Kiplinger
{{Short description|American publisher}}
{{for|the magazine|Kiplinger Personal Finance}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Kiplinger
| trading_name =
| traded_as =
| logo = Kiplinger logo.svg
| type = Subsidiary
| founder = W. M. Kiplinger
| area_served =
| key_people =
| industry = Print media
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| foundation = {{Start date and age|1920}}
| location = Washington, D.C., United States
| parent = Future plc
| homepage = {{URL|www.kiplinger.com}}
}}
Kiplinger ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪ|p|l|ɪ|ŋ|ər}} {{respell|KIP|ling-ər}}) is an American publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice that is a subsidiary of Future plc.
Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., was a closely held company managed for more than nine decades by three generations of the Kiplinger family, until its sale in February 2019 to Dennis Publishing, a U.K.-based media company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foliomag.com/dennis-publishing-buys-kiplinger/|title=Dennis Publishing Buys Kiplinger|date=2019-02-28|website=Folio|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-16}}
In 2021, Future plc acquired Dennis Publishing and with it Kiplinger.{{cite news |last1=Lepitak |first1=Stephen |title=The Week Publisher Dennis Acquired by Future for $416m |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/the-week-publisher-dennis-acquired-by-future-for-416m/ |access-date=September 13, 2024 |work=Adweek |date=August 16, 2021}}
History
W. M. Kiplinger (1891–1967),{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/07/archives/wm-kiplinger-is-dead-at-76-created-capital-news-letter-his-notes.html
|title=W.M. Kiplinger Is Dead at 76; Created Capital News Letter; His Notes for Clients of Bank Crew Into Major Source of Data for Business
|date=August 7, 1967 |page=29}} a former AP economics reporter, founded the eponymous Washington, D.C. company in 1920.{{cite news
|newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/business/media/austin-kiplinger-co-founder-of-financial-publishing-firm-dies-at-97.html
|title=Austin Kiplinger, Co-Founder of a Personal Finance Magazine, Dies at 97
|author=Sam Roberts |date=November 23, 2015}} With his son Austin H. Kiplinger (1918–2015) he co-founded Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine in 1947.{{CN|date=November 2023}} Grandson Knight A. Kiplinger continued the dynasty until the 2019 sale to Dennis Publishing.
In 2015, the company's former headquarters in D.C., the Editors Building, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Kim |date=December 2014 |title=Editors Building Final Nomination |publisher=National Park Service |url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/2zzhoavnbmnysxl/DC_Editors%20Building%20NR.pdf?dl=0 |access-date=April 4, 2024}}
Products
Its best-known publications are The Kiplinger Letter, a weekly business and economic forecasting periodical for people in management, and the monthly Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine.
Kiplinger also provides custom publishing services to a variety of companies and associations.
References
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Further reading
- Wells, Rob. The Insider: How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridged Washington and Wall Street (U of Massachusetts Press, 2022) [http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=59485 online review of this book]
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.kiplinger.com}}
{{Future plc}}
Category:Privately held companies based in Washington, D.C.
Category:Publishing companies established in 1920
Category:Magazine publishing companies of the United States