Moses Koenigsberg

King Features Syndicate In 1915 King Features Syndicate was launched when Koenigsberg consolidated all of Hearst's syndication enterprises under one banner and gave it his own name (koenig meaning 'king').

By 1928, Koenigsberg was the president of International News Service, Universal Service, King Features Syndicate, Premier Syndicate and vice-president of Newspaper Feature Service, all owned by Hearst.

For nine years, Koenigsberg also staged the King Features Syndicates Larks, elaborate annual Friars Club dinner parties with a six-hour theatrical involving Broadway luminaries. The total expense of each show ran from $14,000 to $25,000. Guests received unusual souvenirs at these events, such as a glass container of liquor inside a walking stick.

Death Koenigsberg was 66 when he died in New York of a heart attack at his home at 160 Riverside Drive.