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King Features - A unit of Hearst

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Company overview

King Features, a unit of Hearst, is the world’s premier distributor of comics, columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games, distributing in print and digital formats some 150 features to nearly 5,000 daily, Sunday, weekly and online newspapers and other publishers around the globe. From its many popular comic strips and panels to columns by well-known personalities, incisive editorial cartoons to a wide variety of puzzles and games, King Features covers the world with informative, entertaining features for today’s readers. Some of the company's most beloved comic properties include: Arctic Circle, Baby Blues, Beetle Bailey, Bizarro, Blondie, Curtis, Dennis the Menace, Dustin, Family Circus, Flash Gordon, Funky Winkerbean, Hagar the Horrible, Hi & Lois, Macanudo, Mother Goose & Grimm, Mutts, Popeye, The Phantom, Prince Valiant, Rhymes with Orange, Sally Forth, Sherman's Lagoon, Shoe and Zits. View all comics offerings here: https://kingfeatures.com/comics/comics-a-z/View all puzzle offerings here: https://kingfeatures.com/features/puzzlesandgames/View all columns here: https://kingfeatures.com/features/columns-a-z/King Features is also one of the largest and most experienced organizations in merchandise licensing and entertainment. Among its most beloved and successful classic characters are Popeye the Sailor Man and Olive Oyl. In recent years, the company has expanded its portfolio and now represents a varied array of pop culture and art properties.Find out more about licensing here: https://kingfeatures.com/licensing/
New York, New York, USA
74 employees (46 in marketing)

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Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +2.8% year over year

Audience

Monthly website visitors
18.6K
Month over month+30.3%
Quarter over quarter+21.1%
Top sourceDirect (62.1%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank51
Traffic source mix
Direct
62.1%
Search
28.2%
Referral
5.2%
Social
3.4%
Paid referral
0.9%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

1.2K

12-mo growth

+12.4%

Monthly growth

+1%

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