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79-523: Eastern published its own comic books until the mid-1950s, and continued to print comic books for other publishers until 1973. Eastern Color Printing struggled financially from the 1970s to 2002, when the business closed, a victim of changing printing technologies. In March 1924, William Jamieson Pape , owner of the Waterbury Republican newspaper in Waterbury, Connecticut , purchased

158-526: A Ripley's Believe It or Not! -style collection of illustrated cartoons describing odd historical facts and scientific phenomena. In 1937, Eastern releases a second volume under the name The Second Strange as It Seems Scrapbook . Having filled up the maximum floor space at their old American press-room at Printers Court, Eastern constructs a separate and new plant on Commercial Street. The new plant includes two new Scott presses. In addition to publishing its own comic books, Eastern continues to do printing for

237-687: A Goss International single-width printing press to use in printing Sunday color newspaper comics sections . The Knickerbocker Press of Albany, New York , and the Springfield Republican of Springfield, Massachusetts , approached the Republican about using the press to print their own color comics supplements. The Springfield Union soon afterward did as well. Shortly, Pape was selling his color printing services to other newspapers. A few years later, in August 1928, Pape formed

316-544: A profit-sharing program for the company's workforce in 1887. By giving the workers a stake in the company, he correctly assumed that they would be less likely to go on strike. The company began to build factories in other locations in the United States because the demand for products had outgrown the capacity of the Cincinnati facilities. The company's leaders began to diversify its products as well, and in 1911

395-419: A socially and fiscally conservative editorial stance. It advocates what it considers to be pro-business government policies, such as tax cuts and regulatory reform. The Republican-American claims that it is "quick to blow the whistle on what it views as wasteful use of tax dollars, as well as what it sees as unnecessary growth of local, state or federal government". The newspaper is a frequent critic of

474-514: A Carnival of Comics , A Century of Comics , and Skippy's Own Book of Comics . The latter was the first modern-format comic book about a single character. Eastern prints Shell Globe , for distribution at 13,000 Shell gas stations. The series features cartoonist Bud Fisher ’s popular characters Mutt and Jeff . The characters of Shell Globe are marketed wildly, through miniature figurines, posters, radio announcements, billboards, play masks, and window stickers. Interest from advertisers tapers off

553-472: A Goss press valued at over $ 1 million in a fire at the plant. Eastern suffers a significant setback with the loss of its longtime customer, Sears Roebuck and Company. Sears-Roebuck converts all print advertising to heatset, a process Eastern is not equipped to produce. Within 6 weeks, Eastern loses approximately 40% of its sales. Eastern embarks on a rebuilding program to replace the lost Sears business. The company experiences financial hardships compounded by

632-576: A billion dollars in net annual sales. Most of these brands – including Bounty, Crest, Always , and Tide – are global products available on several continents. In 2005, Procter & Gamble made a $ 57 billion deal to buy Gillette, which combined some of the world's top brands including, signature razors, Duracell batteries, Braun, and Oral-B brands. P&G's products are available in North America, Latin America, Europe,

711-555: A bit when advertisers doubt that children would be willing to pay money for comic strip reprints. Eastern Color Printing president George Janosik forms a 50/50 joint venture with Dell publisher George Delacorte to publish and market a comic book for retail sales. As a test to see if the public would be willing to pay for comic books, Famous Funnies: Series One , distributed locally, is published and sold for 10 cents each and sells out quickly. 40,000 copies of Famous Funnies: Series One are distributed in chain stores, featuring reprints from

790-544: A boating accident, and EC is taken over by his son William M. Gaines , who focused production on crime, horror and science fiction. EC was a primary target for Fredric Wertham ’s Seduction of the Innocent , and the focus of the senate hearing that followed; the end result was that eventually EC cancelled all of its publications except for Mad .) Eastern publishes the first issue of The John Hix Scrapbook , reprinting McClure 's syndicated strip Strange as It Seems ,

