July 27, 2001

Mega-Deal Completed in Textbook Publishing

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK

Reed Elsevier completed its acquisition this month of Harcourt General, one day after the mega-publishing deal received a green light from British antitrust authorities. Then, as planned, Reed Elsevier sold Harcourt's higher-education publishing and several other divisions to the Thomson Corporation.

At the time the deal was announced, in October, Thomson officials said it would strengthen the company's position as the world's second-largest higher-education publisher, behind the

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