List of 17 Acquired Publishing Companies in Minnesota

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
CJK Group Acquired Elevate Services 2024-05-08 Brainerd, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Adventure Publications Acquired Keen Communications 2015-10-08 Cambridge, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
AGS Publishing Acquired Pearson Education, Inc. 2005-06-23 $270M Circle Pines, Minnesota, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Fieldstone Alliance, Inc. Acquired Turner Publishing Co. 2010-08-04 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
UV Color, Inc. Acquired Plastag Corp. 2007-03-26 Roseville, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
West Publishing Company Acquired Thomson Reuters 1996-02-27 $3.43B St. Paul, Minnesota, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Key Education Publishing Company LLC Acquired Carson Dellosa Education 2011-04-04 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Hammer Direct LLC Acquired The Bernard Group, Inc. 2015-10-13 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
West Academic Acquired BARBRI 2022-01-04 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Wicks Educational Publishing LLC Acquired New Mountain Learning LLC 2012-11-07 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Free Spirit Publishing Acquired Teacher Created Materials 2021-11-30 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Healthcare Information Group Acquired Vendome Group 2005-11-08 Edina, Minnesota, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Paper & Graphics Printing, Inc. Acquired Smyth 2015-11-16 Rochester, Minnesota, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
I See Me! Acquired PlanetArt LLC 2021-07-08 Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
NAMG, Inc. Acquired Avis Budget Group 2007-07-01 Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Inscape Publishing, Inc. Acquired Wiley Edge 2012-02-17 $85M Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-

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