869-475: A change in mood for Famous Funnies , as the covers switch from whimsical gags to more serious adventurous fare. With the outbreak of World War II , the publishing industry participates in national drives to conserve paper. As a conservation measure, syndicates reduce the size of full-page Sunday comic strips to three-quarters or half the size of the newspaper page. As a result of this size reduction, newspaper strips are no longer suitable for further reduction in

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948-467: A close relationship with Columbia, running advertisements for Columbia books in their own comic book titles. Eastern Color Printing purchases a new Goss press, its sixth one. Eastern publishes Dickie Dare , featuring reprints of the newspaper strip of the same name. Dickie Dare features artwork by Bill Everett and Milt Caniff , two influential illustrators of golden age comic books. The series lasts four issues and runs until 1942. Eastern acquires

1027-723: A daily newspaper. The paper changed hands in 1901 when William Jamieson Pape and William M. Lathrop purchased it together. Pape became the sole owner of the Waterbury Republican in 1910, and in 1922 purchased the Waterbury American . Ownership of both papers has been retained in the Pape family until the present day, with the decision to merge them to form the Republican-American coming in 1990. The Republican-American describes itself as having

1106-589: A number of other companies that diversified its product line and significantly increased profits. These acquisitions included Folgers Coffee , Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals (the makers of Pepto-Bismol ), Richardson-Vicks, Noxell ( Noxzema ), Shulton's Old Spice , Max Factor , the Iams Company, and Pantene , among others. In 1994, the company made headlines for big losses resulting from leveraged positions in interest rate derivatives , and subsequently sued Bankers Trust for fraud; this placed their management in

1185-417: A product called Chux. Babies always wore cloth diapers, which were leaky and labor-intensive to wash. Pampers provided a convenient alternative, albeit at the environmental cost of more waste requiring landfilling . Amid the recent concerns parents have voiced on the ingredients in diapers, Pampers launched Pampers Pure collection in 2018, which is a "natural" diaper alternative. Procter & Gamble acquired

1264-400: A run of Buck Rogers features. Famous Funnies turns a profit beginning with issue #7. It gains popularity quickly, and the title lasts about 20 years. The success of Famous Funnies soon leads to the title being sold on newsstands alongside slicker magazines, and inspires at least five other competitors to begin publishing their own comic books. Eastern begins to experiment with modifying

1343-556: A second edition of Heroic Comics on alternate months, switching between stories of everyday heroism and true war stories, respectively. The alternating format continues for a year, then Reg’lar Fellers... is terminated in favor of the more adult-oriented war comic book. Eastern Color Printing prints comic books for Export Newspaper Services, a New York–based company producing Spanish-language reprints of American comic books for distribution in Mexico. Eastern Color Printing clashes with

1422-681: A seventh press. Finding it necessary to do own cover printing and binding for its successful comic books, Eastern acquires the Curtiss-Way plant in Meriden. Curtiss-Way was a Meriden printing facility dating back at least as far as 1895, when it was known as the Converse Publishing Company. Inspired by the popular trend of superheroes, Famous Funnies #81 introduces Invisible Scarlet O'Neil , one of comics’ earliest super-heroines, authored by Russell Stamm. This issue marks

1501-661: A statement made by William Gipson, P&G's chief global diversity officer. In November 2015, P&G was named the Careers in Africa Employer of Choice 2015 following a survey of over 13,000 African professionals from across the globe. P&G was also recognized as the most desirable FMCG business to work for in Africa. P&G was recognized as one of Forbes World's Most Reputable Companies in 2016, 2017, and 2023. As of 2015, 21 of P&G's brands have more than

