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Western Publishing
|Privately held company
|Assets acquired by Random House and Classic Media[1]
|1910[citation needed]
|Edward Henry Wadewitz
Albert H. Wadewitz
|August 16, 2001[1]
|Racine, Wisconsin, United States
Number of locations
|New York City
Los Angeles,
Poughkeepsie, New York
|Golden Books Family Entertainment (Little Golden Books)
|Whitman Publishing Company
Gold Key Comics
K.K. Publications
Western Publishing, also known as Western Printing and Lithographing Company, was a Racine, Wisconsin based firm responsible for publishing the Little Golden Books. Western Publishing's division, Golden Books Family Entertainment, also produced children's books and family-related entertainment products.[2] The company had editorial offices in New York City and Los Angeles, California.
The company was formed by brothers Edward Henry and Albert H. Wadewitz when they bought Racine's West Side Printing Company in September 1907 for $2,504.[citation needed] They changed its name in 1910. In 1915, the company acquired Chicago publisher Hammerung-Whitman Publishing Company which became its subsidiary, Whitman Publishing Company.[citation needed] Another subsidiary was K.K. Publications, named after Kay Kamen, manager of character merchandising at Walt Disney Studios from 1933 to 1949.[3] K.K. Publications became defunct during the mid/late 1960s.[citation needed]
By the late 1970s, Western was one of the largest commercial printers in the USA.[citation needed] It had four manufacturing plants and two distribution centers between Kansas and Maryland. It boasted of installing some of the first heatset web offset printing presses in the US.[citation needed] As well, Western had the largest offset, sheet-fed presses, some exceeding 78 inches wide, printing in five colors, and one of the largest bindery operations in the USA.[citation needed] Among other things, it printed mass-market paperback books under contract, and was the primary manufacturer and distributor of the board games Trivial Pursuit and Pictionary, as well as other tabletop games.[citation needed] It developed and printed specialty cookbooks, premiums, and material for many Fortune 500 clients. At one time, Western printed almost everything from "business cards to billboards", and employed over 2500 full-time employees.[citation needed] By the mid-1990s, most of its printing plants were closed and its print operations consolidated in Racine.[citation needed]
Comic books[edit]
With licenses for characters from Walt Disney Productions, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Walter Lantz Studio, Western produced comics based on these characters, as well as original works. The editorial staff at the West Coast office over the years included: Eleanor Packer, Alice Cobb, Chase Craig, Zetta Devoe, Del Connell and Bill Spicer. Bernie Zuber was an editorial artist, a position similar to that of a production artist, from 1957 until 1982.[4] Oskar Lebeck, Matt Murphy and Wally Green are among those who oversaw the East Coast office.[citation needed]
From 1938 to 1962, Western's properties were published under a partnership with Dell Comics, which also handled the distribution and financing of the comic books. In 1962, Western ended this partnership and published comics itself, establishing the imprint Gold Key Comics. Murphy explained the split thusly:
With regard to a Western-Dell separation, this was by mutual agreement so that each company would be free to explore the potential business in the comics market without the self-imposed restrictions which formerly required Western and Dell to work exclusively with one another. In our previous relationship, Western Publishing Co. secured the rights, created the comics, printed them and shipped them out for Dell. Dell acted as the publisher and distributor and did the billing and paid Western for its creatively manufactured products.[5]
This imprint continued until the late 1970s, after which newsstand distribution was discontinued in favor of distribution to toy stores under the "Whitman Comics" banner.[citation needed] The company stopped publishing comics in 1984, and all of its licenses have since gone to other publishers. Many of these new licensees have included among their offerings reprints of stories originally published by Western.[citation needed]
Prior to 1962, in addition to comics published through Dell, Western published some comics under its own name, particularly giveaways such as March of Comics and the annual kite safety title (which featured an array of licensed characters) published over a span of 32 years for power utility companies.[6] Both series had print runs in the hundreds of thousands.[7]
In the 1990s, the Western/Gold Key characters Magnus, Turok and Dr. Solar were licensed to Valiant Comics, who published modified versions of the characters to great success.[8] However, by the mid-1990s, Valiant's sales had slumped due to the decade's speculative boom collapsing, and the company ceased publishing in 1999.[citation needed]
In 2004, Dark Horse Comics began reprinting some of Western's original comic book properties, which by then were owned by Random House, along with Tarzan from the Jesse Marsh era.[citation needed] In 2009, the company announced plans to launch new versions of various Gold Key characters, with former Valiant editor-in-chief Jim Shooter as head writer.[9]
Children's books[edit]
Beginning in the 1920s and 1930s, Western published a wide range of children's books (puzzle books, coloring books, Tell-a-Tale books, Big Little Books), mostly under the Golden Books and Whitman Publishing brand names. The Little Golden Books was a very popular series. Lucille Ogle helped develop the format for these low-priced books, which told simple stories and were among the first children's books with full-color illustrations. The first was published in 1942.[10] Beginning as the "Whitman Famous Classics", and later renamed the "Golden Press" imprint, Western published a series of (public domain) classics, such as Little Women, Little Men, Black Beauty and Heidi.
