Mergers, acquisitions and divestments subtopic
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Articles
1-100 out of 100 article(s)
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| Internet Acquisition Strategist Lori Swett Joins Macromark Inc. |
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Sep 24, 2009 |
348 |
| Spain s Prisa announces end to TV merger plan. |
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Aug 8, 2009 |
224 |
| United Kingdom : Apollo Global completes acquisition of BPP. |
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Aug 1, 2009 |
469 |
| Market Data Retrieval (MDR; Shelton, CT), a unit of D&B and a provider of marketing information and services for the K-12, higher education, library, early childhood and related education markets, has acquired the assets of Quality Education Data (QED; Denver, CO). |
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Feb 17, 2009 |
66 |
| Research and Markets: Mergers & Acquisitions: A Condensed Practitioner's Guide. |
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Feb 3, 2009 |
190 |
| Pearson Education (Upper Saddle River, NJ) has agreed to acquire Fronter (Oslo), an online learning company, from co-founders Roger Larsen and Bjarne Hadland and other private investors including employees of the company. |
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Brief article |
Jan 1, 2009 |
132 |
| United States: Zondervan Acquires Online Community-Building Resource for Churches. |
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Nov 19, 2008 |
473 |
| India: LexisNexis Butterworths of Britain merges with Wadhwa Publishers. |
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Oct 20, 2008 |
372 |
| Regent Media Completes Acquisition of PlanetOut's Magazine, Online and Book Publishing Businesses. |
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Aug 25, 2008 |
548 |
| Deal or no deal? |
Sporich, Brett |
Brief article |
Aug 18, 2008 |
226 |
| John Wiley & Sons (Hoboken, NJ) has acquired a list of business and modern language text books and learning materials from Cengage Learning (Florence, KY). |
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Aug 1, 2008 |
185 |
| Haights Cross sells Oakstone Publishing, suspends other sales. |
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Brief article |
Jul 9, 2008 |
138 |
| AllRegs acquires Merit Matrix. |
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Brief article |
Jul 1, 2008 |
290 |
| Wiley acquires higher ed titles from key college publishing. |
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Brief article |
Jun 17, 2008 |
158 |
| Jones & Bartlett acquires Tarascon Publishing. |
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Jun 1, 2008 |
211 |
| A deal to purchase LPI Media. |
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Brief article |
May 20, 2008 |
52 |
| Macmillan (New York), a unit of Georg von Holtzbrinck (Bonn, Germany), has acquired Hayden-McNeil Publishing (Plymouth, MI), a publisher of custom textbooks, curriculum supplements and lab manuals for the higher education market. |
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Jan 17, 2008 |
36 |
| LVMH, the World's Leading Luxury Products Group, Has Signed an Agreement with Pearson PLC to Complete the Acquisition of the Les Echos Group. |
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Nov 5, 2007 |
349 |
| Audio Editions Acquires Audio Book Club Assets, Becomes World's Largest Audiobook Catalog Retailer. |
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Oct 30, 2007 |
453 |
| Arena Park book store in sale deal. |
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Sep 22, 2007 |
126 |
| HarperCollins Acquires James Frey's Novel. |
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Sep 12, 2007 |
340 |
| Haworth Press to be acquired by Taylor & Francis. |
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Aug 1, 2007 |
348 |
| round UP: Woolies' book deal. |
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Jul 25, 2007 |
96 |
| Business Today in 2 Minutes: Book deal for Woolworths; stocks and shares. |
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Jul 25, 2007 |
52 |
| BMC Software Acquires Run Book Automation Pioneer RealOps. |
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Jul 19, 2007 |
469 |
| Haworth press to be acquired by Taylor & Francis. |
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Jul 1, 2007 |
324 |
| Tech Laboratories Announces Second Industry Book Reference of Recently Acquired Biodiesel Product Line. |
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Jun 11, 2007 |
917 |
| Oxford University Press acquires Roxbury Publishing. |
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Mar 1, 2007 |
139 |
| Oxford University Press acquires Roxbury Publishing. |
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Feb 1, 2007 |
142 |
| Hindawi sells titles to Oxford Univ. Press; acquires journal. |
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Feb 1, 2007 |
197 |
| Wiley Europe Investment Holdings acquires Whatsonwhen. |
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Brief article |
Oct 20, 2006 |
157 |
| Wiley Acquires Whatsonwhen, Online Travel Content and Services Provider. |
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Oct 18, 2006 |
341 |
| In related news, CMP Information (CMPi; London), sister company to CMP Technology and a unit of United Business Media, has acquired The Care Show (Ringwood, UK) 450,000 [pounds sterling] plus a further performance deferred payment of up to 350,000 [pounds sterling] over the next year. |
