List of the Largest Publishing Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Dai Nippon Printing Tokyo (TSE) : 7912 Shinjuku-ku, Japan website	Publishing	12,065	5	5	-
Pearson London Stock Exchange : PSON London, United Kingdom website	Publishing	5,468	46	30	16
LSC Communications PE Backed Atlas Holdings 2020-12-04 Warrenville, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	3,603	13	10	3
Axel Springer PE Backed KKR 2020-01-23 Berlin, Germany website	Publishing	3,585	13	9	4
Time, Inc. Private New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	3,076	19	14	5
Gannett Co., Inc. (old) Acquired Gannett 2019-08-05 $1.792B McLean, Virginia, United States	Publishing	2,917	6	6	-
The New York Times NYSE : NYT New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	2,586	12	8	4
Gannett NYSE : GCI McLean, Virginia, United States website	Publishing	2,509	16	16	-
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. Private White Plains, New York, United States website	Publishing	2,400	11	4	7
Springer Nature Frankfurt (FWB) : SPG Berlin, Germany website	Publishing	2,081	6	5	1
Wiley Edge PE Backed Inspirit Capital 2024-01-09 Hoboken, New Jersey, United States website	Publishing	2,020	23	19	4
Smiths News London Stock Exchange : SNWS Swindon, United Kingdom website	Publishing	1,700	2	-	2
Merrick Media LLC Acquired Tribune Publishing 2016-02-04 $44.4M New York, United States	Publishing	1,670	-	-	-
Scholastic NASDAQ : SCHL New York, New York, United States website	Publishing	1,590	13	12	1
Koenig & Bauer Frankfurt (FWB) : SKB Wurzburg, Germany website	Publishing	1,436	2	2	-
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Public Segrate, Italy website	Publishing	1,054	1	-	1

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