1 to 16

Name Sector Revenue
$mlns  
M&A Activity Last 5 Years
Total Buy Sell
Pearson
London Stock Exchange : PSON
London, United Kingdom website
Publishing 5,656 46 30 16
Elsevier BV
Private
Amsterdam, Netherlands website
Publishing - 28 28 -
Wiley Edge
PE Backed
Hoboken, New Jersey, United States website
Publishing 2,020 23 19 4
Gannett
NYSE : GCI
McLean, Virginia, United States website
Publishing 2,509 16 16 -
Time, Inc.
Private
New York, New York, United States website
Publishing 3,076 19 14 5
HMP Global
PE Backed
Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States website
Publishing - 12 12 -
Axel Springer
PE Backed
Berlin, Germany website
Publishing 3,585 13 9 4
LSC Communications
PE Backed
Warrenville, Illinois, United States website
Publishing 3,603 12 9 3
The New York Times
NYSE : NYT
New York, New York, United States website
Publishing 2,426 12 8 4
Advance Publications
Private
New York, New York, United States website
Publishing - 10 7 3
The Arena Group
NYSE : AREN
New York, New York, United States website
Publishing 126 7 7 -
Government Executive Media Group
PE Backed
Washington, District of Columbia, United States website
Publishing - 7 7 -
The Economist Group
Acquired
London, United Kingdom website
Publishing 565 8 6 2
Penguin Random House LLC
Acquired
New York, New York, United States website
Publishing - 7 6 1
Bloomsbury Publishing
London Stock Exchange : BMY
London, United Kingdom website
Publishing 528 5 5 -
a360media
Private
New York, New York, United States website
Publishing - 5 4 1

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