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Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc.
Type Fictional/Public (NYSE: DMI[1][2])
Founded 1949
Headquarters Flag of the United States New York, New York, USA
Key people Robert Dunder, Co-Founder
Robert Mifflin, Co-Founder
David Wallace, CFO
Products Paper
Website dundermifflinpaper.biz

Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The following is a list of characters from the US version of The Office. In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon printing upon or packaging A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages is a fictional paper company featured in the United States television series The Office. Fictional companies are often used in Film or Television where Copyright or the likely chance of being prosecuted exists from using the name of a real company Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon printing upon or packaging It supposedly trades under the ticker symbol DMI,[1] and describes itself website as a "micro-cap regional paper- and office-supply distributor with an emphasis on servicing small-business clients". A stock market, or (equity market is a private or public market for the trading of company Stock and derivatives of company A stock symbol or ticker symbol is a Mnemonic used to uniquely identify publicly-traded shares of a Corporation on a particular Stock market Market capitalization/capitalisation (aka market cap, mkt cap or capitalized/capitalised value) is a measurement of Corporate or Economic [1] It is analogous to Wernham Hogg in the British original of the series, and Papiers Jennings and Cogirep in the French Canadian and French adaptations. This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the La Job is a Quebec comedy television series set in Montreal. It is an adaptation of the British show The Office of the Le Bureau is a French Television show that airs Thursday nights on Canal+.

As the show has become popular, two websites have been created. [3] NBC sells branded merchandise at its NBC Universal Store website. [4] Its logo is prominently displayed in several locations in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, where the show is set. Since the show airs in many different countries, Dunder Mifflin has become associated with Scranton internationally – in a 2008 St. Patrick's Day speech in the suburb of Dickson City, former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern identified the city with the company. Saint Patrick's Day (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St Dickson City is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, 4 miles (7 km north of Scranton. The Taoiseach (ˈtiːʃəx in English t̪ˠiːʃʲəx (plural Taoisigh ( or) in Irish) also referred to as An Taoiseach ( t̪ˠiːʃʲəx is the the Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern ( Irish: Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachthairn, born 12 September 1951 is an Irish politician who served [5]

Contents

Overview

Dunder Mifflin logo displayed in Scranton's Mall at Steamtown, frequently referred to on the show.
Dunder Mifflin logo displayed in Scranton's Mall at Steamtown, frequently referred to on the show. The Mall at Steamtown is a shopping center and the commercial centerpiece of Scranton Pennsylvania, United States

A fourth season episode, "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", said the company was founded in 1949 by Robert Dunder and Robert Mifflin, originally to sell brackets for use in construction. "Dunder Mifflin Infinity" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American Comedy television series The Office A bracket is an architectural member made of wood stone or metal that overhangs a wall to support or carry weight U.S. News and World Report likens it to many real companies in its size range: "It is facing an increasingly competitive marketplace. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D Like many smaller players, it just can't compete with the low prices charged by big-box rivals like Staples and Office Depot, and it seems to be constantly bleeding corporate customers that are focused on cutting costs themselves. Big-box store is a term that refers to a style of physically large Chain store, and by extension to the company behind the store Office Depot ( is a supplier of office products and services The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines computers computer software and office "[6] The show's creators share this assessment – "It's basically a Staples, just not as big", says co-producer Kent Zbornak[7] – as do some of those companies. "Since Dunder Mifflin could be considered among our competitors", says Chuck Rubin, an Office Depot executive, "I think Michael Scott is actually the perfect person to run their Scranton office. Michael Gary Scott (born March 15, 1964) is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Steve Carell "[8]

The company is depicted as based in New York City, with branches in smaller Northeastern cities. The City of New York The Northeast is a region of the United States. As defined by the U Episodes take place at the Scranton branch, managed by Scott (Steve Carell), but other branches have been mentioned. Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American The now-closed Stamford, Connecticut branch was seen when Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) transferred there during the first half of the third season, before it was merged with the Scranton branch. Stamford is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American Actor, Film director and Writer. [9] Another episode, "Branch Wars", gave viewers a brief glimpse of the Utica branch, one of several purportedly in upstate New York. "Branch Wars" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the American Comedy television series The Office —the show's fifty-eighth Utica is a City in the American state of New York, and the County seat of Oneida County. Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. Zbornak says that city was on the short list for where to base the show, with some of its writers having ties to Central New York, and that they always intended for at least a branch office to be located there, for reasons of phonetics. Central New York is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the following counties and cities Phonetics (from the Greek φωνή ( phonê) "sound" or "voice" is the study of the physical sounds of human speech "Utica was just such a different-sounding name than Scranton", Zbornak says. But also, "we had done a little research and thought our kind of business could survive in Utica. "[7]

