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Kiplinger ( ) is an American publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice that is a subsidiary of
Future plc Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was ...
. 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. In 2021,
Future plc Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was ...
acquired Dennis Publishing and with it Kiplinger.


History

W. M. Kiplinger (1891–1967), a former AP economics reporter, founded the eponymous Washington, D.C. company in 1920. With his son Austin H. Kiplinger (1918–2015) he co-founded Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine in 1947. 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
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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


Further reading

* Wells, Rob. ''The Insider: How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridged Washington and Wall Street'' (U of Massachusetts Press, 2022
online review of this book


External links

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