DC Thomson

DC Thomson & Company Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryPublishing
Founded1905 (1905)
FounderDavid Couper Thomson
HeadquartersDundee, Scotland
Key people
    • Christopher HW Thomson (Chairman)
    • David Thomson (Director & COO)
    • Richard Hall (Director)
Products
Revenue£245 million (2016)
£30.06 million (2016)
Total assets£1.404 billion (2016)
Number of employees
2,148 (2016)
Subsidiaries
    • DC Thomson Media
    • DC Thomson Ventures
    • Brightsolid, Findmypast
    • Beano Studios
    • Emanata Studios
    • Shortlist Media
    • Puzzler Media
    • Wild & Wolf
    • Pure Radio Scotland
    • Fifth Ring
Websitedcthomson.co.uk

DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing The Courier, The Evening Telegraph and The Sunday Post newspapers, and the comics Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando. It also owns the Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the Press and Journal. The company owns several websites, including Findmypast, and owned the now defunct social media site Friends Reunited.