Newspaper Enterprise Association
The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) is an editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States and established in 1902. The oldest syndicate still in operation, the NEA was originally a secondary news service to the Scripps Howard News Service; it later evolved into a general syndicate best known for syndicating the comic strips Alley Oop, Our Boarding House, Freckles and His Friends, The Born Loser, Frank and Ernest, and Captain Easy / Wash Tubbs; in addition to an annual Christmas comic strip.[1] Along with United Feature Syndicate, the NEA was part of United Media from 1978 to 2011, and is now a division of Andrews McMeel Syndication. The NEA once selected college All-America teams, and presented awards in professional football and professional [NBA] basketball.
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| Type | Print syndication |
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| Founded | 1902; began syndicating in 1907 |
| Founder | E. W. Scripps |
| Headquarters | United States, |
Key people | Charles N. Landon Frank Rostock Boyd Lewis Murray Olderman |
| Services | editorial columns and comic strips |
| Owner | E. W. Scripps Company (1902–2011) Andrews McMeel Universal (2011–present) |
| Parent | E. W. Scripps Company (1902–1978) United Media (1978–2011) Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndication (2011–present) |
| Website | syndication |