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BUSINESS: ACQUISITIONS MERGERS :
PUBLISHERS:
APRIL FOOLS DAY:
Mergers Create Uber Publisher
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Mergers Create Uber Publisher
<http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/
2009/04/01/mergers-create-uber-publisher/>
A shorter URL for the above link:
Publishing giants Springer, Elsevier, and Wiley-Blackwell will merge,
according to a leaked document that made its way into the Scholarly
Kitchen late last night.
Springer-Elsevier-Wiley-Blackwell (SPEW)
Continuing the trend of consolidation, the heads of the largest STM
publishers will form a single, publicly-held company. While details are
still being worked out, the name of the publisher will be be
Springer-Elsevier-Wiley-Blackwell, or SPEW for short.
The merger, if confirmed by the U. S. Department of Justice and the
European Commissions Competition Directorate, will represent the largest
publisher merger in history, representing 63% of all scientific journals
and consuming 99% of library budgets.
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