Newspaper Enterprise Association

Newspaper Enterprise Association

Company type	Print syndication
Founded	1902; 122 years ago (1902); began syndicating in 1907
Founder	E. W. Scripps
Headquarters	United States, Chicago
Key people	Charles N. Landon Frank Rostock Boyd Lewis Murray Olderman
Services	editorial columns and comic strips
Owner	E. W. Scripps Company (1902–2011) Andrews McMeel Universal (2011–present)
Parent	E. W. Scripps Company (1902–1978) United Media (1978–2011) Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndication (2011–present)
Website	syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com/nea

The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) is an editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States and established in 1902. The oldest syndicate still in operation, the NEA was originally a secondary news service to the Scripps Howard News Service; it later evolved into a general syndicate best known for syndicating the comic strips Alley Oop, Our Boarding House, Freckles and His Friends, The Born Loser, Frank and Ernest, and Captain Easy / Wash Tubbs; in addition to an annual Christmas comic strip.^[1] Along with United Feature Syndicate, the NEA was part of United Media from 1978 to 2011, and is now a division of Andrews McMeel Syndication. The NEA once selected college All-America teams, and presented awards in professional football and professional [NBA] basketball.