1580-1090: Is a conservative-leaning, family-owned newspaper based in Waterbury, Connecticut . It was established in 1990 through merger of two newspapers under the same ownership: Waterbury American and Waterbury Republican . The publication's origins date back to 1844. Three dozen communities in New Haven and Litchfield counties receive the newspaper, among them being: Greater Waterbury , the Naugatuck Valley , and Litchfield County , and include Ansonia , Beacon Falls , Bethlehem , Bridgewater , Canaan , Cheshire , Colebrook , Cornwall , Falls Village , Goshen , Harwinton , Kent , Litchfield , Middlebury , Morris , Naugatuck , New Hartford , New Milford , North Canaan , Oxford , Plymouth , Prospect , Roxbury , Salisbury , Seymour , Sharon , Southbury , Terryville , Thomaston , Torrington , Warren , Washington , Waterbury , Watertown , Winchester , Winsted , Wolcott , and Woodbury . The Republican-American

1659-425: Is a direct descendant of two other newspapers which went through a series of ownership and content changes since the mid-1800s. The Waterbury American started in 1844 as a weekly paper published by Josiah Giles. Twenty-two years later, in 1866, it started publication as a daily newspaper. The Waterbury Republican started in 1881 as a weekly paper published by John Henry Morrow. By 1884, it had transitioned to

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1738-477: Is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio , founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble . It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer health, personal care and hygiene products; these products are organized into several segments including beauty; grooming; health care; fabric and home care; and baby, feminine, and family care. Before

1817-524: The Comics Code Authority over Heroic Comics . The CCA charges that Heroic – a war-themed comic book – contributes to juvenile delinquency by promoting violence. Eastern defends the title as an illustrated magazine of military history but makes the decision to suspend publication. Famous Funnies ends publication with issue #218. Eastern constructs a new modern plant in Meriden that is not closely identified with comic book production. With

1896-505: The Hallmark Channel in 2013. In 2013, PGP rebranded itself as Procter & Gamble Entertainment (PGE) with a new logo and an emphasis on multiple-platform entertainment production. P&G funded a six-episode series, Activate , on National Geographic in 2019 focusing on extreme poverty, inequality and sustainability in conjunction with not-for-profit Global Citizen and production company Radical Media. The company agreed to

1975-538: The Ledger Syndicate of Philadelphia , printing Sunday color comics from 7 in × 9 in (180 mm × 230 mm) plates. Wildenberg and his coworkers realized that two such plates would fit on a tabloid-sized page, and later that year, Wildenberg created the first modern-format comic book when idly folding a newspaper into halves and then into quarters and finding that a convenient book size. In Spring 1933, Eastern printed one million copies of

2054-473: The Republican-American has accused former Senator Chris Dodd of being "chief apologist for the communist tyrants", Senate candidate Ned Lamont of being a Stalinist , and claimed " Marxists - Socialists " control the Democratic Party . The paper's editorial board attracted widescale attention and condemnation after publishing a piece titled "Is New Orleans Worth Reclaiming?", following

2133-471: The Republican-American typically endorses Republican candidates for office. The paper endorsed Bob Stefanowski in the 2022 and 2018 Connecticut gubernatorial elections . The Republican-American has often labeled Democratic officials and candidates as communists or socialists , and the paper's editorial board has been criticized by newspaper trade publication Editor & Publisher for "McCarthyism" and "red-baiting". The editorial board of

2212-644: The Thomas Hedley Co. , based in Newcastle upon Tyne , England. After this acquisition, Procter & Gamble had their UK Headquarters at Hedley House in Newcastle upon Tyne, until quite recently, when they moved to The Heights, Brooklands . Numerous new products and brand names were introduced over time, and Procter & Gamble began branching out into new areas. The company introduced Tide laundry detergent in 1946, Prell shampoo in 1947 and Joy,

2291-501: The 1920s, P&G advertised its products on the new medium of radio and, from 1932 forward, was one of the biggest sponsors of daytime serials, which soon acquired the nickname of soap operas . In the television era, P&G sponsored and produced some twenty soap operas across six decades before the last of its shows ended in 2010. The company moved into other countries, both in terms of manufacturing and product sales, becoming an international corporation with its 1930 acquisition of

2370-718: The 1960s, including comic books for Timely (Marvel), EC, and Big Boy Restaurants . Eastern also printed the Sunday funnies for a number of newspapers, including the Waterbury Sunday Republican , the New Haven Register , the Hartford Courant , and newspapers in Boston, Providence, and Worcester. Eastern introduces its second monthly title, Reg’lar Fellers Heroic Comics . The title is

