Uclick
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Uclick LLC was an American corporation (a division of Andrews McMeel Universal) selling "digital entertainment content" for the desktop, the web and mobile phones. Uclick operated several consumer websites, including the comic strip and editorial cartoon site GoComics and the puzzle and casual game sites ThePuzzleSociety.com and UclickGames.com.
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Formerly | Universal New Media (1996–1997) |
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Company type | Web syndication |
Founded | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) |
Founder | Andrews McMeel Universal |
Defunct | September 2009; 14 years ago (2009-09) |
Fate | Merged with Universal Press Syndicate to form Universal Uclick |
Successor | Andrews McMeel Syndication |
Headquarters | , |
Services | Sold "digital entertainment content" for personal computers, the World Wide Web, mobile phones |
Parent | Andrews McMeel Universal |
Subsidiaries | GoComics ThePuzzleSociety.com UclickGames.com |
Website | www |
Type of site | Comics |
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Owner | Universal Uclick |
URL | http://www.uclick.com |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Uclick content included comic strips, editorial cartoons, puzzles, casual games, manga, comic books, syndicated columns, photography and illustration. Uclick content was distributed online through consumer and news web portals such as Yahoo!, MSNBC.com, New York Times, washingtonpost.com, CNN, USA TODAY, and AOL. Comic strip and cartoon content from Uclick was available online and on mobile phones through the company's website, Uclick.com.
In July 2009, Uclick merged with Andrews McMeel's Universal Press Syndicate (UPS) to form Universal Uclick[1] (now known as Andrews McMeel Syndication).