List of Acquisitive Publishing Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Endeavor Business Media PE Backed Resolute Capital Partners 2018-05-01 Nashville, Tennessee, United States website	Publishing	-	12	11	1
HMP Global PE Backed Alta Equity Partners Susquehanna Growth Equity Antares Capital 2007-08-20 Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States website	Publishing	-	14	14	-
Government Executive Media Group PE Backed Growth Catalyst Partners 2020-03-17 Washington, District of Columbia, United States website	Publishing	-	7	7	-
Pearson London Stock Exchange : PSON London, United Kingdom website	Publishing	5,468	46	30	16
The Arena Group NYSE : AREN New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	126	9	9	-
Penguin Random House LLC Acquired Bertelsmann 2017-07-11 New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	-	7	6	1
Minuteman Press Private Puyallup, Washington, United States website	Publishing	-	3	3	-
Elsevier BV Private Amsterdam, Netherlands website	Publishing	-	28	28	-
Lakeside Book Co. Private Warrensville, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	2	2	-
Hachette Book Group, Inc. Private New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	-	4	4	-
The New York Times NYSE : NYT New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	2,586	12	8	4
Union Square & Co. Acquired Hachette Book Group, Inc. 2024-11-18 New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	-	2	2	-
Scholastic NASDAQ : SCHL New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	1,590	13	12	1
Civica Media Private United States	Publishing	-	2	2	-
Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. Private Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States website	Publishing	-	4	4	-
Roularta Media Group Public Roeselare, Belgium website	Publishing	361	7	4	3

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