Personanondata: Thomson Learning Name Change

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Thomson Learning Name Change

Thomson learning will change their name to Cengage as of the end of August. The company HQ will also stay in Stamford as expected.

PR Newswire (As yet, not too much circulation on this story).

"Increasingly, our customers recognize that their success depends on being constructively engaged with others involved in teaching, learning and research," Ronald Dunn, chief executive officer of Thomson Learning, said in a statement. "The name Cengage Learning reflects our commitment to promoting engagement and improving results for all of our customers."

The company also emphasized that they will continue to leverage the stable of strong "brand-name" imprints such as Heinle, Gale, Wadsworth, Delmar Learning, Brooks/Cole and South-Western, among others.

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Michael Cairns is currently Head of Partner and Channel Development for the publishing unit of the American Psychological Association which is a $100million scholarly, academic and educational publisher. In this role, he is responsible for all sales and marketing activities supporting the revenue base and working with current and new partners to expand APA's publishing program and mission. Michael Cairns has served as President, CEO and CRO of several brand name publishing, technology and content-centric businesses. His career includes a wide range of publishing and information products, services and B2B categories and his operating and consulting experience has largely been with brand-name companies such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Macmillan, Inc., Berlitz International, AARP, R.R. Bowker and Wolters Kluwer. Mr. Cairns has also served on boards including the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) and also served as Chairman of the International ISBN Executive Committee.