Reed Elsevier To Sell Bowker

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

Given the discussion re. sale of Harcourt/Academic journals to Elsevier,
readers of this list may find the item below to be of interest:

http://www.libraryjournal.com/articles/news/thisweek/20010219_17565.asp
 
February 19, 2001
 
Reed Elsevier To Sell Bowker 
 
Reed Elsevier (the parent company of Cahners Business Information,
publisher of Library Journal, School Library Journal and Publishers
Weekly) has announced it will divest Bowker, Bowker U.K., D.W. Thorpe,
Marquis Who's Who and several National Register Publishing Directories --
all in an effort to concentrate on its strategic focus in the legal,
business, science, and education markets. Some segments of those groups,
including Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook, will not be sold, although
Books in Print, Literary Marketplace, and the American Library Directory
are reportedly included in the divestiture.

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