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

 

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

  1. Dan Kleinman says:

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

  2. Leah Hinds says:

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

  3. Dan Kleinman says:

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

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