In the late 1960s, Golden Books were bound in the Goldencraft reinforced library bindings and sold to schools and libraries in the United States by a group of independent sales representatives. The library bound books were very popular with the schools and libraries.[citation needed] Offices were set up in Wayne, New Jersey and the reinforced library books were warehoused in Wayne and distributed from that location. There were about 80 sales representatives in the United States under the general manager, Roy Spahr.[citation needed]
Older children's literature[edit]
From the 1940s to the 1980s, Western published several series of books for older children and young teenagers, initially under its Whitman line. Girls' mystery series included Trixie Belden, Ginny Gordon, Donna Parker, Meg Duncan and Trudy Phillips. Boys' series included the Walton Boys, Power Boys, and Troy Nesbit mysteries. The series, published from the 1950s to the 1970s, also included a number of titles licensed from popular movies and television shows: Lassie, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, many television Westerns, and Walt Disney's Spin and Marty and Annette (from the serial featuring Annette Funicello that aired on The Mickey Mouse Club. The company was also the original American publisher of The Adventures of Tintin, issuing six titles in English translation in 1959 and 1960, before discontinuing further releases because of what were considered disappointing sales.[11]
In 1937, Western, at the request of Kay Kamen (who oversaw licensing and marketing at Disney), Western assumed production of the newsstand version of Mickey Mouse Magazine,[12] which, in October 1940, was succeeded by the comic book Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. 1936-1954 Story Parade, Inc. (a Western subsidiary) published Story Parade: A Magazine for Boys and Girls with a children's literature orientation. Then in late 1955, Western initiated Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club Magazine with content produced by Disney Studio staff members. It was intended to promote The Mickey Mouse Club television series. Eventually the name was changed to Walt Disney's Magazine and the focus shifted to contemporary Disney movie and television productions. In a similar vein, they printed Gulf Oil's Wonderful World of Disney premium (1969-1970) which was edited by Disney's George Sherman. During the 1960s, Western published The Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls with Cracky the Parrot as its mascot.
For many years Golden Press was publisher of Betty Crocker cookbooks. Often these were issued in a 3-ring binder format so recipe pages could be removed for easy consultation while cooking. Western produced games such as Trivial Pursuit and Pictionary until Hasbro bought that division in 1994.[13] The company published the children's science books The World of Science and The Golden Book of Chemistry Experiments, while the Golden Guide nature guides were published with the Golden Press name.
