DC Thomson & Co

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DC Thomson & Co

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D.C. Thomson is very much a family firm and has been publishing newspapers since 1905 but the family were involved in both newspapers and shipping before the actual formation of the company itself.

The Company was founded by William Thomson - grandfather of our current Chairman Andrew Thomson - and his two brothers David and Frederick. It was David or D.C. [Thomson] who was asked to run the company for the family at that time. The three Directors of the company are descendants of our founder and other members of the Thomson family also continue to work in the business.

Titles in the newspaper field are The Courier and The Evening Telegraph both daily papers circulating in the Dundee, Angus, Fife and Perth areas and national papers the Sunday Post and the Weekly News. The company also publishes a range of magazines for both adults and children ranging from The People's Friend to The Beano.

The company is also known for the production of well loved cartoon characters and animations. The popular comic characters Dennis and Gnasher, Desperate Dan and Minnie the Minx to the much-loved Oor Wullie and The Broons family from the Sunday Post.

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