Kappa Publishing Group
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Kappa Publishing Group, Inc. is a Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
based publishing
company concentrating on adult puzzle books and magazines as well as children's magazines and maps. It is a private company founded in 1955 with $11.5 million in annual sales.
It has a number of subsidiary companies, such as London Publishing or GAMES Publications. It original owner, H.L. Herbert ("Larry") founded his puzzle business, Official Publications in Manhattan with titles including Teen Word-Finds, Superb Word-Finds, Variety Word-Finds and countless crossword puzzle, crosspatch and fill-it-in titles. Sons Anthony Herbert (Editorial Director) and Paul Herbert (Sales) helped the business grow to the success it became. Edward Tobias was the Editor. Prior to Mr. Herbert, Sr.'s passing in the 1980s, he sold the business to Nick Karabots, who owned the printer where the titles were being printed. The business was then moved to Ft. Washington, PA. Top word-find contributors in the early 80's included Rich Latta and Frank J. D'Agostino.
Kappa Publishing Group has a number of brands used for publishing magazine
s and books for puzzles and games.
Former boxing publications include:
In December 2005, Kappa Publishing settled a class-action lawsuit where they allegedly sent junk faxes. The settlement was for $1.5 million to 13,500 potential class members, $560,000 in attorneys' fees and expenses and $65,000 for administrative expenses. http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/11357906448570.xml&storylist=louisiana
Kappa began acquiring map publishers in 2007 with the acquisition of Universal Map. It acquired Mapsco
in March 2010 and the map division of travel publisher Langenscheidt
in August.
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Blue Bell is a census-designated place in Whitpain Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,067....
based publishing
Publishing
Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...
company concentrating on adult puzzle books and magazines as well as children's magazines and maps. It is a private company founded in 1955 with $11.5 million in annual sales.
It has a number of subsidiary companies, such as London Publishing or GAMES Publications. It original owner, H.L. Herbert ("Larry") founded his puzzle business, Official Publications in Manhattan with titles including Teen Word-Finds, Superb Word-Finds, Variety Word-Finds and countless crossword puzzle, crosspatch and fill-it-in titles. Sons Anthony Herbert (Editorial Director) and Paul Herbert (Sales) helped the business grow to the success it became. Edward Tobias was the Editor. Prior to Mr. Herbert, Sr.'s passing in the 1980s, he sold the business to Nick Karabots, who owned the printer where the titles were being printed. The business was then moved to Ft. Washington, PA. Top word-find contributors in the early 80's included Rich Latta and Frank J. D'Agostino.
Kappa Publishing Group has a number of brands used for publishing magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s and books for puzzles and games.
- GAMES, which is used for GAMES MagazineGAMES MagazineGames magazine is a United States magazine devoted to games and puzzles, and is published by Games Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group.-History:...
and other magazines and books - Official, such as for Official's Logic Puzzles and Official's Variety Puzzles
- Blue Ribbon, such as for Blue Ribbon Word Find
- Children's Fun Puzzles
Former boxing publications include:
- Ring Magazine
- KO MagazineKO MagazineKO Magazine is a popular United States boxing magazine. It was first published in 1979, to compete with The Ring.During the 1980s, KO Magazine, nicknamed "The knockout boxing magazine", ran some popular features, such as a round-by-round section where the most important fights were described punch...
- World Boxing
In December 2005, Kappa Publishing settled a class-action lawsuit where they allegedly sent junk faxes. The settlement was for $1.5 million to 13,500 potential class members, $560,000 in attorneys' fees and expenses and $65,000 for administrative expenses. http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-22/11357906448570.xml&storylist=louisiana
Kappa began acquiring map publishers in 2007 with the acquisition of Universal Map. It acquired Mapsco
Mapsco
Mapsco was a privately-held publisher of maps and atlases, and was based in Addison, Texas. Universal Map Group, LLC, an affiliate of Kappa Media Group, Inc. acquired the assets of Mapsco, Inc. from Dallas based Rupe Investment Corp. in March, 2010. Rupe Investment Corp. had owned Mapsco, Inc...
in March 2010 and the map division of travel publisher Langenscheidt
Langenscheidt
Langenscheidt is a privately held German publishing company, specialising in language resource literature. As well as producing monolingual dictionaries, Langenscheidt also produces bilingual dictionaries and travel phrase-books, as well as maps and atlases....
in August.