2449-607: The American Communist Party and other extreme left-wing organizations". The Republican-American faced nationwide scorn for August 2005 editorial, "Is New Orleans Worth Reclaiming?", which called for the abandonment of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina . The New Orleans Times-Picayune responded to the Republican-American in an editorial titled "Yes, We're Worth It", labeling the paper "heartless" and asking "How dare they?". Procter %26 Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company ( P&G )

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2528-551: The Eastern Color Printing Company, with himself as vice president and principal executive officer. Replacing the original press with a Goss four-deck press, the company acquired additional presses in 1929 and 1931. During this time period, Eastern, headquartered at 61 Leavenworth Street in Waterbury, established itself in the pulp magazine industry by being one of the few firms to print color covers for

2607-533: The European Iams business to Spectrum Brands in December 2014. In August 2014, P&G announced it was streamlining the company, dropping around 100 brands and concentrating on the remaining 65, which were producing 95% of the company's profits. In March 2015, the company divested its Vicks VapoSteam U.S. liquid inhalant business to Helen of Troy , part of a brand-restructuring operation. This deal

2686-505: The Golden Age Daredevil ), and many other future industry creators are all brought in to work under Wildenberg's supervision. The Funnies on Parade promotion proved a success, and Eastern Color that year produced similar periodicals for Canada Dry soft drinks , Kinney Shoes , Wheatena cereal and others, with print runs of from 100,000 to 250,000. By late 1933, Eastern was publishing more giveaways: Famous Funnies:

2765-860: The Heart: The Ricky Bell Story , which was co-produced by The Landsburg Company , and they continued to produce the People's Choice Awards until the show was sold to E! channel in April 2017. In 2007, PGP teamed up with the now-defunct Cookie Jar Group to produce the Flash-animated children's series Will and Dewitt , which featured the character Dewitt, the mascot for the Pampers baby product line's former sub-brand, Kandoo. With Walmart, PGP sponsored Family Movie Night on broadcast networks in 2010–2011 and Walden Family Theater on

2844-482: The Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. In 2018, P&G's fabric and home care division accounted for 32% of the company's total net sales, the highest of all its divisions. The division includes Downy , Gain , Tide , Febreze , and Dawn . According to Advertising Age , Procter & Gamble spent $ 4.3 billion advertising their various brands in the United States in 2015, making it

2923-582: The New York–based Hughes Corporation, owner of several printing plants throughout Connecticut. After serving about three years at the Curtiss-Way division, Richard J. Pape, William B. Pape’s son, is put in complete charge of Eastern’s mechanical operations. Plans are formulated for a new building. Several new presses are purchased over the next couple of years. Eastern Color Printing closes its Waterbury plant and moves to Avon. Around

3002-603: The US from the United Kingdom. They initially settled in Cincinnati, Ohio , and met when they married sisters Olivia and Elizabeth Norris. Alexander Norris, their father-in-law, persuaded them to become business partners, and in 1837, Procter & Gamble was created. From 1858 to 1859, sales reached $ 1 million. By that point, about 80 employees worked for Procter & Gamble. During the American Civil War ,

3081-972: The acquisition of Gillette , forming the largest consumer goods company and placing Unilever into second place. This added brands such as Gillette razors, Duracell , Braun , and Oral-B to their stable. The acquisition was approved by the European Union and the Federal Trade Commission , with conditions to a spinoff of certain overlapping brands. P&G agreed to sell its SpinBrush battery-operated electric toothbrush business to Church & Dwight , and Gillette's Rembrandt toothpaste line to Johnson & Johnson . The deodorant brands Right Guard , Soft and Dri, and Dry Idea were sold to Dial Corporation . In 2001, Liquid Paper and Gillette's stationery division, Paper Mate , were sold to Newell Rubbermaid . The companies officially merged on October 1, 2005. In 2008, P&G branched into