A Buffalo branch has been mentioned in several episodes,[10] as well as one in Albany. Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. The fictional Dunder Mifflin website also lists a Yonkers branch. Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the US State of New York (behind Rochester, Buffalo, and New York City) and the largest city in Albany rounds out the New York locations, leaving three other branches in other states: Akron, Ohio, Camden, New Jersey and Nashua, New Hampshire. Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. Akron is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Summit County. The City of Camden is the County seat of Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. As of the 2000 census Nashua had a total population of 86605 making it the second largest [1]

Depiction of corporate culture

The company's "clearly dysfunctional" top-down management style is a major source of tension on the show, notes Chicago-based leftist writer Ramsin Canon. Corporate headquarters rejects the television commercial Michael created, as he in turn insisted on his own ideas for the commercial and ignored his employees. A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak), who began as a temp, becomes Michael's new boss because he has an M.B.A. despite never having sold any paper or paper products in his life. Ryan Bailey Howard, played by B J Novak, is a Fictional character on the US television sitcom The Office. Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) better known as B Temporary work or temporary employment refers to a situation where the employee is expected to leave the employer within a certain period of time The Master of Business Administration ( MBA) is a Master's degree in Business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines Michael, in turn, treats his own employees the same way. [11] The show's depiction of a dysfunctional corporate culture has led some commentators to liken Dunder Mifflin to the fictional software maker Initech in Mike Judge's cult comedy Office Space[12] and the nameless company in which the Dilbert comic strip is set. Michael Craig Judge (born October 17 1962) is an American Animator, Actor, Voice actor, Writer, director Office Space is an American Comedy film, released in 1999, that was written and directed by Mike Judge. Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American Comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist [8]

The Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company tower, seen in The Office's opening credits.
The Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company tower, seen in The Office's opening credits.

Dunder Mifflin is also depicted as struggling to accommodate the demands of a diverse workforce. The "business case for diversity " theorizes that in a global marketplace, a company that employs a diverse workforce (both men and women people of many generations Episodes have focused on sensitivity training sessions and other informal efforts. [13] Sexual harassment has occurred often enough, however, that it has lent its name to an episode. Employment lawyer Julie Elgar started a blog analyzing each episode for plot developments likely to be actionable if they occurred in real life and estimating the legal bill and/or possible verdict the company would incur should a suit be filed (as indeed Michael's former supervisor, Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) did in one episode, alleging wrongful termination). Labour law (also known as employment or labor law is the body of Laws administrative rulings and precedents which address the legal rights of and restrictions A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of In law a lawsuit is a civil action brought before a Court in which the party commencing the action the Plaintiff, seeks a legal or equitable remedy In Law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a Jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge Janet "Jan" Levinson (formerly Levinson-Gould) is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office Melora Diane Hardin (born June 29, 1967) is an American Actress, Singer, and former child actress. Wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, is an Idiom and legal phrase describing a situation in which an employee's [14] Greg Daniels, the show's creator, said many episode plotlines are in fact based on anecdotes recounted during the sensitivity training he and the other members of the show's cast and crew are required to take annually as employees of a General Electric subsidiary. Greg Daniels is an American television comedy writer producer and director Diversity training is Training for the purpose of increasing participants' cultural awareness knowledge and skills which is based on the assumption that the training will A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity [8] The episode "Boys and Girls" showed that the company strongly resisted unionization efforts by its employees, to the point of closing down a branch, as many real companies do or threaten to do in the same situation. A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Union busting is a practice that is undertaken by an employer or their agents to prevent employees from joining a labor union, or to disempower subvert or destroy unions [15]

Locations and sets used

The office and warehouse of the Scranton branch office, the one seen most frequently in the series, are sets on the production company's office in Van Nuys, California (a real office was used in the show's first season). Reveille Productions is an independently-owned television and motion picture studio and production company based in Los Angeles. The parking lots and exterior of the building are likewise the exterior of the building. Since the stage set has no windows, writer Jennifer Celotta's office is dressed to look like Michael Scott's when the script calls for him or someone else to look out the window into the parking lot. Jennifer Ann Celotta (b 11 November 1971 in Gaithersburg Maryland) is a United States Television producer and writer Michael Scott or Mike Scott may refer to People Novelists Michael Scott (novelist (1789-1835 Scottish [16]

Annual reports and paper on seats of "uncommon stockholders" at 2007 The Office convention.
Annual reports and paper on seats of "uncommon stockholders" at 2007 The Office convention.

