| Company type | Distributor, wholesaler |
|---|---|
| Industry | Newspapers, books, comics, magazines |
| Founded | 1864 |
| Founder | Sinclair Tousey |
| Defunct | 1957 |
| Headquarters | New Jersey, New York City, U.S. |
Key people | Henry Garfinkle, Myron Garfinkle |
| Divisions | Union News Company |
American News Company (ANC) was a magazine, newspaper, book, and comic book distribution company founded in 1864[1] by Sinclair Tousey,[2][3] which dominated the distribution market in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. The company's abrupt 1957 demise caused a huge shakeup in the publishing industry, forcing many magazine, comic book, and paperback publishers out of business.
The magazine and book operations of A360media have been reorganized and chartered as American News Company LLC. but has no connection to the defunct American News Company which folded in 1957.
- ^ Publishers' Weekly: American Book-trade Journal ... Office of the Publishers' weekly. 1886. pp. 578–.
- ^ "DEATH OF SINCLAIR TOUSEY.; THE MAN WHO FOUNDED THE AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, New York Times (June 17, 1887).
- ^ The American Review of Reviews [Aug.1907-Dec.1928]. Review of Reviews. 1910. pp. 162–.