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Publishers in the News – October 26, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on October 26, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: BCR and Cambridge University Press Online, Publishing, LLC, Thomson Corporation and Reuters, Harcourt School Publishers and Wireless Generation, Pearson, and Thomson

BCR and Cambridge University Press Online have partnered with the Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR) to provide access to a catalog of valuable resources for every type of library patron, from public library to university audiences. — BCR

Publishing, LLC (”EMC”), an independent educational publisher, today announced it had acquired Lawrenceville Press, Inc. (”LVP”), a Pennington, NJ-based developer and publisher of computer applications and programming textbooks for the U.S. and Canadian school market. — SYS-CON

Thomson Corporation and Reuters on Thursday expressed confidence in securing clearance for the Canadian group’s £9bn ($18.4bn) bid for its London rival without major concessions as each reported better third-quarter figures than expected. –MSNBC

Harcourt School Publishers and Wireless Generation have formed a partnership to bring assessment to Harcourt’s StoryTown and Trophies curricula. — T.H.E. Journal

Education and information company Pearson Plc on Monday announced its trading update for the first nine months of fiscal 2007, reporting a 6% rise in underlying sales from continuing operations, on strong segmental performance. — RTT News

Thomson Corp. Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $2.97 billion, or $4.61 a share, up from a year-ago profit of $419 million, or 65 cents a share. — CNN

Publishers in the News – October 25, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on October 25, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Pearson, Lagardere, McGraw-Hill Companies, Tribune Co., Thomson Corp.

Pearson VUE, the electronic certification and licensure testing business of Pearson, announced that it has signed an exclusive multi-year contract with Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) to provide test development and test delivery services for ONCC’s certification programs. — Yahoo

Arnaud Lagardere, chief executive of Lagardere SCA, denied there was insider trading in the publishing company’s sale of shares in European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. two months before EADS announced production delays at Airbus’s A380, the world’s biggest passenger plane. — Bloomberg

The Board of Directors of The McGraw-Hill Companies approved a regular quarterly cash dividend on the Corporation’s common stock. The dividend of $0.205 is payable on December 12, 2007 to shareholders of record on November 28, 2007. — Yahoo

Tribune Co.reported third-quarter profit that fell less than analysts estimated, easing investor concern that Sam Zell will have trouble financing an $8.2 billion buyout of the second-biggest U.S. newspaper publisher. — Bloomberg

Thomson Corp., the financial-information provider buying Reuters Group Plc, said third-quarter profit jumped on proceeds from the sale of education divisions and higher revenue from its remaining units. — Bloomberg