M&A Deal Summary

McGraw Hill Education Acquires Starting Out

On November 4, 2010, McGraw Hill Education acquired media company Starting Out

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is McGraw Hill Education’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is McGraw Hill Education’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is McGraw Hill Education’s 1st transaction in Maine.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-11-04
Target Starting Out
Sector Media
Buyer(s) McGraw Hill Education
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Starting Out

Damariscotta, Maine, United States
Starting Out, Inc. is a publisher of life skills and descriptive career information through print media.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

McGraw Hill Education

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1888
Sector Education
Employees5,300
DESCRIPTION

McGraw Hill Education is a provider of high-quality educational material and learning solutions for students, instructors, and institutions around the world. McGraw Hill Education was founded in 1888 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 16
Sector (Media) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 15
State (Maine) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 13
Year (2010) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-10-04 Tegrity

Burr Ridge, Illinois, United States

Tegrity, Inc., is a cloud-based Lecture Capture solution proven to improve student achievement, satisfaction, retention and recruitment across an institution. It makes class time available all the time by automatically recording, storing and indexing every class on campus - without the need to install any special hardware or software in classrooms.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-02 Key Curriculum Press

Emeryville, California, United States

Key Curriculum is a developer of mathematics learning technology in the K-12 and higher education markets.

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