3160-557: The acquisition of the consumer health division of Merck Group (known as EMD Serono in North America) for €3.4 billion ($ 4.2 billion) and renamed it as Procter & Gamble Health Limited in May 2019. In November 2018, P&G unveiled a simpler corporate structure with six business units that will be effective from July 2019. In 2023, the company began optimizing its product offering. As part of this strategy, it plans to eliminate

3239-428: The addition of color to black-and-white comics, proving a boon to newspaper syndicates just beginning to introduce full-page Sunday comics sections. From 1929 through 1932, Sunday comic pages were printed in both black-and-white and color. By 1932, Eastern Color Printing was printing comic sections for a score of newspapers, and by the following year, color for newspapers' Sunday comics section and black-and-white for

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3318-414: The board include: In May 2011, Fortune editor-at-large Patricia Sellers praised P&G's board diversity, as five of the company's 11 directors were female and had all been on Fortune 's annual Most Powerful Women list. In March 2011, Rajat Gupta resigned from the board after an SEC accusation of Galleon Group insider trading . In May 2013, Robert A. McDonald announced his retirement and

3397-488: The bottom 25% of SKUs , which contribute very little to absolute retail sales. According to other comparable companies, a similar share of SKUs represents between 2% and 2.5% of its turnover at a global level. For the fiscal year 2018, Procter & Gamble reported earnings of US$ 9.750 billion, with an annual revenue of US$ 66.832 billion, an increase of 2.7% over the previous fiscal cycle. The company's shares traded at over $ 86 per share in 2017, and its market capitalization

3476-537: The comic book format, and Eastern is forced to commission new work rather than reprint material. Famous Funnies #88 carries the last sets of reprint material from the full-size newspaper page. Beginning with the following issue, Eastern Color Printing starts to commission new work for their comic book publications. Many features from the original Famous Funnies format are continued by the same artists. These artists now turned their strips into dual features – one for newspaper syndication with an emphasis on adult appeal, and

3555-602: The comic measured 10-½" x 15" and was advertised on national radio . Each of its four pages contained a full-color single-page comic strip. The tabloid proved a hit at Gulf service stations. It was retitled Gulf Funny Weekly . Distribution rose to three million copies a week. The series ran as a tabloid until 1939 before adopting the standard comic-book format of the time; it ran a total 422 issues through May 23, 1941. Eastern also published another four-page tabloid, for Standard Oil , titled Standard Oil Comics . In early 1933, Eastern also began producing small comic broadsides for

3634-431: The company announced the sale of 43 of its beauty brands to Coty , a beauty-product manufacturer, in a US$ 13 billion deal. It cited sluggish growth of its beauty division as the reason for the divestiture. The sale was completed on October 3, 2016. In February 2016, P&G completed the transfer of Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway through an exchange of shares. In December 2018, Procter & Gamble completed

3713-509: The company at 15th place of the "World's Most Admired Companies" list. Chief Executive magazine named P&G the best overall company for leadership development in its list of the "40 Best Companies for Leaders". In October 2008, P&G was named one of " Canada's Top 100 Employers " by Mediacorp Canada Inc. and was featured in Maclean's newsmagazine . Later that month, P&G was also named one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers , which

3792-414: The company began producing Crisco , a shortening made of vegetable oils rather than animal fats . Beginning in the 1880s, P&G advertised its wares in full-page advertisements in many general-interest magazines. By 1921, it had become a major international corporation with a diversified line of soaps, toiletries, and food products; in that year, its annual advertising budget reached $ 1 million. In

3871-511: The company won contracts to supply the Union Army with soap and candles. In addition to the increased profits experienced during the war, the military contracts introduced soldiers from all over the country to Procter & Gamble's products. In the 1880s, Procter & Gamble began to market a new product, an inexpensive soap that floated in water. The company called the soap Ivory . William Arnett Procter, William Procter's grandson, began

