Pearson plc is a multinational corporation, headquartered in the UK, focused on educational publishing and services. Originating in 1844 and named S Pearson...
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Pearson plc. The subsidiary was formed in 1998, when Pearson plc acquired Simon & Schuster's educational business and combined it with Pearson's existing...
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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,...
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Pearson may refer to: Lester B. Pearson College, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Pearson College (UK), London, owned by Pearson PLC Lester B. Pearson...
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Samuel Pearson (1814–1884) was an English entrepreneur and founder of Pearson plc, a leading education (originally construction) company listed on the...
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Pearson PLC offers various international standardized tests of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. The tests include...
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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...
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shareholding passed to Pearson plc when they bought The Financial Times Limited (FT) in 1957. Later, however, when Pearson plc was negotiating the sale...
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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...
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eyeing Mindscape's Nintendo license. When Toolworks was acquired by Pearson plc in 1994, Mindscape became the primary identity for the development group...
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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...
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debt. As a direct result, DK was taken over the following year by the Pearson plc media company and made part of Penguin Group, which also owned the Penguin...
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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...
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World News Broadcasting News UK Newsquest Northern & Shell Pearson plc Press Holdings Reach plc RELX Reuters Sky STV Group Syco TalkTalk Group Paramount...
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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...
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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...
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established what would became 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...
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2013, with Bertelsmann initially owning 53% of the joint venture, and Pearson PLC initially owning the remaining 47%. Since 18 December 2019, Penguin Random...
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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...
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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...
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partnership with Verizon Communications to develop 5G content. In 2021, Pearson PLC announced a partnership with Fuller to create a new global education...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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10, 2007). "Camera rolling on studio renaissance". Financial Times. Pearson PLC. Retrieved December 20, 2014. "Tom Cruise". National Space Society. Archived...
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Allyn & Bacon (category Pearson plc)
It is an imprint of Pearson Education, the world's largest education publishing and technology company, which is part of Pearson PLC. Allyn & Bacon was...
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Retrieved 22 September 2023. PIC International Group PLC Changes Name to Sygen International plc[dead link] PR Newswire, 2001 "Thoma Bravo to buy UK's...
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Financial Times (category Pearson plc)
Pearson plc since 1957, for £844m (US$1.32 billion) and the acquisition was completed on 30 November 2015. Under the transaction agreement, Pearson retained...
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acquisition of Prentice-Hall by Pearson plc, ownership and management of the New York Institute of Finance moved to Pearson plc, which owns both the New York...
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