King Features Syndication Services
King Features' leading comic properties include the most widely syndicated and beloved comics in the world, such as "Blondie," "Beetle Bailey," "Hagar the Horrible," “Hi and Lois,” "The Family Circus," “Dennis the Menace” and “Mother Goose and Grimm.” The company's new generation of comics — including "Zits," "Baby Blues," “Sally Forth” "Mutts," “Six Chix,” “Rhymes with Orange” and “Bizarro” — is receiving widespread acclaim from critics and readers alike.

King Features also distributes popular newspaper columns by well-known lifestyle advisers such as Heloise of household hints fame and the editors from Seventeen magazine; distinguished commentators such as Dan Rather, “Democracy Now!”’s Amy Goodman and Univision Network’s news anchor Maia Elena Salinas; National Public Radio's entertaining “Car Talk” hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi; authors of the best-selling “Chicken Soup for the Soul” inspirational book series, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen; Arthur Frommer, the “Dean of American Travel” ; best-selling author, TV personality and affordable home design expert Debbie Travis; “This Week in Fantasy Sports” veteran sports writer John Hansen; and NASCAR This Week, an exciting page of original reporting on stock car racing, America’s fastest-growing sport.

King Features continues to meet the increasing demand for interesting and informative editorial content in a variety of ways. With more than 1,300 subscribers nationwide, King Features Weekly Service packages more than 75 comics, puzzles, columns and features for weekly, monthly and college newspapers.

In alliance with Gazette Communications, King Features offers newspapers top-quality color printing for Sunday color comics and other special sections as well as advertising inserts. More than 150 newspapers around the country have taken advantage of the service’s state-of-the-art printing technology, affordable pricing and superior customer support.

King Features Licensing
King Features Licensing has developed and promoted classic characters that have stood the test of time — characters whose appeal spans generations of loyal fans. In recent years, the company has diversified and now represents properties such as the trendy apparel and accessory brand, David & Goliath the publicly displayed, life-size art sculptures, GuitarMania and The Trail of Painted Ponies; and the conscious living lifestyle brand, Mutts, and the two-time Emmy Award-winning children’s television show, SeeMore’s Playhouse®. Today, King Features licenses its own comic-character trademarks such as Betty Boop, Popeye and Flash Gordon as well as the other diverse brands it represents to more than 1,000 quality manufacturers, advertisers and promotional partners worldwide.

About Betty Boop
Since her 1930 debut at the New York City-based Fleischer Studios, Betty Boop has become a billion-dollar retail property, licensed in virtually every product category by quality manufacturers. She is an undeniable licensing sensation in the Unite d States and has increased in popularity with consumers around the world. Her classic likeness graces fine products from apparel and fashion accessories to consumer electronics and home décor, from gifts and collectibles to food, toys and even lottery tickets and gaming machines. A universal icon, she has teamed up with world-famous brands such as Coca-Cola and Chevrolet in dual licensing programs, has appeared in print and TV campaigns for advertisers such as Mercedes Benz and Garnier Lumina and has expanded her presence at Universal theme parks in Orlando, Japan and now Spain.

About Popeye
As one of the most recognized icons of the 20th century, Popeye the Sailor Man and his pals have been sought after as spokescharacters, advertising some of the world’s best-known brands in print and television campaigns around the world, including Pepsi, Kimberly-Clark, Duracell, Mazda, Toyota, MasterCard, B.F. Goodrich and Xenical. The world-famous mariner, now the No. 1 licensed character food brand in the world, also remains a powerhouse property in other industries, boasting more than 250 licensees around the globe who produce dolls, toys, apparel, computer games and software, statues, stationery, postage stamps, puzzles, gaming machines, lottery tickets and even custom imagery for wireless downloads.

Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge Rat Barges, a thrilling wet-‘n’-wild white-water rafting experience, makes a huge splash with visitors at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure theme park. And in 2007, Warner Home Video (WHV), Hearst Entertainment and King Features Syndicate release for the first time on DVD Popeye The Sailor 1933-1938 Volume 1, the 4-disc Authorized Edition collection that includes 60 original remastered and unedited theatrical black-and-white shorts created by the legendary Max Fleischer. These classic Popeye animated shorts made Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto national pop icons and have been demanded by fans for generations. Three additional volumes will be released during 2008 and 2009.

About Flash Gordon
“Flash Gordon,” the intrepid space adventurer of the 1930s, is returning to television in a brand-new, 22-episode, live-action series that makes its debut in August 2007 on the SCI FI Channel. Canadian actor Eric Johnson (Smallville, Legends of the Fall, Texas Rangers) has been cast in the lead role. Ming, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov are among the many beloved characters joining him in this contemporary retelling of the intergalactic exploits of “Flash Gordon.” The “Flash Gordon“ comic strip was created in 1934 by legendary comic-strip artist Alex Raymond and has been distributed internationally ever since by King Features Syndicate.

About SeeMore’s Playhouse™
“SeeMore’s Playhouse™” is a two-time Emmy Award-winning pre-school series focused on the safety and wellness of children, presented in an engaging and entertaining way through lovable puppets and celebrity segments that feature Kevin Bacon, Heather Graham and others. Co-produced by King Features and S4K Entertainment, “SeeMore’s Playhouse” was launched nationally on public television in September 2006, and is designed to help parents and caregivers integrate the basics of safety and injury prevention into their children’s daily lives. The entertainment is delivered through a multi-dimensional mix of content presented on TV, the Internet, live events and cause-marketing partners.