opened Wizards of the Coast in 1990 outside Seattle, Washington. The company name came from a guild of wizards in an RPG he was playing at the…
  • Ziff DavisIn 1920, William Bernard Ziff Sr. established a Chicago advertising agency that secured national contracts for African American weekly newspapers.
  • Future USFuture US began its life in 1994 when Future plc purchased GP Publications, a struggling publisher based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • National Geographic SocietyOn the 13th of January 1888, thirty-three explorers and scientists gathered at the Cosmos Club on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.