Bell Syndicate

Bell Syndicate
Formerly	Bell Syndicate-North American Newspaper Alliance; Bell-McClure Syndicate
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Print syndication
Predecessor	Wheeler Syndicate
Founded	1916
Founder	John Neville Wheeler
Defunct	1972
Fate	absorbed into United Feature Syndicate
Headquarters	229 West 43rd Street, New York City, New York, U.S.
Area served	United States
Key people	John Neville Wheeler (1916–1966); Kathleen Caesar (editor); Henry M. Snevily (president); Joseph P. Agnelli (executive VP & GM); Muriel Agnelli a.k.a. Muriel Nissen (columnist); Louis Ruppel (President & Editor, 1952–c. 1958);
Products	columns, fiction, feature articles, and comic strips
Owners	North American Newspaper Alliance (1930–1966); Koster-Dana (1966–1972); United Features Syndicate (1972)
Subsidiaries	Metropolitan Newspaper Service (1920–1930); Associated Newspapers (1930–c. 1966); McClure Syndicate (1952–1972)

The Bell Syndicate, launched in 1916 by editor-publisher John Neville Wheeler, was an American syndicate that distributed columns, fiction, feature articles and comic strips to newspapers for decades. It was located in New York City at 247 West 43rd Street and later at 229 West 43rd Street. It also reprinted comic strips in book form.

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