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| Founded | 1881 |
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| Defunct | 1933 |
| Successor | Appleton-Century |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York, New York |
The Century Company was an American publishing company, founded in 1881.
It began as a subsidiary ofCharles Scribner's Sons in 1870, named Scribner and Company,[1][2] but was bought by Roswell Smith in 1881 and renamed by him after theCentury Association. The magazine that the company had published up to that time,Scribner's Monthly, was renamed theCentury Illustrated Monthly Magazine.[3]
The Century Company was also the publisher ofSt. Nicholas Magazine from the time of its founding.[4]
William Morgan Schuster became president of the Century Company of New York City in 1915. In 1933, the Century Company merged with publisherD. Appleton & Company to formAppleton-Century Company, and later merged with F.S. Crofts & Co. to formAppleton-Century-Crofts in 1947.[5] Schuster remained president throughout the mergers,[6] until his retirement in 1952.
Meredith Corporation bought Appleton-Century-Crofts in 1960, and sold its textbook division toPrentice Hall in 1973.[5]
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