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New owner for 'Publishers Weekly'
Reed Business Information has sold US booktrade magazine Publishers Weekly to a new company formed by the magazines' one-time publisher George Slowik.
Book Expo Canada cancelled
Book Expo Canada and a proposed consumer-focussed book exhibition have both been cancelled this year due to a lack of publisher support.
RBI sale off
Reed Elsevier has announced that the sale of its magazines division, Reed Business Information, has been cancelled for now due to the financial crisis.
RBI sale in doubt
The credit crunch appears to have derailed Reed Elsevier's long-running plans to sell off its trade magazines division Reed Business Information (RBI).
New CEO for Reed Elsevier
Ian Smith, formerly chief executive of the building company Taylor Woodrow, is to be the new CEO of Reed Elsevier. According to the UK's Independent newspaper: 'The move came as a surpr...
Private equity buyers circle RBI
Private equity houses including Apax Partners, 3i, Permira, Cinven, Candover, CVC and Providence Equity Partners are all reportedly looking at acquiring Reed Business Information, according ...
In Brief
New NZ book review websiteNZ-based Scoop Media has launched The Scoop Review of Books online at http://books.scoop.co.nz. The site, edited by Jeremy Rose, will promote books and authors with reviews, ...
Quills Awards suspended
The future of the Quills Awards, a US-based book award program co-sponsored by Reed Business Information (RBI) and TV network NBC, is in doubt with RBI announcing that they have been 'suspended' now t...
Has Reed already found a buyer for RBI?
Only days after announcing that it was putting its magazine are, Reed Business Information (RBI) on the market, it seems that Reed Elsevier might have found a buyer -- Apax Partners, which alread...
Reed to sell magazine division
The Anglo-Dutch media group Reed Elsevier has announced plans to sell its £1b (A$2.04 billion) business magazine division, Reed Business Information (RBI). Details of the sale--which will i...
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