Kiplinger ( ) is an American publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice which is a subsidiary of

Future plc Future plc is an international multimedia company established in the United Kingdom in 1985. The company has over 220 brands that span magazines, newsletters, websites, and events in fields such as video games, technology, films, music, photogr ...

. 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 Dennis Publishing Ltd. was a British publisher. It was founded in 1973 by Felix Dennis. Its first publication was a kung-fu magazine. Most of its titles now belong to Future plc. In the 1980s, it became a leading publisher of computer enthusia ...

, a U.K.-based media company. In 2021,

acquired Dennis Publishing and with it including Kiplinger.

History

W. M. Kiplinger Willard Monroe Kiplinger (January 8, 1891 – August 6, 1967) was best known as the founder of Kiplinger, a publishing company located in Washington, D.C. Kiplinger was born in the Bellefontaine, Ohio, to parents Clarence E. and Cora Miller Kipli ...

(1891–1967), a former AP economics reporter, founded the eponymous Washington, D.C. company in 1920. With his son

Austin H. Kiplinger Austin H. Kiplinger (19 September 1918 – 20 November 2015) was an American journalist and businessman. He was the son of W. M. Kiplinger and Irene Austin. His father was the founder of Kiplinger Washington Editors, publishers of ''The Kiplinge ...

(1918–2015) he co-founded Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine in 1947. Grandson

Knight A. Kiplinger Knight Austin Kiplinger IP-ling-er(born February 24, 1948) is an American economic journalist who heads the Kiplinger financial media company in Washington, D.C., publishers of business forecasts and personal finance advice. He serves as edit ...

continued the dynasty until the 2019 sale to Dennis Publishing.

Products

Its best-known publications are ''

The Kiplinger Letter Kiplinger ( ) is an American publisher of business forecasts and personal finance advice which is a subsidiary of Future plc. Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc., was a closely held company managed for more than nine decades by three generations ...

'', a weekly business and economic forecasting periodical for people in management, and the monthly ''

Kiplinger's Personal Finance ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' ( ) is an American personal finance magazine published by Kiplinger since 1947. It claims to be the first American personal finance magazine and to deliver "sound, unbiased advice in clear, concise language". It ...

'' magazine. Kiplinger also provides custom publishing services to a variety of companies and associations.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.kiplinger.com Business newsletters Privately held companies based in Washington, D.C. Publishing companies established in 1920 Magazine publishing companies of the United States 2019 mergers and acquisitions 2021 mergers and acquisitions