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Input (English): Context: King Features Syndicate, Inc. is a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation that distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5,000 newspapers worldwide. King Features Syndicate is a unit of Hearst Holdings, Inc., which combines the Hearst Corporation's cable network partnerships, television programming and distribution activities and syndication companies. King Features' affiliate syndicates are "North America Syndicate" and "Cowles Syndicate". Each week, Reed Brennan Media Associates, a unit of Hearst, edits and distributes more than 200 features for King Features., Murat Bernard "Chic" Young (January 9, 1901March 14, 1973) was an American cartoonist who created the popular, long-running comic strip "Blondie". His 1919 "William McKinley High School Yearbook" cites his nickname as Chicken, source of his familiar pen name and signature. According to King Features Syndicate, Young had a daily readership of 52 million. Stan Drake, who drew "Blondie" in the 1980s and 1990s, stated that Young "has to go down in history as one of the geniuses of the industry.", Blondie is a 1938 movie directed by Frank Strayer , based on the comic strip of the same name , created by Chic Young . The screenplay was written by Richard Flournoy . This was the first of 28 films based on the comic strip ; Columbia Pictures produced them from 1938 to 1943 , and popular demand brought them back in 1945 . When the Blondie film series came to an end with Beware of Blondie in 1950 , it was announced that it would be replaced with a series of Gasoline Alley movies . However , only two such films were made , Gasoline Alley ( 1951 ) and Corky of Gasoline Alley ( 1951 ) . Columbia then reissued the Blondie features , beginning with the very first film in the series . Columbia used the series to showcase many of its talented contract players . Rita Hayworth was featured in Blondie on a Budget ; Glenn Ford in Blondie Plays Cupid , Larry Parks and Janet Blair in Blondie Goes to College , Shemp Howard in Blondie Knows Best and Adele Jergens in Blondie 's Anniversary . Other roles were taken by Columbia contractees Bruce Bennett , Lloyd Bridges , Ann Doran , Stanley Brown , Richard Fiske , Bud Jamison , Eddie Laughton , John Tyrrell , Alyn Lockwood , Jimmy Lloyd , Gay Nelson and Ross Ford ., Subject: blondie , Relation: production_company, Options: (A) hearst corporation (B) king features syndicate
Output (English): king features syndicate