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| Parent company | Simon & Schuster |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 |
| Founder | Jeremiah Kaplan and Charles Liebman |
| Successor | Simon & Schuster |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Key people | Martha K. Levin, publisher |
Free Press was an American independent book publisher that later became an imprint of Simon & Schuster. It was one of the best-known publishers specializing in serious nonfiction, including path-breaking sociology books of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. After a period under new ownership in the 1980s of publishing neoconservative books, it was purchased by Simon & Schuster in 1994. By 2012, the imprint ceased to exist as a distinct entity; however, some books were still being published using the Free Press imprint.[1][2]