Retail locations[edit]
With partners Dell and Simon & Schuster, the company sponsored the Story Book Shop on Main Street, U.S.A. in Disneyland which opened on July 17, 1955 and closed April 1, 1995.[14] In addition it was one of the initial investors in the park by virtue of being a part-owner of Disneyland, Inc..[citation needed]
During the 1990s, at least three Golden Books Showcase Store locations were opened, which featured only Western Publishing products.[citation needed] The first was opened in the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois in November 1992; the second in CityWalk Center outside Universal Studios Hollywood during June 1993; and the third store was opened in Rockefeller Center in New York City during April 1994.[citation needed] They have all since closed. In the early 1990s the company opened Books-R-Us shops inside Toys-R-Us stores in New Jersey, New York and Boston.[citation needed]
Mattel bought Western in June 1979,[15]:202 and sold it in 1984 to private investors.[15]:204 By mid-1996, under the supervision of ex-Simon & Schuster executive Richard E. Snyder, it was renamed Golden Books Family Entertainment[15]:213–214 and focussed on publishing children's books. It sold the adult books (Golden Guide) to St. Martin's Press in 1999, and later the H.E. Harris coin company bought Whitman Coin Products from St. Martin's Press in 2003 and renamed it Whitman Publishing.[citation needed] By 1997, Western Publishing was absorbed into the Golden Books Publishing Company.[citation needed]
Golden Books Family Entertainment's assets were acquired by Classic Media Inc. and Random House in a bankruptcy auction for $84.4 million on August 16, 2001. Classic gained the rights to Golden Books' film and TV library as well as the production, licensing and merchandising rights for Golden Books' characters, while Random House gained Golden Books' book publishing properties.[1][16] Historian Michael Barrier has lamented the apparent loss of Western's business records for future use by researchers.[17]
On July 23, 2012, Classic Media was purchased by DreamWorks Animation for $155 million.[18]
Slogans and taglines[edit]
- I grew up with Golden Books! (1980s)
- Silence isn't Golden. Reading to your child is. (1997)
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c Kirkpatrick, David D. (August 16, 2001). "2 Companies Pay $84 Million for Golden Books". The New York Times. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
- ^ "List of Public Companies Worldwide, Letter - Businessweek - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ Evanier, Mark (December 22, 2009). "Christmas Comics". News from Me. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
- ^ Evanier, Mark (January 21, 2009). "Bernie Zuber, R.I.P.". News from Me. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
- ^ "Gold Key Comics". MaggieThompson.com. 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ Barrier, Michael. "Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book: Corrections, Clarifications, and Amplifications". Book errata on author's official site: "Pages 124-25 and 226". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
- ^ Barrier (March 16, 2010). "'What's New' Archives: March 2010: Dumbo in Print". Archived from the original on December 17, 2010.
- ^ Samsel, Robert (January 1993). "The State of Valiant Address". Wizard (Wizard Entertainment) (17): 47–54.
- ^ "Official news on that Gold Key/Dark Horse deal". Dark Horse Comics press release via MajorSpoilers.com. August 6, 2009. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010.
- ^ Published: December 22, 1988 (1988-12-22). "Lucille Ogle, 84, Dies; Creator of Book Series". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ Tintinologist.org UK Correspondent Chris Owens. "Tintin Crosses The Atlantic: The Golden Press Affair". Tintinologist.org. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ Jim Korkis. "Wednesdays with Wade: Christmas at Disneyland". Jimhillmedia.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ Published: April 08, 1994 (1994-04-08). "Company News; Western Publishing To Sell Its Games Unit To Hasbro - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
- ^ "Chronology of Disneyland Theme Park (1990-1999)". Islandnet.com. 1990-10-17. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
- ^ a b c Marcus, Leonard S. (2007). Golden Legacy. Golden Books. ISBN 978-0-375-82996-3.
- ^ "CNN.com - Golden Books sold for poky little $84M - Aug. 16, 2001". Edition.cnn.com. 2001-08-16. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ^ ""What's New" Archives: May-June 2008". MichaelBarrier.com. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ^ Kung, Michelle (2012-07-22). "DreamWorks Buys Collection of Old Characters, Including Casper, Lassie, Waldo, and Golden Books - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
Further reading[edit]
- "At Western: It's Fun, Games And Profit". Milwaukee Sentinel June 3, 1974
- The Westerner Western Publishing House organ, #194 (Jan. 1966) Golden Anniversary Issue; v.3 #2 (Winter 1982), Commemorative Issue [1]
- "The Comic World" by Charles Beaumont, Fortnight May 1955.


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Brown Shoe company executive David Walker is with the Jackie Robinson Foundation. He talks about the event.

