Curated category
Publishing companies based in New York City
- Condé NastIn 1909, Condé Montrose Nast purchased Vogue, a printed magazine that had launched in 1892 as a New York weekly journal of society and fashion news.
- St. Martin's PressMacmillan Publishers of the UK founded St. Martin's Press in 1952. The new company took its name from a London street called St Martin's Lane.
- Simon & SchusterIn 1924, Richard Simon and Max Schuster launched a publishing house in New York City with just $500 of pooled capital. Their first product was not a novel or…
- New York University PressChancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown established New York University Press in 1916. The press began operations that same year under his direct supervision.
- Random HouseIn 1927, two businessmen named Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer established Random House as an imprint of Modern Library.
- Bantam BooksThe year 1945 marked the birth of Bantam Books. Walter B. Pitkin Jr., Sidney B. Kramer, and Ian and Betty Ballantine established the company with funding…
- HarperCollinsJames Harper and his brother John opened a small printing shop in New York City on the 1st of January 1817. They operated under the name J & J Harper before…
- Columbia University PressMay 1893 marked the birth of Columbia University Press within New York City. The institution emerged from Columbia University to serve academic needs.
- Free Press (publisher)Jeremiah Kaplan and Charles Liebman established Free Press in 1947. They chose the name to signal a commitment to civil liberties.
- Viking PressHarold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheimer established Viking Press in New York City on the 1st of March 1925. They chose a name that evoked enterprise…
- Alfred A. KnopfIn 1915, Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf launched a publishing house with just $5,000 from his father Samuel Knopf.
- Henry Holt and CompanyHenry Holt and Company opened its doors in 1866. Two men named Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt started the business together.
- Pantheon BooksIn 1942, Kurt Wolff and Helen Wolff opened Pantheon Books in New York City. They had fled Europe to escape fascism and the Holocaust.
- Sony Music PublishingIn 1958, Associated Television acquired a fifty percent stake in Pye Records. Lew Grade founded the British television broadcasting company that year.
- Marvel ComicsMartin Goodman opened his comic book operation from a cramped office at 330 West 42nd Street in New York City during the autumn of 1939.
- Ballantine BooksIan Ballantine announced a new plan in 1952 that would change how books reached readers. He offered trade publishers simultaneous hardcover and paperback…
- 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…
- Charles Scribner's SonsThe year 1846 marked the beginning of a publishing dynasty when Charles Scribner I and Isaac D. Baker opened their doors in New York City as Baker & Scribner.
- Farrar, Straus and GirouxRoger W. Straus Jr. and John C. Farrar established Farrar, Straus, and Company in 1945. Their first book was Yank: The G.I.
- Future USFuture US began its life in 1994 when Future plc purchased GP Publications, a struggling publisher based in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- Scholastic CorporationMaurice R. Robinson stood near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1920 to launch a small publishing venture. The first publication was The Western Pennsylvania…