Recent News from United Media
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September 7, 2010
When Pig’s Fly: New Pearls Before Swine Collection Now Available
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September 3, 2010
Scripps Howard News Service Adds Muscle with New Mixed Martial Arts Column
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August 31, 2010
World of Wonder Celebrates 10 Years of Entertaining and Educating
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August 26, 2010
Frazz Cartoonist Jef Mallett Running Races and Signing Books in Busy Chicago Weekend
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August 23, 2010
UFS Offers Comic Relief from Today's Economic Reality with New Strip, Freshly Squeezed
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August 19, 2010
National Portrait Gallery Presents Portrait of Charles M. Schulz
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August 16, 2010
Perfect for Pet Lovers, Today’s Dogg Launches on Comics.com
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July 28, 2010
“Arlo & Janis” Celebrates 25 Years in the Comics Proving Love Tends to Hang Around
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June 10, 2010
From the Comics Page to a Hit Movie, Over the Hedge Celebrates 15 Years
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June 9, 2010
The Knight Life: Chivalry Ain’t Dead
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June 2, 2010
Marmaduke Movie Hits Theaters on June 4th
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May 25, 2010
SHNS Report Exposes Alarming Rate of Unsolved Homicides in U.S.
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May 25, 2010
The Greatest Adventure Strip of All Time Gets the Deluxe Fantagraphics Treatment
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May 12, 2010
The Dinette Set Moves to United Feature Syndicate
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May 5, 2010
The Born Loser Turns 45
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May 4, 2010
Treasury of the Lost Litter Box
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April 27, 2010
United Media Adds Tribune Media Services Comics, Editorial Cartoons to Comics.com
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April 22, 2010
David Nielsen Named Deputy Bureau Chief and Managing Editor of Scripps' Washington Office
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April 22, 2010
Bill Day Among Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award Winners
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April 13, 2010
SHNS columnist Sharon Randall speaking to benefit cancer clinic
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April 12, 2010
50,000,000 Pearls of Wisdom
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April 1, 2010
“Reality Check” Celebrates 15 Years of Looking at the World Differently
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March 26, 2010
Soup to Nutz Celebrates Ten Years of Hilarious Family Antics
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March 12, 2010
Scripps Howard Foundation Announces National Journalism Awards Winners
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March 10, 2010
SHNS multimedia journalist Isaac Wolf wins a "Best in Business" journalism award
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March 8, 2010
Big Nate: In A Class By Himself
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March 4, 2010
Scripps Howard News Service Investigates America’s 'Killer Roads'
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February 22, 2010
Free Excerpts from Miss Manners' Guide to a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding Now Available to Clients
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February 22, 2010
Luann Celebrates 25 Years of Delighting Readers, Capturing All of the Humor, Angst, and Drama of Teenage Life
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February 8, 2010
Actor Joe Mantegna Wins Super Sage Award; Edges Other Celebs' Predictions in SHNS' Annual Super Bowl Poll
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February 4, 2010
Wondering Who Maya Angelou, John McCain, and Miss America Like in the Super Bowl? SHNS' Annual Celebrity Super Bowl Poll Has the Answers
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December 16, 2009
New Miss Manners Book Shows How to Have a Surprisingly Dignified Wedding
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December 15, 2009
Rob Rogers' New Book, No Cartoon Left Behind!, Offers a Look at Post-Cold War History via Political Cartoons
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December 15, 2009
Robert Ariail Wins Prestigious U.N. Political Cartoon Award
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November 20, 2009
AVAILABLE MONDAY AFTERNOON (NOV. 23): NEA's Holiday Gift Guide Offers Budget-Friendly Ideas for Everyone on Your List
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October 19, 2009
Grab Your Battle Gear … It’s Time to Get Fuzzy
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September 30, 2009
JumpStart Celebrates 20 years in Newspapers
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September 29, 2009
Rip Haywire Delivers a Funny, Action-Packed Christmas in the Annual NEA Holiday Strip
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September 24, 2009
Peekaboo Planet: A Collection of Rose is Rose Comics is now available
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September 23, 2009
Peanuts Announces First-Ever Photo Look-A-Like Contest to Kick Off Its 60th Anniversary.
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September 18, 2009
Nancy Volume One, featuring classic comics hijinks from the writer of Melvin Monster
and Little Lulu, is now available from Drawn & Quarterly.
