The Central Press Association was American newspaper syndication company based in Cleveland, Ohio.
At its peak, the Central Press supplied features, columns, comic strips, and photographs to more than 400 newspapers and 12 million daily readers.
[1][3] That same year, McNitt entered into arrangements to publish works authored by William Jennings Bryan and Jane Addams.
[8] By 1925, the original Central Press's features had 12 million daily readers and was the largest newspaper picture service in the United States.
[10] Virgil McNitt remained the president and general manager of the Central Press from its founding in 1910 until 1930, when he sold the service to King Features Syndicate, part of the Hearst newspaper syndicate, which retained the Central Press as a separate division.