Pearson plc is a multinational corporation, headquartered in the UK, focused on educational publishing and services. Originating in 1844 and named S Pearson...
60 KB (5,290 words) - 05:14, 19 October 2024
Pearson plc. The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educational business and combined it with Pearson's existing...
30 KB (2,529 words) - 05:38, 1 October 2024
Pearson plc, the construction, now publishing, company founded by his ancestor in the 19th century. He is the eldest son and heir of Weetman Pearson,...
7 KB (661 words) - 17:07, 29 September 2024
Samuel Pearson (1814–1884) was an English entrepreneur and founder of Pearson plc, a leading education (originally construction) company listed on the...
2 KB (153 words) - 12:25, 21 September 2024
Pearson may refer to: Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Pearson College (UK), London, owned by Pearson PLC Lester B. Pearson...
2 KB (220 words) - 22:34, 27 February 2024
Pearson PLC offers various international standardized tests of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. The tests include...
7 KB (561 words) - 09:18, 11 June 2024
shareholding passed to Pearson plc when they bought The Financial Times Limited (FT) in 1957. Later, however, when Pearson plc was negotiating the sale...
17 KB (1,439 words) - 08:11, 17 July 2024
Edexcel (redirect from Pearson Edexcel)
since 2013 as Pearson Edexcel) is a British multinational education and examination body formed in 1996 and wholly owned by Pearson plc since 2005. It...
20 KB (2,014 words) - 09:38, 22 September 2024
executive. She is the former CEO of Pearson PLC. Scardino became a trustee of Oxfam during her tenure at Pearson. She was criticized by Private Eye magazine...
11 KB (837 words) - 18:38, 14 October 2024
Addison-Wesley (category Pearson plc)
publisher of textbooks and computer literature. It is an imprint of Pearson plc, a global publishing and education company. In addition to publishing...
6 KB (522 words) - 05:12, 1 July 2024
eyeing Mindscape's Nintendo license. When Toolworks was acquired by Pearson plc in 1994, Mindscape became the primary identity for the development group...
37 KB (2,893 words) - 18:32, 4 October 2024
World News Broadcasting News UK Newsquest Northern & Shell Pearson plc Press Holdings Reach plc RELX Reuters Sky STV Group Syco TalkTalk Group Paramount...
6 KB (530 words) - 15:16, 8 October 2024
Penguin Books (section Pearson takeover)
owned by British Pearson plc, the global media company which also owned the Financial Times. When Penguin Random House was formed, Pearson had a 47% stake...
63 KB (7,979 words) - 10:35, 3 October 2024
Publications so establishing Future US in 1994. Anderson sold the company to Pearson plc for £52.7m in 1994, but bought it back in 1998, for £142 million. The...
23 KB (1,736 words) - 16:48, 14 October 2024
Fremantle (company) (redirect from Pearson Television)
American game shows locally in the US and globally. On 23 April 1993, Pearson plc bought Thames Television, which had been one of the "Big Five" franchisees...
50 KB (3,985 words) - 04:03, 19 October 2024
Longman (redirect from Pearson Longman)
Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in 1724 in London, England, which is owned by Pearson PLC. Since 1968, Longman has...
12 KB (1,385 words) - 10:05, 3 September 2024
2013, with Bertelsmann initially owning 53% of the joint venture, and Pearson PLC initially owning the remaining 47%. Since 18 December 2019, Penguin Random...
13 KB (1,035 words) - 01:36, 15 September 2024
Viscount Cowdray (category Pearson family)
World War II where he lost an arm, was Chairman of the family firm of Pearson Plc from 1954 to 1977. The titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth...
5 KB (438 words) - 00:44, 1 August 2024
Sky Group (redirect from British Sky Broadcasting Group plc)
BSB licences and compete with BSkyB. News International received 50%, Pearson PLC 17.5%, Chargeurs 17.5%, Granada 12%, Reed International 2% of the new...
65 KB (5,966 words) - 15:45, 28 September 2024
partnership with Verizon Communications to develop 5G content. In 2021, Pearson PLC announced a partnership with Fuller to create a new global education...
32 KB (3,180 words) - 16:35, 29 September 2024
Pearson College London was a British higher education institution, founded in 2012; it was based in London and was previously owned by Pearson plc. The...
5 KB (588 words) - 20:48, 22 February 2024
Benjamin Cummings (category Pearson plc)
Benjamin Cummings is a publishing imprint of Pearson Education that specializes in science. Benjamin Cummings publishes medical textbooks, anatomy and...
2 KB (95 words) - 09:59, 10 March 2024
Random House, which had been announced in December 2019, by buying Pearson plc's 25% ownership of the company. With the purchase, Bertelsmann became...
35 KB (3,230 words) - 20:40, 19 October 2024
5G venture with Verizon, an international educational initiative with Pearson PLC, a new talent platform with TikTok parent company ByteDance as well as...
4 KB (281 words) - 20:53, 18 June 2024
Sams Publishing (category Pearson plc)
for technical training manuals owned by the global education company Pearson plc. Sams Publishing was founded in 1946 by Howard W. Sams, originally producing...
3 KB (173 words) - 02:53, 31 July 2023
December 2021, Kordestani was appointed as chairman of the Board at Pearson plc. His position became effective in March 2022. On August 10, 2024, he...
14 KB (1,195 words) - 07:41, 12 October 2024
Heinemann (publisher) (category Pearson plc)
their educational works in the US market. When Tilling was purchased by BTR plc in 1983, BTR sold off all their non-industrial assets; Heinemann was sold...
17 KB (1,610 words) - 22:15, 30 September 2024
direction of his son Clive Pearson, played an important role in the development of British airlines in the 1930s. Today Pearson Plc is mainly engaged in the...
16 KB (1,477 words) - 06:47, 13 August 2024
equivalent of $1.32 billion from Pearson PLC. On 30 November 2015, Nikkei completed acquisition of Financial Times from Pearson plc. Nikkei also owns TV Tokyo...
10 KB (856 words) - 16:32, 24 September 2024