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Big news in education publishing: From their press release: Ingram Content Group® (“Ingram”) today announced it has signed a definitive agr...

Ginkgotree is a web app which aims to completely replace costly, bulky textbooks. It’s not another LMS (a Learning Management System, like...

Eric Hellman over at the eponymously named Go To Hellman has an interesting idea that chips away at one of the last foundations of big publ...

Several UK Sunday newspapers report new speculation about the future of Reed Elsevier and specifically whether the company could be ripe for...

I recently heard Fred Wilson speak and it reminded me of this post from February 5th, 2007: Fred Wilson is a founder of Union Square Venture...

Springer CEO Derk Hannk is quoted by Reuters suggesting the entire company is in play ( Reuters ) The private equity firms Candover ( CDI.L ...

In November 1988, when Robert Maxwell's final offer for Macmillan, Inc was accepted, the bid priced the company at 19x earnings - a rid...

Speculation about the financial health of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt took another turn for the worst when Moody's debt rating agency re...

The Guardian is reporting that private equity owners Cinven and Candover are seeking 'strategic advice' from Goldman and UBS with r...

The Financial Times reports that the price Reed may get for the sale of RBI will be far below their original expectation of £1.25Bill. In ...

The Private Equity bidders looking to grab Informa have been told in no uncertain terms to sharpen their pencils. On the basis of initial i...

Reuters is reporting that Carlyle has secured financing for the acqusition of Informa. From the report: Carlyle and Providence have now ass...

Reuters reports that Bertelsmann's magazine unit Gruner & Jahr maybe in the mix to acquire the RBI unit from Reed Elsevier. Reuters ...

The Telegraph handicaps some of the interest in the sale of Reed Business information and offers the intreging notion that MGH would purcha...

JEGI just published their first half review of M/A in the media business. As most will realize, deal flow is off considerably at the top end...

At the turn of the year, Haights Cross placed itself up for sale but as the capital market situation went from bad to worse a successful res...

The Irish Independent is reporting that the banks supporting Riverdeep in its acquisition of Harcourt may be able to syndicate some of the d...

After the close of the markets in the UK yesterday, UBM announced it had broken off talks about an all stock merger with Informa . Informa...

PaidContent cites inside knowledge that the RBI sale will be broken into bite size pieces. We have also learned that Reed Elsevier has cha...

Ever get your mortgage banker to knock 25% off your interest rate? Me either. Not so those intrepid financiers at Borders. In announcing the...