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Brief article |
Oct 17, 2006 |
147 |
| June acquisitions bustin' out all over. |
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Jul 7, 2006 |
1139 |
| Pearson Education (Upper Saddle River, NJ) has agreed to acquire National Evaluation Systems, Inc. (NES; Amherst, MA), a provider of customized state assessments for teacher certification in the U.S. |
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Brief article |
May 1, 2006 |
99 |
| Lagardere to Acquire Time Warner Book Group. |
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Feb 6, 2006 |
435 |
| Oxford University Press acquires two journals; launch in 2006. |
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Dec 1, 2005 |
473 |
| John Wiley & Sons acquires "Dialysis & Transplantation". |
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Brief Article |
Nov 17, 2005 |
181 |
| Oxford University Press acquires Oceana Publications. |
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Oct 1, 2005 |
276 |
| Oxford University Press acquires Oceana Publications. |
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Sep 30, 2005 |
276 |
| Buying Zane: Strebor Books founder says her new deal with Simon & Schuster frees her to write more. |
Dawkins, Wayne |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
606 |
| LRP Publications (West Palm Beach, FL) has acquired the "Federal Personnel Guide" from Key Communications Group (Bethesda, MD). |
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Brief Article |
Jun 30, 2005 |
74 |
| Global Sources launches 'Garments & Textiles' and 'Fashion Accessories' magazines. |
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May 16, 2005 |
520 |
| John Wiley & Sons Ltd. (Chichester, Eng.) has completed the acquisition of Whurr Publishers Limited (London), a publisher of books and journals in health sciences and special education. |
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Apr 16, 2005 |
95 |
| J. of Fusion Energy on-line. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 1, 2005 |
250 |
| LexisNexis acquires Gould Publications & Interface Software. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 31, 2005 |
257 |
| M. Lee Smith sells company to hand-picked successor. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 31, 2005 |
221 |
| Mercor Media merges w/ Zweigwhite after sale of "Agregates Manager". |
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Sep 17, 2004 |
325 |
| LexisNexis acquires public records info. company; sells textbook list. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 31, 2004 |
223 |
| Pearson units buy FutureSource and altonaED. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 31, 2004 |
181 |
| McGraw-Hill Education acquires Grow Network. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 16, 2004 |
144 |
| The Quarto Group acquires creative Publ'g Int. & Aurum Press. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 31, 2004 |
112 |
| Lerner Publishing GP. acquires Book Co. imprints. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 31, 2004 |
136 |
| McGraw-Hill Education. |
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Jul 31, 2004 |
41 |
| Saxon Publishers sold to Harcourt Achieve. |
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Brief Article |
May 30, 2004 |
82 |
| LRP Publications acquires 20 newsletters from Aspen Publishers. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 30, 2004 |
216 |
| Blackwell purchases BMJ Books from British Medical Association. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 16, 2004 |
226 |
| Rowman & Littlefield Publishing GP. acquires Gov't Institutes publishing. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 16, 2004 |
192 |
| Delmar Learning (Albany, NY), a unit of Thomson Learning, has acquired 49 backlist career and reference titles from Career Press, Inc. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 16, 2004 |
38 |
| Another Thomson Learning division, Thomson Higher Education (THE; Belmont, CA) has purchased all the criminal justice book titles from Copperhouse Publishing Co. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 16, 2004 |
62 |
| Thomson Course Technology (Boston, MA), a unit of Thomson Learning and a provider of computer education products and services, has acquired Education To Go (ETG; Temecula, CA), a developer of online continuing education courses. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 31, 2004 |
55 |
| Another unit of Thomson Learning, Thomson NETg (Naperville, IL), a company that provides learning and instructional products and services for a wide range of topics, has acquired Educational Training Systems, Inc./ FinancialCampus (Southborough, MA), a provider of online training and educational services for the financial services industry. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 31, 2004 |
108 |
| Closely following its purchase of educational materials provider Cognitive Concepts (Evanston, IL), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA) has acquired Edusoft (San Francisco, CA), a standards-based assessment provider. Edusoft produces assessment materials to help school districts improve student achievement through better access to performance data and instructional tools. |
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Dec 31, 2003 |
56 |
| Taylor & Francis buys Marcel Dekker, Inc. & Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers. |