3950-648: The daily strips becomes the industry standard. In 1933, Eastern's 45-year-old sales manager Harry I. Wildenberg reinvented the comic-book format when he saw the increasing popularity of newspaper comic strips and determined comics could be a successful medium for advertising. Sales offices at this time were located in New York City , New York (alternately listed at 40 or 50 Church Street in different sources). In April 1933, Gulf Oil Company approved Wildenberg's idea and hired artists to create an original, promotional giveaway, Gulf Comic Weekly . Printed by Eastern,

4029-473: The declining comic book market, Eastern begins to phase out publication of its own comic books, offsetting the shrinkage by printing more advertising circulars. Sunday newspaper comic supplements continue to be a standard product for Eastern. Eastern Color Printing, continuously installing and modifying its equipment, acquires its 14th press. Eastern adds a 15th press, which is modified in the mid-1960s. Eastern Color Printing sells its Curtiss-Way subsidiary to

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4108-479: The demands of organized labor , especially public-employee unions, arguing they compel governments and businesses to spend beyond their means. The paper advocates for a more interventionist approach to foreign policy , asserting that "if the U.S. is not quick to forcefully denounce and, if necessary, take action against, aggressive and anti-democratic actions by anti-American regimes and groups, America’s enemies will be emboldened". Owing to its editorial stance,

4187-541: The exception of two. These two titles ( Picture Stories from the Bible and Picture Stories from World History ) are launched under a new publishing venture in 1946 under the name of EC . Although the EC initials stood for both Educational Comics and Entertaining Comics, it has been speculated that the initials were also a tribute to the first comic book company Gaines worked for, Eastern Color [Printing]. (In 1947, Max Gaines dies in

4266-520: The first liquid synthetic detergent in 1949. In 1955, Procter & Gamble began selling the first toothpaste to contain fluoride , known as Crest . Branching out once again in 1957, the company purchased paper mills from Charmin and began manufacturing toilet paper and other tissue paper products. Once again focusing on laundry, Procter & Gamble began making Downy -branded fabric softener in 1960 and Bounce fabric softener sheets in 1972. From 1957 to 1968, Procter & Gamble owned Clorox ,

4345-513: The first modern-format comic book, the 32-page Funnies on Parade , as a way to keep their press running, and as a promotion for Procter & Gamble . The names of those associated with the project read as a who's-who of early publishers in what comics historians and fans call the Platinum Age and Golden Age of Comic Books : Max Gaines (founder of EC Comics), Leverett Gleason (publisher of Comic House and other titles, and creator of

4424-402: The first radio serial dramas in the 1930s. As the company was known for Ivory soap, the serials became known as " soap operas ". With the rise of television in the 1950s and 1960s, most of the new serials were sponsored, produced and owned (20 series) by the company (including The Guiding Light , which had begun as a radio serial, and made the transition to television lasting 72 years). Though

4503-505: The food business in 2012 when it sold its Pringles snack food business to Kellogg's for $ 2.75 billion after the $ 2.35 billion deal with former suitor Diamond Foods fell short. The company had previously sold Jif peanut butter , Crisco shortening and oils, and Folgers coffee in separate transactions to fellow Ohio-based company Smucker's . In April 2014, the company sold its Iams pet food business in all markets excluding Europe to Mars, Inc. for $ 2.9 billion. It sold

4582-493: The impact of Hurricane Katrina . The newspaper trade publication Editor & Publisher heavily criticized the Republican-American in an August 2006 piece. The publication highlighted an editorial the Republican-American wrote on then-candidate for U.S. Senate Ned Lamont , which called Lamont and his family communists . Editor & Publisher rebuked the piece for being "rife with errors", including calling famous American financier J.P. Morgan "the sugar daddy for

4661-533: The last P&G-produced show, As the World Turns , left the air in 2010, The Young and the Restless , produced by Sony Pictures Television and broadcast on CBS, is still partially sponsored by Procter & Gamble; as of 2017, it is the only remaining daytime drama that is partially sponsored by Procter & Gamble. These past serials were produced by Procter & Gamble: Procter & Gamble also

