Question: Universal Press Syndicate merged with what company featuring a writer born December 8, 1961

full_context: Document 1: Universal Cooperatives: Universal Cooperatives, based in Eagan, Minnesota, is a cooperative controlled by 17 regional agricultural marketing and agricultural supply cooperatives. The distribution system includes 110 regional feed mills, 26 warehouses, and 7 research farms. The company was formed November 1, 1972 by a merger of United Cooperatives, Inc. of Alliance, Ohio and National Cooperatives, Inc. of Albert Lea, Minnesota. The companies had inter-mixed ownership, leading to merger discussion, and eventual merger. On May 11, 2014, Universal Cooperatives, Inc. and its domestic subsidiaries filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Document 2: Toby Press: Toby Press was an American comic-book company that published from 1949 to 1955. Founded by Elliott Caplin, brother of cartoonist Al Capp and himself an established comic strip writer, the company published reprints of Capp's "Li'l Abner" strip; licensed-character comics starring such film and animated cartoon properties as John Wayne and Felix the Cat; and original conceptions, including romance, war, Western, and adventure comics. Some of its comics were published under the imprint Minoan. Some covers bore the logo ANC, standing for American News Company, at the time the country's largest newsstand distributor.
Document 3: Advice column: An advice column is a column traditionally presented in a magazine or newspaper, though it can also be delivered through other news media, such as the internet and broadcast news media. The advice column format is question and answer: a (usually anonymous) reader writes to the media outlet with a problem in the form of a question, and the media outlet provides an answer or response. The responses are written by an advice columnist (colloquially known in British English as an agony aunt, or agony uncle if the columnist is male). The image presented was originally of an older woman dispensing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt". An advice columnist can also be someone who gives advice to people who send in problems to the newspaper.
Document 4: Ann Coulter: Ann Hart Coulter ( ; born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative social and political commentator, writer, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. She frequently appears on television, radio, and as a speaker at public and private events.
Document 5: Universal Press Syndicate: Universal Press Syndicate, a subsidiary of Andrews McMeel Universal, was an independent press syndicate. It distributed lifestyle and opinion columns, comic strips and other content. Popular columns include Dear Abby, Ann Coulter, Roger Ebert and News of the Weird. Founded in 1970, it was merged in July 2009 with Uclick (which published its comics on GoComics) to form Universal Uclick.
Document 6: Karin Agness: Karin Agness is the founder and president of the Network of enlightened Women (NeW), an American organization for conservative university women. She regularly speaks on campuses and to groups reaching out to women and young people. She is also a political commentator, appearing on shows such as "Fox & Friends", CNN's "American Morning", CNN's "Early Start", "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer", "PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer", "The Laura Ingraham Show" and "The Monica Crowley Radio Show". She has been published in "The Washington Post", "American Thinker", "The Huffington Post", "The Washington Times", "BlogHer", "The National Review Online", The "Richmond Times-Dispatch", "Politico", "U.S. News & World Report", "The Washington Examiner", and "The Tampa Tribune." She has been featured in "Time Magazine Online, "and is a Senior Fellow with the Independent Women's Forum. A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, she currently works in Washington, D.C.
Document 7: Sean Hannity: Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American talk show host, author, and conservative political commentator. Hannity is the host of "The Sean Hannity Show", a nationally syndicated talk radio show. He also hosts a cable news show, "Hannity", on Fox News Channel.
Document 8: How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) is a 2004 book by Ann Coulter.
Document 9: Jay Sekulow: Jay Alan Sekulow (born June 10, 1956) is an American attorney and Chief Counsel for the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ). He also hosts a talk show, which airs on radio and television. Sekulow is a frequent guest commentator on the Christian Broadcasting Network and the Fox News Channel. A self-described Messianic Jew, Sekulow built a legal and media empire over a thirty year period by representing conservative, religious and antiabortion groups.
Document 10: Peggy Noonan: Margaret Ellen "Peggy" Noonan (born September 7, 1950) is an American author of several books on politics, religion, and culture, and a weekly columnist for "The Wall Street Journal". She was a primary speech writer and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and has maintained a conservative leaning in her writings since leaving the Reagan administration.
Document 11: Us Weekly: Us Weekly is a weekly celebrity and entertainment magazine based in New York City. "Us Weekly" was founded in 1977 by The New York Times Company, who sold it in 1980. It was acquired by Wenner Media in 1986. The publication covers topics ranging from celebrity relationships to the latest trends in fashion, beauty, and entertainment. Along with Jann Wenner, the individuals currently in charge of "Us Weekly" are editor-in-chief James Heidenry and publisher Victoria Lasdon Rose. As of 2013, its circulation averaged over two million.
Document 12: News of the Weird: News of the Weird is a syndicated newspaper column once edited by Chuck Shepherd that collects bizarre news stories. It was created in 1988. s of 2006 , it is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate and published in more than 250 newspapers in the United States and Canada. As of July 2008, the daily internet column has merged with two other "weird" websites to form Weird Universe.
Document 13: Kellyanne Conway: Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway (née Fitzpatrick; born January 20, 1967) is the current Counselor to U.S. president Donald Trump. She is the first woman to ever run a successful presidential campaign. She has been a Republican Party campaign manager, strategist, and pollster, and was formerly president and CEO of The Polling Company Inc./Woman Trend.
Document 14: Associated University Presses: Associated University Presses (AUP) is a publishing company based in the United States, formed and operated as a consortium of several American university presses. AUP was established in 1966, with the first titles published through AUP appearing in 1968. There were five constituent members in the AUP consortium— Bucknell University Press, University of Delaware Press, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Lehigh University Press, and Susquehanna University Press. Each member university press maintained its own imprint and editorial control over their published titles, while book production and distribution (both national and international) was the responsibility of AUP.
Document 15: Kerry Waghorn: Kerry Waghorn (born January 10, 1947) is a syndicated caricaturist whose "Faces in the News" feature, established in 1977 by Chronicle Features ("San Francisco Chronicle") is a journalistic legend. He estimates that more than 9,000 of his images have been published since the early 1970s, including just about every prominent news, business and entertainment face over that span of history. During the many years he spent under the management of newspaper icon G. Stanleigh Arnold, the "Chronicle"' s Sunday and Features Editor, he refined his skills within a team that included Garry Trudeau ("Doonesbury"), Gary Larson ("The Far Side"), Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby), William Hamilton (of "The New Yorker"), Phil Frank ("Farley"), and Cathy Guisewite ("Cathy"). Arnold had also been instrumental in the early stages of Charles Schulz' ("Peanuts") career. Waghorn, who resides in West Vancouver, B.C., is currently represented by Universal Press Syndicate of Kansas City, MO, and he continues to create about three new caricatures a week. Universal, a subsidiary of Jim Andrews and John McMeel's Andrews McMeel Universal, founded in 1970, purchased Chronicle Features in 1997.
ground_truth: Uclick