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DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing The Courier, The Evening Telegraph and The Sunday Post newspapers, and the comics Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando. It also owns the Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the Press and Journal.
The Courier (known as The Courier & Advertiser between 1926 and 2012) is a newspaper published by DC Thomson in Dundee, Scotland. [2] As of 2013, it is printed in six regional editions: Dundee, Angus & The Mearns, Fife, West Fife, Perthshire, and Stirlingshire. [3]
The annuals are normally published in time for Christmas, which is the major gift selling time of the year, usually appearing on shelves in early September. The annuals that DC Thomson have published, or still publish, over the years, include:
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Thomson was raised in Newport-on-Tay, Fife by his mother, Margaret Couper, and his father, William Thomson (18 June 1817 – unknown), who was a successful draper and later a shipowner and, in 1884, became the major shareholder of the Dundee Courier & Daily Argus. Thomson was sent to the family shipping business in Glasgow and in 1886, at his ...
The Evening Telegraph is a local newspaper in Dundee, Scotland. Known locally as the Tele (usually pronounced Tully or Tilly), it is the sister paper of The Courier, also published by Dundee firm DC Thomson. It was founded in 1877. Dave Lord is the Evening Telegraph's current editor. [3]
DC Thomson & Co. [ edit ] Brian Thomson was a great-grandson of William Harold Thomson , a Dundonian who prospered first as a draper and later as a shipowner, and in 1884 became the major shareholder of The Dundee Courier & Daily Argus.
The Weekly News was a British national newspaper founded in 1855 and published every Wednesday [1] by the Dundee newspaper chain DC Thomson. [2] Billed as "the paper with the feelgood factor," it contained news and features on a broad range of subjects in six colour-coded sections: That's Real Life, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Puzzles, Short Stories and Sport.