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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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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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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Pearson PLC offers various international standardized tests of English language proficiency for non-native English language speakers. The tests include...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Longman (redirect from Pearson Longman)
Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC. Since 1968, Longman has...
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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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had a revenue of US$150 million. In May that year, it was acquired by Pearson plc for $462 million, which converted it to bear the Mindscape identity by...
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Daily Mail and General Trust (redirect from Daily Mail & General Trust plc)
Viscount Rothermere and became chair of parent Daily Mail and General Trust plc. After almost 100 years in Fleet Street, the company left its original premises...
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Random House, which had been announced in December 2019, by buying Pearson plc's 25% ownership of the company. With the purchase, Bertelsmann became...
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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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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...
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