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When I got up this morning I really didn't think I would get much done today. I felt behind as soon as my feet hit the floor. The kittens had a major party in my kitchen last night, complete with dragging in the Christmas garland and opening up the summer sausage and eating it. (Appetizers for their Christmas party?) Honestly, it looked like three frat boys had partied in my kitchen last night.
I've also been having some issues with my left knee. Not bad and not an injury but some exercise induced stiffness. I've been working for the past few days to get it under control but it has slowed me down a bit. (But I'm happy to report that I finally figured out the right combination of heat, ice, and anti-inflammatories to make it start to feel better! Yay!)
So a post kitty party kitchen and a stiff knee...I didn't have high hopes this morning. But by this evening I looked back on my day and was quite pleased at what I had done.
* Set the kitchen to right and fixed it up.
* I spent some time online while applying heat to my knee. After that I did my full exercise routine, just slower so as to not push the knee too much. Then some more time resting while I iced the knee.
* A nice bath and after that I gave myself an "at home" facial. I like to try and do that once a week - it doesn't always happen - but it's nice when I can and it doesn't cost me a thing.
* Laundry was done.
* I fixed a hot breakfast and supper for my guys. (Dd didn't feel like eating much today & everyone does their own lunch most days.) And I also got separate meals fixed for myself - I like different things than the boys do. :0)
* Kitchen got a final cleaning after the day was done.
* My dh went to the store to get some things before the ice storm sets in tonight and I got everything put away when he came home.
* Spent some time on the phone with a friend who has a very sick husband and she just needed to talk, vent, and get a laugh or two.
Perhaps not the most productive day ever ~ but not bad for a weekend and definitely not bad for a lady with a stiff and cranky knee who thought she couldn't salvage the day as soon as she got up! :0)
I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas season. It goes by so fast ~ please savor every second of it!


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East Tennessee State University President Dr. Brian Noland announced Monday how the university plans to continue growth despite a $3.7 million budgetary shortfall expected in the fall, which is the result of a 3 percent decline in enrollment.
Noland described the actions the university plans to take as "short-term" initiatives that will help in the long term.
"It is not an effort under way that is a series of cuts," Noland said. "It is not an effort that's under way that's a point of panic. It's an effort under way by an institution to strategically align its resources and its expenditures."
All major departments and academic units have been asked to reduce their budgets by 1.5 percent, which equals a $1.9 million savings.
A hiring freeze is expected to save $750,000 initially and $1.5 million for the year.
"No one's losing their job," Noland said. "There are no reductions in staff."
A mandatory computer replacement policy has been extended from four to five years and the replacement of motor pool vehicles has been delayed, which creates a combined savings of $410,000.
Cell phone allowances for all employees with salaries that exceed $50,000 will be eliminated, which is expected to save $80,000.
"The university will not authorize expenditures for new cell phones, and iPads will not be purchased for individuals by state or foundation funds," according to Noland's budget announcement letter. "This action means that we are suspending reimbursement of employees for personal purchase of those devices — though we will, of course, continue to purchase university-owned devices."
Depending on enrollment, a freeze will be implemented on the current model for entrepreneurial revenue distribution, which Noland explained is an incentive for academic initiatives not located on the main campus. An example is a class taught in Kingsport or other cities in the region where a faculty member is reimbursed at a higher rate than if that class took place on the main campus, Noland said.
"We've grown exponentially in the entrepreneurial areas," Noland said. "So, the change that's here just simply says the revenue differential between the fee level that was charged last year and the fee level that was charged this year comes back to the main campus to help address the budget situation that we find. But, it was an incentive plan that was put in place to help grow and diversify enrollment across the region and online."
Higher education budgets today are less dependent on state funding and more dependent on revenues like tuition and fees, which are the primary means of revenue for ETSU, Noland said. Thus a reduction in enrollment creates less revenue for the university.
"Over the past three years, we have not met our enrollment targets," Noland said.
Decreases in enrollment are a result of fewer transfer students and first-time freshman. Students not completing their degrees is also factored into the equation.
