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reed/elsevier mrger
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (CHOUSE@RCNVMS.RCN.MASS.EDU)
Mon Sep 21 12:50:41 1992
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1992 11:17:55 CDT
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Wall Street Journal reports (9/18) that Reed PLC will merge with Elsevier.
Reed PLC owns Cahners/RR Bowker, publisher of Library Journal. WSJ reports
that profit margins on some Elsevier publications are 40% and that Elsevier's
profits ($217m) are lmost as high as Reed's ($243m) on half the revenue.
Will John Barry remain free to criticize? The consolidation continues . . .
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