Informa to acquire Penton for $1.56 billion - September 15, 2016
MidOcean Partners ("MidOcean"), a middle market private equity firm, and Wasserstein & Co. ("Wasserstein"), an independent private equity and investment firm, have entered into a definitive agreement to sell Penton, an innovative professional information services company, to Informa plc ("Informa") for $1.56… Read More
Brill adds Journal of African Archaeology to its growing portfolio in African Studies - September 14, 2016
International scholarly publisher Brill has announced the addition of the Journal of African Archaeology to its growing portfolio in African Studies. Founded by Africa Magna Publishers (Frankfurt/Main, Germany) in 2003, the international peer-reviewed periodical provides scholars with a new pan-African forum for discussing relevant topics… Read More
De Gruyter partners with Kudos to boost visibility of academic content - September 13, 2016
International academic publisher De Gruyter has announced a partnership with Kudos in order to help its authors increase the visibility and impact of their published articles. Kudos is a service that allows authors to offer additional information or material related to their publications, such as… Read More
SAGE Publishing acquires three journals from IM Publications - September 12, 2016
Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has announced the purchase of three journals from academic publisher, IM Publications. IM Publications is a specialist publisher of books and journals, primarily in analytical chemistry. As of 2017, SAGE will be publishing the European Journal of Mass Spectrometry, Journal of… Read More
Cambridge University Press launches Cambridge Core - September 9, 2016
Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has launched a new academic platform Cambridge Core, bringing together all CUP academic content in one place for the first time. Cambridge Core replaces the Press's two main platforms, Cambridge Journals Online and Cambridge Books Online, including over 360 journals… Read More
BirdLife Australia and Taylor & Francis announce publishing partnership - September 8, 2016
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group and Birdlife Australia have announced a new publishing partnership. Beginning with the 2017 volume, Taylor & Francis will publish and distribute Birdlife Australia's highly regarded journal, Emu – Austral Ornithology. With… Read More