Pearson sells Economist Group stake for £469m

Existing shareholder Exor increases its holding from 4.7% to 43.4% to become the largest single shareholder in the publishing groupPearson has sold its 50% stake in the Economist Group, publisher of the Economist newspaper, to existing shareholders for £469m in cash.The deal, a fait accompli following Pearson’s sale of the Financial Times to Nikkei for £844m last month, will see a major change in the power structure of the major shareholders that control the Economist Group. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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Pearson profits set to rise 33% as Bird repositions business

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Boydell & Brewer appoints Kavanagh as group publishing director

Independent academic publisher Boydell & Brewer has appointed Mark Kavanagh as group publishing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Tim Pearson joins youth publisher LadBible

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'Exceptional' Newport leaves Scholastic for Hachette Children's Group

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Vivendi denies plans to sell off Editis after Lagardère takeover

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Dark Horse Media Acquired by the Embracer Group

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Anne Rice, best-selling novelist who helped launch a vampire revival, dies at 80

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Vox Media and Group Nine Media Announce Merger, Bringing Further Media Consolidation

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