Sadly, I must report about the latest so-called merger of online publishers. I just received a letter from Stephan Yao, CEO or Thomas Reuters Legal, China and Gordon Wong, Business Director of iSinolaw. According to this letter, the two companies…
Posts Tagged ‘merger’
Some Thoughts on Thomson’s Acquisition of West Being Honored as Worst Legal Publishing Merger
24
Oct
Reporting on the findings of Dewey B Strategic’s self-admitted unscientific poll on best and worst legal publishing industry mergers, Jean O’Grady writes: According to the Legal Information Buyers Guide and Reference Manual, between 1995 (the year before the Thomson acquisition)…
95% of All Classes of BNA Shares Vote "Yes" to Bloomberg’s Acquisition Offer
30
Sep
Bloomberg is expected to complete the acquisition of BNA today. After the merger, BNA will be an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bloomberg. The acquisition IMHO is a good thing for both companies. BLaw+BNA is a competitive force that will have…
On Creating "Super" Databases: The Wilson-EBSCO Merger
06
Jun
Following up on Mark Giangrande’s And Then There Was One Fewer post, additional details provided by EBSCO including the supplied chart (below; click to enlarge) are available at InfoDocket’s New: Chart Showing How EBSCO and H.W. Wilson Databases Will Be…
And Then There Was One Fewer
03
Jun
EBSCO and The H.W. Wilson Company have announced a merger of the two companies. I don’t believe there will be any significant name changes, at least on the EBSCO side of the ledger. The press release uses the term merger,…