"This is the second year in a row in which the number of first-time freshman has declined," Noland said. "We have to do more to focus our efforts on ensuring that students that begin their college experience at ETSU have a successful experience and walk across the stage and receive a degree."
Noland explained that money already acquired, set aside and designated for initiatives like the parking garage and football program are not included in the unrestricted revenue lost from enrollment.
"There are restricted and unrestricted revenues," Noland said. "The funds for the parking garage have been encumbered for a number of years.
"Funds for football come from dedicated student fees for athletics. So when the students took action on athletics, those fees are restricted for those purposes. We cannot by Board of Regents policy pick those fee revenues up from a restricted category and move them to an unrestricted category."
The football program is projected to boost enrollment, which could ease future budgetary shortfalls, Noland said.
"The enrollment declines that we have experienced have been historic," Noland said. "The enrollment decline that we are expecting this fall is totally unrelated to football. If we did not have a football program, I would still be standing here today making this decision."
"I anticipate that not only with football, with the fine and performing arts center, with new academic programs that are positioned within the 125 efforts ... we will move through this temporary position and position ourselves for growth not only next year but in years to come."
Formed in 2012, the Committee for 125 works to develop plans and visions for the school through 2036, the year ETSU turns 125.
Noland said it's not in the university's best interest to cease investment growth, but the university instead should uphold its mission statement to serve the region and people at the university.
"What we are doing today is supporting that mission statement and putting our resources around our faculty and around our staff," Noland said. "The short-term actions that we have taken today allow us to make another round of investments in equity funding and another round of investments in base support for our faculty."
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Newton resigns as Tiger head coach
Los Lunas head football coach Jeremy Newton, who led the Tigers to the Class 4A Football Championship game in December, confirmed Monday night he has stepped down to accept a position as head coach at a Sheyenne High School in West Fargo, N.D.
His resignation ends a fruitful three-season stretch that saw the Tigers go 30-7 and finish with a 12-1 season in 2012. The run ended with a hard-fought and heart-breaking 17-14 loss at home to Goddard for the state title.
"It's just an opportunity to go back home and be close to the family," said Newton, who graduated from nearby Moorhead High School, just across the North Dakota-Minnesota border in Moorhead, Minn. "It's a new high school, they're in their first year next year. They had the position open, I applied and got offered."
Newton said he broke the emotional news to LLHS players on Monday afternoon.
"The players were happy for us as a family," he said. "I think they understood where we're at. We're sorry to leave the team and we wish it was better timing — though there's never really a good a good time.
"I just wanted to thank the players and people in the community who've been so great over the last three years."
Newton's wife, Lynn, who led the Los Lunas High volleyball team to the District 6-4A title last season and a top seed in the state tournament, is also leaving LLHS to take the head volleyball coaching position at West Fargo Sheyenne High.
Los Lunas School Athletic Director Wilson Holland said the community is thankful for the Newtons' contributions, both on and off the field and court.
"We're very saddened that they're leaving," said Holland, who wished them success in their new ventures. "They both did an outstanding job here."
The Newtons will be the first coaches in their respective sports at West Fargo Sheyenne, a new high school that is starting with only freshmen and sophomores in the Fall of 2013, but will eventually house 2,000 students.
As for the head coaching job at Los Lunas High, Wilson said Wednesday the position has been posted and he hopes to have a head coach in place by June 3.
"Because of the lateness (of the resignation), it's very important that we make sure that the word is out there," said Holland. "We're moving pretty fast with this, but I say cautiously because want to take our time."
Holland said he feels both teams are contenders for state titles going into the 2013-14 season, which makes both positions highly desirable.
"What we're doing is replacing two coaches in two programs that are at their peak, so it's not like someone walking into a rebuilding process," he said.
"They have great kids," Newton said of the Los Lunas athletes. "They're in shape and working hard. They're going to go out have a great year next year — have no doubt."
Newton said the football team is well positioned to improve upon the considerable success LLHS had in 2012, with nine starters returning.
All in all, Newton said he and his family will move on with nothing but fond memories of Los Lunas High School, its students and community as a whole.


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