Hollinger sale to Glacier Ventures includes trade publishing assets.Hollinger International's (Chicago, IL) sale of its remaining Canadian publishing assets (Hollinger Canadian Publishing Holdings) to Glacier Ventures International Corp. (Vancouver, BC) on Feb. 6 includes Hollinger's Business Information Group (BIG; Toronto, ON) the producer of 42 print and online magazines, as well as directories, references, handbooks and online services for a range of business categories. Hollinger sold the assets, which also included all of Hollinger's Canadian newspaper assets, Eco Log Environmental Risk Information Services See Information Systems. and KCN KCN Potassium Cyanide KCN Kingdom Community Network KCN Key Conversion Notice (telecommunications/encryption) KCN Kit Configuration Notice Capital News Company, for $106.1 million in cash. BIG products are primarily targeted to Canadian professionals but also include resources for a U.S. audience. Magazines, CDs, references and directories are produced for such fields as Mining ("The Northern Miner" and "Canadian Mining Journal"), Energy ("New Technology," "Energy Analects an·a·lects also an·a·lec·ta pl.n. Selections from or parts of a literary work or group of works. Often used as a title. [Greek analekta, selected things, from neuter pl. " and "Daily Oil Bulletin Online"), Automotive ("Bodyshop," "Jobber A merchant, middle person, or wholesaler who purchases goods from a manufacturer in lots or bulk and resells the goods to a consumer, or to a retailer, who then sells them to a consumer. One who buys and sells on the stock exchange or who deals in stocks, shares, and Securities. News" and "L'automobile"), Communications ("Broadcaster" and "Cablecaster") and Dental ("Dental Practice Management" and "Oral Health Journal"). Other fields of coverage include Environmental ("HazMat Management" and "Solid Waste & Recycling"), Insurance ("Canadian Underwriter"), Laboratories ("Lab Product News"), Manufacturing ("CIEN CIEN Ciena Corporation (stock symbol) " and "MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. "), Paper ("Pulp & Paper Canada" and "Les Papetieres du Quebec") and Transportation ("Canadian Transportation & Logistics," "Motor Trucks" and "Truck West"). Assets are also produced in the financial, government/education, medical, occupational=== health & safety, plastics, retail and telecommunications fields as well. Glacier currently owns over 30 community newspapers in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as a variety of agricultural, business, reference and trade publications. The company's Western Producer Publications (Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskət  n`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. , SK) and Farr Business Communications (Winnipeg, MB) units produce such titles as "The Western Producer," "Grainews," "Canola Guide," "Canadian Cattlemen,"(continued on page 2) "Big Dealer" and "Wheat Oats & Barley." Glacier also publishes "Business in Vancouver," a weekly business newspaper, and "The Western Investor," a commercial and industrial real estate magazine. Hollinger is a newspaper publisher undergoing reorganization whose assets include "The Chicago Sun-Times" and community newspapers in the Chicago area.
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