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Field Enterprises
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media and publishing |
| Founded | August 31, 1944 |
| Founder | Marshall Field III |
| Defunct | April 1984 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Marshall Field IV, Peter W. Smith, Marshall Field V, Ted Field |
| Services | Print syndication, newspapers, books |
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Field Enterprises, Inc. was a private holding company that operated from the 1940s to the 1980s, founded by Marshall Field III and others,[1] whose main assets were the Chicago Sun and Parade magazine. For various periods of time, Field Enterprises also owned publishers Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books, broadcaster Field Communications, and the World Book Encyclopedia. It also operated a syndication service, Field Newspaper Syndicate,[2] whose most popular offering was the comic strip Steve Canyon.
- ^ "Owns The Chicago Sun: Field Enterprises, Inc., Organized By Marshall Field," The New York Times, 1 September 1944, page 22.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1975: July-December. United States Library of Congress / United States Copyright Office. 1977. p. 2,607. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
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