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News Corp. Files to Split the Company

Posted: December 21, 2012 at 8:44 am

In an SEC filing today, News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) indicated that it would call a special stockholders meeting to approve “the contemplated separation of our media and entertainment business and ...
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McGraw-Hill Education Division Sold

Posted: November 26, 2012 at 10:59 am

The education division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (NYSE: MHP) has been sold to subsidiaries of Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE: APO) for $2.5 billion the company announced this morning. ...
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Random House, Penguin Talk Merger (PSO, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, BKS)

Posted: October 25, 2012 at 1:29 pm

Two of the world’s four largest publishing houses, Random House -- owned by Germany’s Bertelsmann AG -- and Penguin -- owned by the U.K.’s Pearson plc (NYSE: PSO) -- have ...
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