W. W. Norton & Company

American publishing company
Organization publishing_house Q1282208
W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

W. W. Norton & Company is a publishing house[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,085 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • W. W. Norton & Company held citizenship in United States[3].
  • W. W. Norton & Company was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[4].
  • W. W. Norton & Company was a member of International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers[5].
  • W. W. Norton & Company is in the country of United States[6].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's instance of is recorded as publishing house[7].
  • William Warder Norton is named after W. W. Norton & Company[8].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's headquarters location is recorded as 500 Fifth Avenue[9].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Liveright[10].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • January 1, 1923 marks the founding of W. W. Norton & Company[12].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's official website is recorded as https://www.wwnorton.com/[13].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/w-w-norton-company-inc-history/[14].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+450'}[15].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's has works in the collection is recorded as Anne Frank House[16].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+234951'}[17].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+232851'}[18].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+230625'}[19].
  • W. W. Norton & Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+226953'}[20].

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Founding

January 1, 1923 marks the founding of W. W. Norton & Company[12].

Operations

W. W. Norton & Company's headquarters location is recorded as 500 Fifth Avenue[9]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Liveright[10].

Why It Matters

W. W. Norton & Company ranks in the top 4% of publishing_house entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,085 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wwnorton.com. Retrieved . wwnorton.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . stm-assoc.org. Retrieved . stm-assoc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · LeighAMartin · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Citizenship → —
    Child organization or unit → Liveright
    Has works in the collection → Anne Frank House
    Instance of → publishing house
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: William Warder Norton"
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