Field Enterprises
American media company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Media and publishing |
Founded | August 31, 1944; 79 years ago (1944-08-31) |
Founder | Marshall Field III |
Defunct | April 1984; 40 years ago (1984-04) |
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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