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Nov 30, 2003 |
370 |
| Houghton Mifflin acquires Cognitive Concepts. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 30, 2003 |
176 |
| Cinven/Candover to merge Springer and Kluwer Academic Publishers in '04. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 17, 2003 |
186 |
| Martindale-Hubbell (New Providence, NJ), a unit of LexisNexis (Dayton, OH) has acquired all the assets of Attorney (Atlanta, GA), an online "recruiting relationship management company". |
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Brief Article |
Sep 17, 2003 |
105 |
| Bertelsmann sells HQ. |
Mollotov, Sabina |
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Jul 2, 2003 |
824 |
| Lark Books. (Western). |
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Brief Article |
Apr 1, 2003 |
51 |
| CIMA Publishing sold to Elsevier. (Institute News). |
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Brief Article |
Mar 1, 2003 |
248 |
| Changes in publishing world. (Notebook: education information from schools, business, research and professional organizations). |
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Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2003 |
140 |
| Thomson unit Wadsworth acquires F.E. Peacock Publishers. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 17, 2002 |
101 |
| Taylor & Francis Group buys Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 16, 2002 |
205 |
| Sleeping Bear Press continues sell-off of assets. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 16, 2002 |
175 |
| Amazon and Bertelsmann in talks over sale of Bol.com. |
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Brief Article |
Sep 3, 2002 |
96 |
| McGraw-Hill Education acquires Open University Press; sells MMS Int. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 31, 2002 |
204 |
| Quad Ventures forms equity fund, acquires Troll Comm. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 31, 2002 |
223 |
| Thomson unit Course Technology buys Premier Press. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 16, 2002 |
160 |
| History of art, photography and history of modern art: painting. (News in Brief). |
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Brief Article |
Aug 16, 2002 |
69 |
| Nelson, a division of Thomson Learning, has completed the acquisition of Irwin Publishing Ltd. (News in Brief). |
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Brief Article |
Aug 16, 2002 |
80 |
| West Group acquires The Harrison Company. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 23, 2002 |
175 |
| LexisNexis Butterworths Canada completes acquisition of Quicklaw. |
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Brief Article |
Jul 23, 2002 |
151 |
| F&W Publications agrees to acquire Krause Publications. |
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Brief Article |
Jun 30, 2002 |
321 |
| Pearson to retain ownership of FT Business; completes purchase. |
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Brief Article |
Jun 30, 2002 |
244 |
| Scholastic buys Maumelle Warehouse. (Industry). |
Moritz, Gwen; Turner, Lance |
Brief Article |
Jun 10, 2002 |
330 |
| John Wiley & Sons acquires Prentice Hall Direct education titles. |
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Brief Article |
May 30, 2002 |
117 |
| Holtzbrinck Publishing sells Hanley & Belfus to Elsevier Science. |
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Brief Article |
May 30, 2002 |
206 |
| Napster to be acquired by Bertelsmann. |
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Brief Article |
May 20, 2002 |
72 |
| Butterworth Heinemann has completed the acquisition of LLH Technology Publishing. (News in Brief). |
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Brief Article |
Apr 30, 2002 |
46 |
| Thomson Learning division acquires Language Teaching Publications. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 17, 2002 |
134 |
| Thomson division purchases Canadian publishing co. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 31, 2002 |
97 |
| Wolters Kluwer acquires Casenotes Publishing Co. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 31, 2002 |
143 |
| Scholastic acquires children's book publisher. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 16, 2002 |
149 |
| The Natural Pharmacist (TNP). (News in brief). |
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Brief Article |
Feb 15, 2002 |
67 |
| Scholastic acquires Tom Snyder Productions. (News connection: up-to-date and usable education information from schools, government, business, research and professional organizations). |
Angelo, Jean Marie |
Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2002 |
101 |
| Kluwer Academic acquires food science list from Aspen. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 31, 2002 |
126 |
| Construction-zone assets sold to Mcgraw-Hill. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 31, 2002 |
138 |
| Oxford University Press acquires legal publisher. |
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Brief Article |
Jan 31, 2002 |
132 |
| Scholastic reports second quarter results; acquires Software Co. |
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Brief Article |
Dec 24, 2001 |
233 |
| Thomson Legal & Regulatory acquires publishers in Spain & New Zealand. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 15, 2001 |
250 |
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