Kirkus Reviews and other Nielsen Business titles bite the dust!

On December 10, 2009 · 3 Comments · In Katina's "Caught My Eye", News & Announcements, Rumors

From the latest Chronicle of Higher Education comes news that the venerable Kirkus Reviews will be shut down along with Editor and Publisher, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, Adweek, Brandweek, and Mediaweek. And according to Folio, Nielsen Business Media has agreed to sell to Global Media, a new company formed by private equity firm Pluribus Capital Management and financial services firm Guggenheim Partners.

http://www.foliomag.com/2009/nielsen-business-media-agrees-sell-hollywood-reporter-billboard-other-titles

http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Kirkus-Reviews-Venerable-Tool/9163/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=e

 
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3 Responses to Kirkus Reviews and other Nielsen Business titles bite the dust!

  1. Dan Kleinman says:
    December 17, 2009 at 12:04 am

    Will their web sites be maintained so old links don’t die?

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  2. Leah Hinds says:
    December 17, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Dan: You can contact Nielsen Business at this link to find out: http://en-us.nielsen.com/contact

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  3. Dan Kleinman says:
    December 17, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Thanks. I submitted the question at the link. I’ll post here what I find out.

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