Richard Newcombe, CEO of Creators Syndicate (GNLA)
March 24, 2010, 6:30pm
Summary:
Regulation and taxes are quickly becoming an unbearable burden for businesses in California in general and Los Angeles in particular. Please join Gen Next for a discussion of the future of Business in LA with Richard Newcombe, CEO of Creators Syndicate on March 24th, a successful media executive. The CEO of Creators Syndicate has been a California business leader that has created a voice for this California Crisis.
Detail:
Most people would think it impossible to start a syndication company right when the newspaper industry is facing massive reorganizations. Creators Syndicate is the first successful independent newspaper syndication company in two decades -- only the second major independent syndicate started since the 1930s. Richard believes that with his enthusiasm and knowledge of the business, he could assemble the best staff in the industry and attract top talent by offering them freedom in their contracts. For more on Richard Newcombe see below.
This program is open to Members and invited guests only.
When: March 24, 2010 6:30pm
Where: La Vida Lounge - 1448 Gower Street Hollywood, CA 90028
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Valet is complimentary.
Richard S. Newcombe is the founder and President of Creators Syndicate. Founded in 1987, his syndicate was the first to work toward a more equitable arrangement between syndicates and the talent that they represent. Newcombe continues to head up Creators, which is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2007. Creators Syndicate is a multimillion-dollar corporation that has been operating in the black since 1989.
Newcombe put together the best staff in the industry and attract top talent by offering them freedom in their contracts. He also believes that "content is king" and that the future is unlimited with digital delivery. Newcombe's company also syndicates political cartoonists Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Constitution, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Steve Kelley of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Benson of The Arizona Republic, Chip Bok of the Akron Beacon Journal, Gary Varvel of The Indianapolis Star and John Deering of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Over the years, Newcombe has syndicated many celebrities, world leaders and well-known journalists, including Pope John Paul II, Ann Landers, Richard Nixon, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Nancy Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Erma Bombeck, Art Buchwald, Joyce Jillson, Jeane Dixon, Sydney Omarr, Carl Rowan, Dan Quayle, Oliver North, Sheinwold on Bridge, and editorial cartoonists Herblock of The Washington Post, Paul Conrad of the Los Angeles Times, Bill Mauldin of the Chicago Sun-Times, Ranan Lurie and Pat Oliphant. He has syndicated the comic strips Dennis the Menace, Mark Trail, Sally Forth, Crock, Star Wars, Star Trek, Judge Parker and Mary Worth.
Prior to founding the company, Newcombe served as president of News America Syndicate, which was the third largest syndicate in the world and at the time owned by Rupert Murdoch. Before joining NAS, Newcombe served as Vice President and General Manager of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate from 1978 to 1984.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Georgetown University, where he was one of the founding editors of The Georgetown Voice, Newcombe worked as a reporter and editor at UPI for four years. He also studied for his MBA at the graduate business school of the University of Chicago.
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