Aspen Publishers sells health care division to Jones and Bartlett.Following last summer's rumors (NL/NL 6/15/02), Aspen aspen, in botany aspen: see willow. Aspen, city, United States Aspen (ăs`pən), city (1990 pop. 5,049), alt. 7,850 ft (2,390 m), seat of Pitkin co., S central Colo. Publishers Inc., a subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer's Legal, Tax and Business North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , has sold its Health Care Book Publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. Division to Jones and Bartlett Publishers Inc. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The investment banking firm of Eugene Simonoff represented Aspen in the transaction. Jones and Bartlett, one of the world's fastest growing educational publishers, will incorporate the former Aspen titles into its broad holdings of texts and professional and reference products in health and related fields. Aspen has been a premier publisher in health care administration for over 40 years and occupies market-leading positions with many of its titles. The Health Care Book acquisition strengthens Jones and Barlett's position among the leaders in health care publishing, adding over 150 textbooks and over 400 professional books in the fields of health administration, public health, medicine, nursing, allied health, criminal justice, fundraising, and nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. management. Clayton E. Jones is CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Jones and Barlett. Jane Butler, CEO of Aspen Publishers, said, "Over the past several years Aspen's focus has changed from health care administration to the legal and business markets. We are pleased to have found an excellent home for our esteemed authors with Jones and Bartlett." For example, balancing this sale, in October Aspen acquired Bowne & Co. Inc.'s securities publishing division (NL/NL 10/17102). Aspen, 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10036, 212-597-0200, www.aspenpub.com J&B, 40 Tall Pine Dr., Sudbury, MA 01776, 978-443-500, fax 978-443-8000, www.jbpub.com |
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