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United Media is a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. It syndicates 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. Its core business is United Feature Syndicate/Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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Syndicated columns
- Miss Manners by Judith Martin
- NextSteps by Jan L. Warner and Jan K. Collins
- Sense & Sensitivity by Harriette Cole
- Among Friends by Tad Bartimus
- Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts
- The Conservative Advocate by William A. Rusher
- Diana West
- Donald Lambro
- Gene Lyons
- Harper's Magazine
- Joan Ryan
- Kathryn Jean Lopez
- Mary Mitchell
- More Than Work by Tim McGuire
- Morton Kondracke
- The New Republic
- Peter Beinart
- Salon
- Sharon Randall
- Slate
- Sweet Land of Liberty by Nat Hentoff
- From Consumer Reports
- Harvey Mackay
- Protect Your Privacy by Eric Gertler
- Smart Money by Bruce Williams
- Talking Money with Jean Chatzky
- The Tax Adviser by Julian Block
- The Truth About Money by Ric Edelman
- Working Wounded by Bob Rosner
- Ask Mr. Know-It-All by Gary Lee Clothier
- Hellmuth's Hold 'Em by Phil Hellmuth
- Starlight
- Tune in Tomorrow by Nancy Reichardt
- Tune in Tonight by Kevin McDonough
- World Almanac Databank
- You Be the Critic by Bob Habes
- Soap Opera Review by Nancy Johnson
- Desperation Dinners by Beverly Mills and Alicia Ross
- Cook Well, Eat Well by Dana Carpender
- NEA Food by Marialisa Calta
- On Nutrition by Ed Blonz
- The Aces on Bridge by Bobby Wolff
- NEA Bridge by Phillip Alder
- NEA Graphics
- Dr. Gott by Peter Gott
- The Harvard Medical School Adviser
- Astro-Graph by Bernice Bede Osol
- Your Birthday by Stella Wilder
- Your Stars This Week by Stella Wilder
- Divine Design by Candice Olson
- Frugal Living by Sara Noel
- First Aid for the Ailing House by Henri deMarne
- The Housing Scene by Lew Sichelman
- The Village Idiot by Jim Mullen
- A+ Advice for Parents Helping Your Child Succeed in School by Leanna Landsmann
- Parent-to-Parent by Betsy Flagler
- Parenting by The Staff of Parenting Magazine
- Surfing the Net with Kids by Barbara J. Feldman
- Animal Doctor by Michael Fox, D.V.M.
- Saints and Sinners by George Plagenz
- MasterStrokes by Phil Franke
- Open Season by Tom FitzGerald
- Win, Lose & Drew
Syndicated comics
- Alley Oop
- Arlo and Janis
- Betty
- Big Nate
- The Born Loser
- Brevity
- The Buckets
- Committed
- Cow and Boy
- Diesel Sweeties
- Dilbert
- Drabble
- F Minus
- Ferd'nand
- Frank and Ernest
- Frazz
- Get Fuzzy
- Go Fish
- Graffiti
- Grand Avenue
- The Grizzwells
- Health Capsules
- Herman
- The Humble Stumble
- Jump Start
- Kid City
- KidSpot
- Kit 'N' Carlyle
- Lola
- Luann
- Marmaduke
- Moderately Confused
- Monty
- Nancy
- 9 Chickweed Lane
- Off The Mark
- Over the Hedge
- Peanuts
- Pearls Before Swine
- Reality Check (comic strip)
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Rose Is Rose
- Rudy Park
- Shortcuts
- Silo Roberts
- Soup To Nutz
- Spot the Frog
- The Sunshine Club
- Tarzan
- Uncle Art's Funland
- Unfit
- World Of Wonder
Syndicated editorial cartoons
- Robert Ariail
- Bill Day
- Bill Schorr
- Ed Stein
- Etta Hulme
- Henry Payne
- Jerry Holbert
- Rob Rogers
- Jeff Stahler
Web-based features
These are published on Comics.com:
- Barkeater Lake (moved to Universal Press Syndicate)
- Ben
- Boy on a Stick and Slither
- A Case in Point
- Captain Murphey
- Days of Thunder
- Ellington Way
- Jane's World (discontinuted; currently in reruns)
- Level Path
- Meet the Ings (discontinued)
- Minimum Security
- Pibgorn (moved to Universal Press Syndicate)
- Sheldon (discontinued)
- Top of the World
- Working Daze
Other
Notable discontinued features
- Roy Crane (Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy)
- Eyebeam
- Suzie View
- Mary Margaret McBride
- Garfield moved to Universal Press Syndicate
NEA Christmas strip
Since 1936 NEA has produced an annual Christmas-themed daily comic strip for its subscribing newspapers as a holiday bonus. They typically ran for three-four weeks before Christmas, with the concluding installment on December 25 or a nearby date. Strip historian Allan Holtz notes over the years these strips have featured regular NEA characters, adapted classic Christmas stories, and original stories with single-appearance characters. The 1967 entry, "Bucky's Christmas Caper", was written and drawn by famed comic book creator Wally Wood.1
NFL Awards
Beginning in 1954 the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) under the guidance of Murray Olderman [1], began to poll NFL players and award what became known as the Player's All-pro team. In addition, the NEA awarded a Rookie of the Year, a Most Valuable Player, and a Defensive Player of the Year. All were acceptied as official and were published in the NFL Record and Fact Book alongside the Associated Press, United Press International, and the Pro Football Writers Association All-Pro teams and awards. The NEA last announced awards in 1997, ending a 34-year tradition of the "Player's All-Pro Team".
The NFL MVP award was called the Jim Thorpe Award and began in 1955. The Defensive Player of the Year was named after Chicago Bear founder George S. Halas and its inception was 1966, the Rookie of the Year award was named after NFL commissioner Bert Bell and began in 1964. In the early 1960s the NEA began awarding the Third Down Trophy that symbolized each team's MVP. That began in the American Football League and included the NFL after the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.
Olderman, the driving force behind the Player's All-Pro teams and awards was also a fine artist and cartoonist. When the NEA news service released its stories on the annual NFL awards they were accompanied by artwork provided by Olderman to illustrate the stories.
References
External links
- United Media
- United Feature Syndicate/Newspaper Enterprise Association
- list of NEA Christmas strips 1936-2007 with credits
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