List of Largest Acquired Publishing Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Gannett Co., Inc. (old) Acquired Gannett 2019-08-05 $1.792B McLean, Virginia, United States	Publishing	2,917	6	6	-
Merrick Media LLC Acquired Tribune Publishing 2016-02-04 $44.4M New York, United States	Publishing	1,670	-	-	-
Lagardère Magazine Group Acquired Hearst 2011-02-01 $733.61M France	Publishing	872	-	-	-
Axel Springer - European Newspaper, TV Guide, Women's Magazines Acquired FUNKE MEDIENGRUPPE GmbH 2013-07-25 $1.03675B Berlin, Germany	Publishing	577	-	-	-
The Economist Group Acquired Exor 2015-08-12 London, United Kingdom website	Publishing	565	8	6	2
Grolier, Inc. Acquired Scholastic 2000-04-18 $400M Danbury, Connecticut, United States	Publishing	450	-	-	-
Torstar Corp. Acquired Nordstar Capital 2020-05-26 Toronto, Ontario, Canada website	Publishing	413	8	4	4
Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd. Acquired Wiley Edge 2006-11-17 $1.08B Oxford, United Kingdom	Publishing	380	-	-	-
Recoletos Grupo de Comunicación S.A. Acquired Unidad Editoria SA 2007-04-12 $1.23959B Madrid, Spain	Publishing	343	-	-	-
Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. Acquired News Corp 2014-05-02 $345.83M Don Mills, Ontario, Canada website	Publishing	303	-	-	-
Courier Corp. Acquired R.R. Donnelley & Sons 2015-02-05 $261M North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	275	2	2	-
Findexa Acquired Eniro 2005-12-05 $643.2M Oslo, Norway website	Publishing	193	-	-	-
Color Print A/S Acquired Stibo A/S 2012-08-10 Vadum, Denmark website	Publishing	163	-	-	-
Norstedts Förlagsgrupp AB Acquired Storytel 2016-06-22 $19.24M Stockholm, Sweden website	Publishing	55	-	-	-
i (newspaper) Acquired Daily Mail and General Trust 2019-11-29 $76.35M United Kingdom website	Publishing	52	-	-	-
Igloo Books Ltd. Acquired Bonnier Publishing Ltd. 2014-10-31 Sywell, United Kingdom website	Publishing	46	-	-	-

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