News of the Weird is a syndicated

newspaper column A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, where a writer expresses their own opinion in few columns allotted to them by the newspaper organisation. Columns are written by columnists. What differe ...

once edited by Chuck Shepherd that collects bizarre news stories. It was created in 1988. , it is syndicated by

Universal Press Syndicate Universal Press Syndicate (UPS), 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 Eb ...

and published in more than 250 newspapers in the

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and

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. As of July 2008, the daily internet column has merged with two other "weird" websites to form Weird Universe. Shepherd announced his July 2, 2017 column would be his last after 30 years. Starting the next week, columns were credited to "the Editors at

Andrews McMeel Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC (formerly Andrews, McMeel and Parker (1975–1986) and Andrews and McMeel (1986–1997)) is a company that publishes books, calendars, and related toys. It is a part of Andrews McMeel Universal (which comprises AM ...

". The September 9, 2022 column announced Shepherd died the previous day.

References

External links

News of the Weird web site

News of the Weird Daily

Weird Universe
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