ArcaMax Publishing
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| Company type | Private[1] |
|---|---|
| Industry | Web syndication |
| Founded | 1996[1] or 1999[2] |
| Headquarters | , United States[1] |
Key people |
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Number of employees | 11 (2006)[1] |
| Website | ArcaMax.com |
ArcaMax Publishing is a privately-owned American web/email syndication news publisher that provides editorial content, columns & features, comic strips, and editorial cartoons via email.[2] ArcaMax also produces co-branded newsletters with corporate clients.
The company is based in Newport News, Virginia. Its revenue comes from advertising.[2] Potential subscribers typically come from topical banners or co-registration for related topical sites or newsletters; as this approach can be exploited by spam purveyors, the company conducts an initial source evaluation before contacting potential subscribers by email to complete a "double opt-in" circuit aimed to decrease the amount of company resources expended on un-deliverable email communications, while at the same time reducing to a minimum the number of emails sent to people who are not interested in receiving them.[2]
History
[edit]ArcaMax originally sold educational materials at the cost of shipping and handling.[1] By July 2004, the company began distributing ezines, which eventually featured health and fitness, money management and automotive advice, among other topics.[1] Their first high-profile syndicated features were Garfield and Dear Abby. Currently the company offers more than "90 comic strips, many more advice and political columnists, news headlines, videos, and games."[3]
Around 2006, the company began the Arcamax Book Club, which delivered book chapters to subscribers via email.[1]
Comic strips
[edit]ArcaMax syndicates their content digitally through arrangements with other (print) syndicates, primarily Andrews McMeel Syndication (formerly Universal Uclick), Creators Syndicate, and King Features Syndicate.
- 1 and Done
- 9 Chickweed Lane
- Agnes
- Andy Capp
- Archie
- Arctic Circle
- The Argyle Sweater
- Ask Shagg
- Aunty Acid
- BC
- Baby Blues
- Ballard Street
- The Barn
- Barney & Clyde
- Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
- Beetle Bailey
- Bizarro
- Blondie
- The Boondocks
- Breaking Cat News
- The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
- Candorville
- Carpe Diem
- Cathy
- Crankshaft
- Cul de Sac
- Curtis
- Daddy Daze
- Daddy's Home
- Dennis the Menace
- Diamond Lil
- The Dinette Set
- Dog eat Doug
- Dogs of C-Kennel
- Doonesbury
- Dustin
- The Family Circus
- Flo & Friends
- For Better or For Worse
- For Heaven's Sake
- Fort Knox
- Free Range
- Garfield
- Get Fuzzy
- Ginger Meggs
- Hägar the Horrible
- Heathcliff
- Herb and Jamaal
- Hi and Lois
- Intelligent Life
- Jerry King Cartoons
- Little Dog Lost
- The Lockhorns
- Long Story Short
- Loose Parts
- Luann
- Mallard Fillmore
- Marvin
- Master Strokes: Golf Tips
- The Meaning of Lila
- Mike du Jour
- Momma
- Mother Goose and Grimm
- Mutts
- Nest Heads
- Non Sequitur
- One Big Happy
- The Other Coast
- The Pajama Diaries
- Peanuts
- Pearls Before Swine
- Pickles[4]
- Poorly Drawn Lines
- Red and Rover
- Reply All
- Rhymes with Orange
- Rose Is Rose
- Rubes
- Rudy Park
- Rugrats
- Sarah's Scribbles
- Scary Gary
- Shoe
- Spectickles
- Speed Bump
- Strange Brew
- Take it From the Tinkersons
- Wallace the Brave
- Wee Pals
- The Wizard of Id
- Working it Out
- Wumo
- Zack Hill
- Zits
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Covey, Sharyl (February 14, 2006). "Page turning by click". Daily Press. Hampton Roads, Virginia: Tribune Publishing. pp. C7–8. Retrieved October 24, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Note: Second page of article appears on page C8.
- ^ a b c d e Eckerle, Courtney."CASE STUDY: Email Deliverability: Publisher moves beyond double opt-in to avoid 1,000 hard bounces per day," Marketing Sherpa (May 21, 2013).
- ^ "About ArcaMax Publishing," ArcaMax official website. Accessed October 24, 2018.[self-published source]
- ^ Dwyer, Ed. "CULTURE: The Funny Papers: Newspapers may be in trouble, but the comic strip is alive and well — and flourishing online," Saturday Evening Post (November 7, 2016). "Pickles is carried online by GoComics.com/Pickles and ArcaMax.com, where it is enjoyed by tens of thousands of fans."