ArcaMax Publishing

ArcaMax Publishing is a privately-owned, American syndication service that provides editorial content, columns & features, comic strips, and editorial cartoons via email.[2] Labeled the "premier publisher of consumer syndicated content online,"[2] ArcaMax also produces co-branded newsletters with corporate clients.

ArcaMax Publishing
Private[1]
IndustryWeb syndication
Founded1996[1] or 1999[2]
Headquarters
Newport News, Virginia
,
United States[1]
Key people
Number of employees
11 (2006)[1]
WebsiteArcaMax.com

The company was established in 1996 or 1999 and is based in Newport News, Virginia. The company's revenue comes from advertising.[2] With regard to its subscriber base, potential subscribers typically come from topical banners or co-registration for related topical sites or newsletters; as this approach can be exploited by spam purveyors, the company conducts an initial source evaluation before contacting potential subscribers by email to complete a "double opt-in" circuit aimed to decrease the amount of company resources expended on un-deliverable email communications, while at the same time reducing to a minimum the number of emails sent to people who are not interested in receiving them.[2]

History

ArcaMax originally sold educational materials at the cost of shipping and handling.[1] By July 2004, the company began distributing ezines, which eventually featured health and fitness, money management and automotive advice, among other topics.[1] Their first high-profile syndicated features were Garfield and Dear Abby. Currently the company offers more than "90 comic strips, many more advice and political columnists, news headlines, videos, and games."[3]

Around 2006, the company began the Arcamax Book Club, which delivered book chapters to subscribers via email.[1]

Columns and features

ArcaMax syndicates columns and features in the following categories:

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Health & Spirit
  • Home & Leisure
  • Knowledge
  • Politics

Comic strips

ArcaMax syndicates their content digitally through arrangements with other (print) syndicates, primarily Andrews McMeel Syndication (formerly Universal Uclick), Creators Syndicate, and King Features Syndicate.

gollark: If someone doesn't know the all the arcane lore of Windows, not their fault.
gollark: All is user error.
gollark: NixOS: Pretty Good.
gollark: NixOS *supports* graphics but is not a "graphical OS".
gollark: Er... no?

See also

References
  1. Covey, Sharyl (February 14, 2006). "Page turning by click". Daily Press. Hampton Roads, Virginia: Tribune Publishing. pp. C7–8. Retrieved October 24, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.Note: Second page of article appears on page C8.
  2. Eckerle, Courtney."CASE STUDY: Email Deliverability: Publisher moves beyond double opt-in to avoid 1,000 hard bounces per day," Marketing Sherpa (May 21, 2013).
  3. "About ArcaMax Publishing," ArcaMax official website. Accessed October 24, 2018.
  4. Dwyer, Ed. "CULTURE: The Funny Papers: Newspapers may be in trouble, but the comic strip is alive and well — and flourishing online," Saturday Evening Post (November 7, 2016). "Pickles is carried online by GoComics.com/Pickles and ArcaMax.com, where it is enjoyed by tens of thousands of fans."
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