Some viewers have presumed that the Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company's tower, a downtown Scranton landmark which appears in video footage shot by cast member John Krasinski for the show's opening credits,[17] is the Dunder Mifflin office. John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American Actor, Film director and Writer. Opening credits, in a television program motion picture or videogame are shown at the beginning and list the most important members of the production [18] The real company, which also sells paper and office supplies, has welcomed the exposure (and increase in business) and has a ground-floor showroom where it sells both its products and T-shirts with the tower. The word showroom has two distinct meanings including Marketing location A showroom is a large space used to display products for sale such as automobiles, A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso. It plans to add a Dunder Mifflin logo to the circular insets near the top of the tower. [19]

Presence in real world

The success of the show has led to the sale of actual products with the Dunder Mifflin logo as souvenirs. A souvenir (from French, for memory) memento or keepsake is an object a traveler brings home for the memories associated with NBC sells branded T-shirts, mugs, calendars and other items at its website. [4] In 2006, the website 80stees. com ranked Dunder Mifflin second only to Duff Beer from The Simpsons as the best fictional brand. Duff Beer is a fictional brand of Beer in the Animated series The Simpsons. [20]

At the first annual The Office convention in Scranton in 2007, fans who had paid for reserved seating at an "uncommon stockholders meeting"[21] in the Mall at Steamtown received an annual report and complimentary ream of paper. The Mall at Steamtown is a shopping center and the commercial centerpiece of Scranton Pennsylvania, United States An annual report is a document a company presents at an Annual general meeting for approval by its Shareholders, or a charitable organization presents Various measures of Paper quantity have been and are in use; Writing paper measurements 25 sheets = 1 quire 500 sheets = 20 quires = 1 ream 1000 sheets = A nearby elevator shaft is also decorated with the company logo. While the Scranton branch's address, 1725 Slough Avenue, does not actually exist (the street name was invented as a tribute to the original British version of the show, set in Slough, near London), the company logo can be seen two places in the city's downtown section outside the mall: on one of the pedestrian overpasses along Lackawanna Avenue, and a lamppost banner in front of City Hall. This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the Slough ( ˈslaʊ is a Borough and Unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Scranton City Hall is located at Washington and Mulberry ( US 11 / PA 307) streets in the downtown section of that city in the U

Two websites purporting to be the company's exist. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Dundermifflin. com is the main site, with basic information about the company, and Dunder Mifflin Infinity, which is allegedly the company intranet, serves as a fansite. An intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet protocols and network connectivity to securely share any part of an organization's information or operational [3]

