Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - British publishing group Pearson Plc said it was raising its stake in South Africa's Maskew Miller Longman (MML) to 85 percent from 50 percent, forming a new educational publishing unit in the region.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
NASHVILLE, TN (MARKET WIRE) Guests from FT Press and Diskeeper will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. FT Press is an imprint of Pearson Technology Group, an operating unit of Pearson Education, which is a part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. Diskeeper(R) Corporation is the undisputed leader in defragmentation technology.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
NASHVILLE, TN (MARKET WIRE) Guests from FT Press and ESET will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. FT Press is an imprint of Pearson Technology Group, an operating unit of Pearson Education, which is a part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. ESET is a global security software company that provides integrated, real-time threat protection.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Guests from Addison-Wesley and AppDev will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Addison-Wesley is an imprint of Pearson Technology Group, an operating unit of Pearson Education, which is a part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the international media company.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
NASHVILLE, TN (MARKET WIRE) Guests from Addison-Wesley and ESET will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Addison-Wesley is an imprint of Pearson Technology Group, an operating unit of Pearson Education, which is a part of Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO), the international media company. ESET is a global security software company that provides integrated, real-time threat protection.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
"A U.S. court was wrong to award rights to some of John Steinbeck's best-known novels, including The Grapes of Wrath, to his son and granddaughter, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. The appeals court said Penguin Group, a unit of Pearson Plc, can retain publishing rights to about 10 early works by the author."...
SignalBlog (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Pearson PLC, the publisher of the Financial Times and Penguin books, reported a narrower first-half loss on Monday as sales rose in both its U.S. publishing business and the FT group. Pearson, which traditionally makes most of its profit in the second half of the year because of the seasonal nature of its educational books business, [...]
UK Economics Blog (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The Economist is one of the world's most respected publications, founded in September 1843. It is edited in London, but aims at being a global magazine. Half of its 1.3 million copies per issue are sold in North America. It is owned 50% by the Financial Times (a sub division of Pearson PLC) and 50% by private shareholders including members of the Rothschild Family. It is not focused just on economics,...
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
The Financial Times has started an edition for the Middle East, reports Robert MacMillan of Reuters. MacMillan writes, “The paper, which will be the pink-sheeted British business daily's fifth edition, is part of Pearson PLC's international expansion strategy for the Times. The first copies will be available on Tuesday, April 29. “‘The economic dynamism of the region is striking,’ [...]
E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 04/21/2008
Pearson PLC, publisher of the Financial Times newspaper, hopes to boost its name in India, with plans to start a new daily business newspaper there.The newspaper industry has been expanding in India thanks to advertisers trying to reach India's increasingly...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 04/20/2008
Financial Times publisher Pearson PLC plans to start a new daily business newspaper in India with India's largest business news TV channel.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Rupert Murdoch's recently acquired Dow Jones and Co. Inc. publishing business will start printing The Wall Street Journal in London this month, raising the competitive threat to rivals like Pearson PLC's Financial Times. The U.S. edition of the business paper will be sold from April 16 by 250 newsagents in the financial heart of the capital, where many global investment banks have European headquarters....
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 01/31/2008
Carolyn Murphy of TheDeal.com wrote Wednesday that the sale of the Financial Times edition in Germany shows that Pearson plc is retreating from an eight-year attempt to be the dominant German financial daily to concentrate on what it sees as a more attainable goal — boosting the FT brand worldwide and improving its digital financial [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/20/2007
List Represents Leaders in The Digital Content Industry UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pearson has been named to the prestigious "EContent 100" list by EContent magazine, as one of the companies that "matter most in the digital content industry." "The EContent 100 list represents the best and the brightest digital content companies as selected by a dozen judges who follow...
Research Brief (Free subscription) | 11/16/2007
A drill down into Online financial news and information sites in the 2nd week in October to highlight top sites visited, viewer demographics, advertisers, and ad types and sizes.