4740-510: The leading American manufacturer of liquid bleach; however, the Federal Trade Commission challenged the acquisition, and the U.S. Supreme Court decided against P&G in April 1967. One of the most revolutionary products to come out on the market was the company's disposable Pampers diaper, first test-marketed in 1961, the same year Procter & Gamble came out with Head & Shoulders . Prior to this point, disposable diapers were not popular, although Johnson & Johnson had developed

4819-498: The majority of publishers in the comic book industry. An article in the Hartford Courant dated Feb. 15, 1954 states that “An executive of one of the largest comic book printing firms in the nation, located in Waterbury, Conn. said 65,000,000 issues are printed each month. Of these 65 million issues, more than 40 per cent are printed in Connecticut.” Eastern Color Printing prints comics and advertising for other publishers through

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4898-468: The newspaper reprints featured in Eastern’s earlier books. The comic book sells out completely. Eastern employee Harold Moore proposes a monthly comic book series. Famous Funnies #1 appears with a July cover date. The title loses money at first, and George Delacorte sells his interest back to Eastern. Famous Funnies #2 marks the start of original material produced specifically for the book, and #3 begins

4977-546: The newspaper reprints to be more suitable to the comic book format. Lettering, reduced in reproduction to the point of illegibility, is reworked for the size of the comic book page. Adventure strips, reprinted in several weeks’ worth of strips at a time, is trimmed of panels providing a recap of previous events, contributing to a concise and more smoothly flowing version of the story. Eastern executive Max Gaines leaves Eastern Color Printing to work for Dell Comics . In 1945, Gaines sells all of his comic book properties to Dell with

5056-596: The official publication of Reg’lar Fellers of America, a junior athletic organization dedicated to developing wholesome summer recreation for teens. The title lasts until 1955; it eventually shortens its title to simply Heroic Comics beginning with issue #16 and changes again with issue #41 to New Heroic Comics . Properties owned by the McNaught Syndicate and published by Eastern Color Printing are transferred to Columbia Comics , publishers of Big Shot Comics and other titles. Eastern appears to have retained

5135-535: The other to fit the new comic book page size and an emphasis on juvenile appeal. Eastern, needing to expand again, begins construction of an addition to its Commercial Street plant. The addition is completed and operational in 1946. The paper shortage of WWII forces publishers to drop from its standard 64-page format to a 52-page format, and in some cases a 48-page format. Eastern publishes the humor comic Jingle Jangle , which runs until 1949. Eastern Color Printing alternates publishing Reg’lar Fellers Heroic Comics and

5214-472: The pulps. From 1928 to 1930, Eastern published 36 issues of a tabloid-format comics periodical, The Funnies , with original comic pages in color, for Dell Publishing . This title was the first four-color comic newsstand publication. Dell, owned by George Delacorte , would later be closely associated with other landmark Eastern Color Printing publications. Around 1929, Eastern became the first major institution to perfect an engraving process that allowed for

5293-536: The recession. After losing more customers to heatset printers, Eastern approaches Rockwell Graphics System (Goss) in 1993 about installation of a heatset press, which is installed the following year. Eastern incorporates digital technology into its pre-press processes. Eastern stays in business by printing advertising for corporations such as Circuit City , Michaels Stores , and Media Play. Eastern Color Printing goes out of business. Source: Giveaways include Waterbury Republican The Republican-American

5372-606: The record business with its sponsorship of Tag Records, as an endorsement for TAG Body Spray . P&G's dominance in many categories of consumer products makes its brand management decisions worthy of study. For example, P&G's corporate strategists must account for the likelihood of one of their products cannibalizing the sales of another . On August 25, 2009, the Ireland-based pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott announced they had bought P&G's prescription-drug business for $ 3.1 billion. P&G exited