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  5. ^ Falchek, David. "Prime minister of Ireland attends Lackawanna event", Republican & Herald, Times-Shamrock Communications, 2008-03-17. The Republican & Herald is a daily Newspaper serving Pottsville, Schuylkill County Pennsylvania. Times-Shamrock Communications is an American media company based in Scranton Pennsylvania. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Retrieved on 2008-04-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.  "He identified Scranton as the birthplace of senators Robert Casey Jr. and Joseph Biden and the branch office of Dunder Mifflin, a reference to the NBC sitcom based in the city. " 
  6. ^ Palmer, Kimberly. "Career Lessons From NBC's The Office", U.S. News and World Report, 2008-03-13. USNews & World Report is an influential weekly American Newsmagazine published in Washington D 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Retrieved on 2008-04-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.  
  7. ^ a b Cooper, Elizabeth. "'The Office' in a Utica state of mind", Observer-Dispatch, GateHouse Media, 2007-10-03. The Observer-Dispatch is the major Newspaper for Oneida County, Herkimer County, and parts of Madison County, and also services the GateHouse Media Inc is a US newspaper publisher headquartered in Fairport New York that publishes 87 dailies in 20 states and 198 paid weeklies in addition Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the  
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  9. ^ Ryan, Maureen (2006-11-14). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca 'The Office' merger goes as badly as possible, in a good way. The Watcher. Chicago Tribune. The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the  “A crushed Jim took a job at the Stamford branch of Dunder Mifflin, and fans of "The Office", most of whom appear to have spent their summer composing YouTube tributes to the would-be couple, have had to wait patiently for the two to be reunited, even as work buddies . . . Thanks to cost-cutting, Dunder Mifflin’s Stamford and Scranton branches are merged in Thursday’s episode, with comically disastrous results. ”
  10. ^ Valenzuela, Dave (2007-11-09). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Dunder Mifflin: Buffalo Branch!. The Buffalo News. The Buffalo News is the primary Newspaper of the Buffalo New York, Metropolitan area and its surrounding Suburbs It is wholly owned Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire Hathaway ( for supervoting shares and for nonvoting shares is a conglomerate Holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the  “So during the opening minutes of last night's episode of "The Office" on NBC we had confirmed that Dunder Mifflin has a BUFFALO branch. How cool is that?”
  11. ^ Canon, Ramsin (2008-04-21). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Marx & Michael Scott. Gapers Block. Retrieved on 2008-05-10. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England.  “The power relationship is much more emotionally involving. Consider the episode ("Local Ad") where Michael tries to produce an advertisement for Dunder-Mifflin using all the talents of his branch, only to be coldly ignored, to such an extent that we do not even see his effort get rejected. The ad they produce is actually pretty good — really stupid, obviously, because the guy never realizes what he's saying — but the concept is good. If "Corporate" had supported their efforts, they could in fact have created something effective and earned the goodwill of employees who had cooperated. But power is the only commodity that matters in the corporate hierarchy, more so even than profit. First these little guys in Scranton start thinking for themselves, then what? So you do not get the wrong idea, though, the writers go a step further — Michael in turn suppresses the creativity of his employees, imposing his (naturally moronic) ideas on them. Bosses are bosses . . . It is not coincidental that the man who imposes all this on Scott is former temp Ryan Howard, who gets his MBA and leapfrogs everybody to become his boss's boss, despite having never sold a single sheet of paper. ”
  12. ^ Humphrey, Mark. "Dunder-Mifflin provides my ideal 'Office' setting", Daily Bruin, ASUCLA Student Media, 2006-11-27. The Daily Bruin (also known as The Bruin) is the Student newspaper at the University of California Los Angeles. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the  "Sure, I loved "Office Space," but that was different. In that movie, Initech didn’t look like a fun place to work. Far from it. Who would want to work for Bill Lumbergh? It had be fun to mess with him, I guess, but his responses are so one-note and monotone that it’d get old after a few weeks. No, the difference is that I would love working at Dunder-Mifflin, simply because every single person in the office would provide me with hours of entertainment. " 
  13. ^ Bolonik, Kera (2006-02-09). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Defending NBC's The Office: A British Import The Network Didn't Mangle. Slate. Slate is an English-language online current affairs and culture Magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Washington Post Company. The Washington Post Company ( NYSE: WPO is an American education and media company best known for owning the newspaper it is named after The Washington Post Retrieved on 2008-05-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the  “Michael shares his British mate's arrogance, self-absorption, and cluelessness, but he possesses his own brand of vanity, as well as a wonderful tendency to be sinister toward his colleagues. The latter is apparent as early as the second episode, 'Diversity Day', in which Dunder-Mifflin employees are subjected to two excruciating cultural awareness seminars after Michael performs a Chris Rock routine on 'the two different kinds of black people. " Diversity Day " is the second episode of the first season of the American version of The Office. " Niggas vs Black People " is the title of one of Chris Rock 's most famous and most controversial compositions ' The second of the two seminars is an impromptu forum run by the clueless perp himself. ”
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  17. ^ Marchese, John. "Scranton Embraces the 'Office' Infamy", The New York Times, 2007-10-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Retrieved on 2008-04-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of  
  18. ^ Wildermuth, Renate. "'Office' Visit", Times-Union, Hearst Corporation, 2007-10-07. The Times Union is a daily Newspaper, serving the Capital Region of New York state, United States. Hearst Communications Inc is a privately-held American -based Media conglomerate based in the Hearst Tower in New York City, USA Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Retrieved on 2008-04-08. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian  "The paper company in Scranton most viewers associate with the show would be Pennsylvania Paper and Supply. Its 225,000-square-foot headquarters with landmark tower is featured in the opening credits. " 
  19. ^ Sagers, Aaron. "Pennsylvania city relishes attention from hit TV series", The Morning Call, Tribune Company, 2007-10-27. The Morning Call is a daily Newspaper based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Tribune Company is a large American Multimedia Corporation based in Chicago Illinois. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Retrieved on 2008-04-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor  "The tower looks exactly the same as it does on TV, although company President Douglas Fink says there are plans to add a Dunder Mifflin logo to one of the tower's black circular insets . . . Fink adds that the attention from the show has led to a greater awareness of his business. " 
  20. ^ Walker, Rob. "False Endorsement", The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Company, 2007-11-18. The New York Times Magazine is a supplement to the Sunday The New York Times newspaper The New York Times Company ( is an American media company It is Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Retrieved on 2008-04-02. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of  "Fictional-brand fandom has real precedence. Last year the online store 80sTees. com named Duff beer, from 'The Simpsons,' the No. 1 fake brand — beating out T-shirts for Dunder Mifflin, the paper company on 'The Office. '" 
  21. ^ Loyal Customers? Dunder Mifflin's Got 'Em. portfolio. com. Condé Nast (2007-10-31). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Retrieved on 2008-05-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine.

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