Platinum Equity acquires McGraw Hill for $4.5 Billion - August 2, 2021
Platinum Equity has completed the acquisition of McGraw Hill, a global leader in educational content and digital platforms, for a purchase price of approximately $4.5 billion. Founded in 1888, McGraw Hill provides outcome-focused learning solutions to millions of students globally, delivering both curated content and digital… Read More
Latest version of Thieme’s comprehensive resource for synthetic chemists is now out - August 2, 2021
Science of Synthesis 4.21, the latest release of Thieme’s reference resource for reliable synthetic methods, includes nine knowledge updates. Among others, chapters covering the synthesis of germylenes as well as borazines and 1,2-diimines and 1,3-diimines have been added. SOS now also offers the possibility to easily share… Read More
Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press merge to form Cambridge University Press & Assessment - August 2, 2021
Cambridge Assessment and Cambridge University Press have formally become one organisation under the name Cambridge University Press & Assessment. The merger creates a larger, global organisation that offers world-leading academic research, learning and assessment, backed by the first-class teaching and research departments of the University of Cambridge.… Read More
EMS Press expands its Subscribe to Open programme for 2022 - August 2, 2021
EMS Press, the publishing house of the European Mathematical Society, has announced that 7 new titles will be joining its Subscribe To Open (S2O) programme for 2022, bringing the total number of journals published under S2O to 17. The new additions include journals from the national societies… Read More
Journal of Biological Chemistry names Alex Toker as new editor-in-chief - August 2, 2021
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology have announced that Alex Toker, associate director for the Cancer Research Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School, will be the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, one of… Read More
