List of 18 Acquired Publishing Companies in Massachusetts

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Six Red Marbles Acquired Jouve SA 2016-08-30 Boston, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	3	3	-
Courier Corp. Acquired R.R. Donnelley & Sons 2015-02-05 $261M North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	275	2	2	-
Aspen Publishing Acquired UWorld LLC 2024-03-06 Boston, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	33	1	1	-
HMH Books & Media Acquired HarperCollins Publishers LLC 2021-03-29 $349M Boston, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Aries Systems Corp. Acquired Elsevier BV 2018-08-02 North Andover, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Brown Publishing Network, Inc. Acquired Six Red Marbles 2011-01-03 Waltham, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Thomson Course Technology Acquired Cengage 1992-11-24 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
The Harvard Common Press, Inc. Acquired Quarto Group 2016-02-02 Boston, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Copley Publishing Group, Inc. Acquired ProQuest 2004-04-01 Acton, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Daniels Printing Acquired Datasite 1999-01-01 Boston, Massachusetts, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Educators Publishing Service, Inc. Acquired Delta Education LLC 2002-06-11 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Electronic Publishing Services, Inc. Acquired MPS 2014-10-01 Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
GreenPrints Acquired Mequoda Systems 2021-11-10 Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Harcourt General, Inc. Acquired RELX Group 2000-10-27 $5.65B Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Herald Media, Inc. Acquired GateHouse Media, Inc. 2006-06-06 $230M Boston, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Wintergreen Orchard House Acquired Peterson's 2020-04-13 Westford, Massachusetts, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-

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