5451-691: The remaining 65 brands, which produced 95% of the company's profits. A.G. Lafley , the company's chairman and CEO until October 2015, said the future P&G would be "a much simpler, much less complex company of leading brands that's easier to manage and operate". In 2023, the company was ranked 55th in the Forbes Global 2000 . Jon Moeller is the president and CEO of P&G since 2021. Candlemaker William Procter , born in England, and soap maker James Gamble , born in Ireland , both emigrated to

5530-482: The sale of Pringles and Duracell to Kellogg's and Berkshire Hathaway , respectively, its product portfolio also included food , snacks , beverages , and batteries . P&G is incorporated in Ohio . In 2014, P&G recorded $ 83.1 billion in sales. On August 1, 2014, P&G announced it was streamlining the company, dropping and selling off around 100 brands from its product portfolio in order to focus on

5609-410: The same time, Eastern sells many of its comic book file copies and cover proofs. By this time, Eastern phases out its comic book printing business in favor of printing Sunday comics supplements. Sears-Roebuck remains its largest customer. Eastern Color Printing recruits CEO Robert Palmer. The following September, management of Eastern passes from the Pape family to Palmer. Eastern suffers the loss of

5688-428: The syndicated comedy series Throb . In 1985, they produced a game-show pilot called The Buck Stops Here with Taft Entertainment Television in 1985, hosted by Jim Peck ; it was not picked up. Procter & Gamble Productions originally co-produced Dawson's Creek with Columbia TriStar Television but withdrew before the series premiere due to early press reviews. They also produced the 1991 TV movie A Triumph of

5767-558: The top advertiser in the country. Manufacturing operations are based in these countries: In the 2021 review of WIPO 's annual World Intellectual Property Indicators Procter & Gamble ranked ninth in the world, with 57 designs in industrial design registrations being published under the Hague System during 2020. This position is down on their previous sixth-place ranking for 65 industrial design registrations being published in 2019. Procter & Gamble produced and sponsored

5846-481: The unusual position of testifying in court that they had entered into transactions that they were not capable of understanding. In 1996, P&G again made headlines when the Food and Drug Administration approved a new product developed by the company, Olestra . Also known by its brand name 'Olean', Olestra is a lower-calorie substitute for fat in cooking potato chips and other snacks. In January 2005, P&G announced

5925-602: Was announced by the Toronto Star newspaper. In October 2013, the company was named the fourth-most in-demand employer in the world according to analytic data sourced by LinkedIn. In August 2013, P&G was named the 14th-hardest company to interview for by Glassdoor. In November 2013, Glassdoor also named them as a top 25 company for career opportunities. In February 2014, Glassdoor placed P&G 34th on their annual Best Places to Work list. In November 2014, P&G came out publicly in support of same-sex marriage in

6004-458: Was replaced by A.G. Lafley , who returned as chairman, president, and CEO. Procter & Gamble is a member of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition , a Washington, DC–based coalition of over 400 major companies and NGOs that advocates for a larger international affairs budget, which funds American diplomatic and development efforts abroad. Fortune magazine awarded P&G a top spot on its list of "Global Top Companies for Leaders", and ranked

6083-399: Was the first company to produce and sponsor a prime-time serial, a 1965 spin-off of As the World Turns called Our Private World . In 1979, PGP produced Shirley , a prime-time NBC series starring Shirley Jones , which lasted 13 episodes. They also produced TBS ' first original comedy series, Down to Earth , which ran from 1984 to 1987 (110 episodes were produced). They also distributed

6162-574: Was the first health-related divestiture under the brand-restructuring operation. The deal included a fully paid-up license to the Vicks VapoSteam trademarks and the U.S. license of P&G's Vicks VapoPad trademarks for scent pads. Most Vicks VapoSteam and VapoPads are used in Vicks humidifiers, vaporizers and other health care devices already marketed by Helen of Troy. Later that same year in July,

6241-475: Was valued at over US$ 221.5 billion in October 2018. The company ranked No. 42 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. As of July 1, 2016 , the company structure has been categorized into ten categories and six selling and market organizations. As of March 2024 the board of directors of Procter & Gamble has 15 members: Previous members of

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