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September 17, 2009
SHNS Set to Launch New Travel Etiquette Column, "Dear TripAdvisor"
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August 18, 2009
A Shameless Sellout
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August 6, 2009
Next Steps Book Now Available from Quill Driver
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July 29, 2009
Love Comics? Personalize your iGoogle Homepage with Comics Themes from
Peanuts, Dilbert, Pearls Before Swine and Nancy
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July 10, 2009
Prickly City Moves to United Feature Syndicate
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May 26, 2009
"off the mark" and Mike Lester Win Big at NCS Awards Dinner
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May 13, 2009
Eat In and Save, A New Food and Cooking column from NEA
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May 11, 2009
Think Fuzzy Thoughts
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April 16, 2009
Young-At-Heart Lola Celebrates Ten Years on the Comics Pages
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April 13, 2009
Brevity: An Observation in Hilarity
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April 9, 2009
New Pearls Before Swine Plush Characters
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April 8, 2009
Dilbert Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary
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March 27, 2009
F Minus: This Can't Be Legal
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March 26, 2009
Family Bonding Time: Pearls Style
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March 10, 2009
Big Nate Has a New Island on Poptropica, The Fastest Growing Virtual World for Kids
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March 4, 2009
Newspaper Enterprise Association to Syndicate Conservative Commentary of Byron York; Column Replaces Retiring William Rusher in NEA Service
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February 2, 2009
Actress Patricia De Leon wins SHNS Celebrity Super Bowl Poll
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January 28, 2009
UFS Offers Must-Have Content for Brides and Grooms from the 2009 Real Simple Weddings Special
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January 28, 2009
Celebrities Pick a Winner in Annual SHNS Super Bowl Poll
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January 22, 2009
SHNS Report on SIDS Wins 2008 Philip Meyer Journalism Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
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December 16, 2008
Believe It or Not! Ripley's First Cartoon Celebrates its 90th Anniversary
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December 10, 2008
Rip Haywire, a new adventure comic strip...with a twist
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November 13, 2008
Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson featured in Animal Planet's Dogs 101/Cats 101 Series
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November 10, 2008
Brevity: The Soul of Wit
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October 31, 2008
SHNS Investigation Finds "Ghost Schools" Are Paid Millions Despite Astronomical Student Absence Rates
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October 29, 2008
workplace911's Bob Rosner and Sherrie Campbell Show Businesses How to Avoid the Next Economic Meltdown
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October 24, 2008
Not Fit for a Dog! "Animal Doctor" Columnist Dr. Michael Fox Co-authors New Book That Highlights the Dangers of Modern Pet Food
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October 21, 2008
Scripps Howard News Service Managing Editor Karen Timmons Dies at 58
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October 15, 2008
NEA's Holiday Gift Guide Gives Shoppers a Head Start on Holiday Gift Giving
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October 8, 2008
"The Search for Santa" Helps NEA Clients Find the Holiday Spirit
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October 2, 2008
Fourth Get Fuzzy Treasury Available This Month
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September 16, 2008
Democratic Economists Favor Obama. Republican Economists Favor McCain. Independents Lean Toward Obama.
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September 15, 2008
United Feature Syndicate offers KENKEN, the Hot New Logic Puzzle That Makes You Smarter; Will Shortz Calls It "The Most Addictive Puzzle Since Sudoku"
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September 3, 2008
New Pearls book out next month: Macho Macho Animals
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August 26, 2008
United Feature Syndicate Now Offers Mike Lester's Editorial Cartoons
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August 25, 2008
Free animated shorts by Drew Litton during the DNC
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August 22, 2008
"MaryJane's Everyday Organic (TM)," A New United Feature Syndicate Column by MaryJane Butters, Offers Simple Solutions for Buying Less, Eating Better and Getting More Out of Life
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August 21, 2008
New Partnership Between Peanuts and Rock the Vote
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August 20, 2008
Serious Laughs Are Headed Your Way in Luann 4: Seriously...
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August 13, 2008
Get 'Frazz'led
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August 1, 2008
Alley Oop Celebrates 75 Years in the Comics with a Summer of Fun Events Nationwide
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July 22, 2008
SHNS Columnist Sharon Randall to Keynote 15th Annual Magna Cum Murder Crime Writing Festival, October 24-26
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July 10, 2008
SHNS Columnist Martin Schram Chronicles Our Government's Unfulfilled Pledge in His New Book, Vets Under Siege: How America Deceives and Dishonors Those Who Fight Our Battles
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June 12, 2008
Brevity (Remix): A Treasury from Guy and Rodd
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June 11, 2008
21st Century Confusion: A Moderately Confused Collection by Jeff Stahler
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