List of 40 Illinois-based Publishing Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
LSC Communications PE Backed Atlas Holdings 2020-12-04 Warrenville, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	3,603	13	10	3
Lakeside Book Co. Private Warrensville, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	2	2	-
Modern Luxury Media LLC Private Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	2	2	-
Allured Business Media Private Carol Stream, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Tan Books and Publishers, Inc. Acquired Saint Benedict Press LLC 2008-11-18 Rockford, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
World Book, Inc. Acquired The Scott Fetzer Co. 1978-01-01 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Plastag Corp. Private Chicago, Illinois, United States	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Chicago Review Press, Inc. Private Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Dr. Graphx Acquired Tukaiz LLC 2018-08-27 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Independent Publishers Group Private Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
MediaTec Publishing, Inc. Private Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Sourcebooks, Inc. Private Naperville, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	1	1	-
Small Newspaper Group (Dispatch-Argus) Acquired Lee Enterprises 2017-06-19 $7.15M Moline, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Commercial Architecture Magazine Acquired IdeaSoil LLC 2019-08-01 Willowbrook, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Tribune Publishing Co. - Los Angeles Times & The San Diego Union-Tribune Acquired NantWorks 2018-02-07 $500M Chicago, Illinois, United States	Publishing	-	-	-	-
Great Lakes Boating Acquired Harris Publishing, Inc. 2016-10-03 Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Publishing	-	-	-	-

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