synopsis: ePals Corporation announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Carus Publishing Company. Carus, which includes the Cricket Magazine Group, Cobblestone Publishing and Open Court Publishing, publishes 14 magazine titles, hundreds of books and a growing collection of recognized Web and mobile applications.

synopsis: Lee & Low Books, an independent publisher of high quality books for children and young adults with a focus on diversity, announced that it has acquired the assets of San Francisco-based Children's Book Press, the first specialty publisher of multicultural children's books in the United States.

synopsis: Kappa Books Publishers, LLC announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the business, intellectual property and other assets of Modern Publishing, a division of Unisystems, Inc., a New York-based mass market publisher of children's coloring and activity books.

synopsis: Amazon.com, Inc. and Marshall Cavendish, one of the world’s leading educational and consumer book publishers and classroom digital solutions providers, announced that Amazon has signed a deal to acquire over 450 titles of its US Children’s trade books business, Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books.

synopsis: Dalmatian Press has emerged has the winner in the sweepstakes to acquire Intervisual Books. Dalmatian paid about $9.6 milion to acquire the children’s book publisher, which filed for bankruptcy protection in May. Dalmatian’s bid topped an early offer of just over $7 million made by Educational Development Corp.

synopsis: International Greetings PLC, the leading designer and manufacturer of private label greetings products, wrapping paper, Christmas crackers and film and television character based licensed stationery, today announces the acquisition of Alligator Books Limited, a publisher and distributor of children’s books and stationery.

synopsis: Thomas N. Thornton, Chief Executive Officer of Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP), announces AMP's acquisition of Accord Publishing. Accord, based in Denver, Colorado, will become the Accord Division of AMP and will continue to operate its editorial, creative and publishing offices in Colorado.

synopsis: Advanced Marketing Services purchased the distribution assets of Ragged Bears Ltd., a U.K.-based book distributor whose clients include Chronicle Children’s, Moonlight Publishing, North-South Books, Ragged Bears Publishing and Lothian Books.

synopsis: OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Fleurus Presse and Junior Hebdo, the youth publications divisions of leading French media company Groupe Le Monde.

synopsis: Hearst Corporation and Lagardère SCA have announced that Hearst has completed its acquisition of Lagardère's international press and magazine business, including 102 titles in 15 countries, as well as extensive digital operations, with 50 websites and numerous mobile and tablet applications. Lagardere SCA is a leading global media group.

synopsis: The British arm of Reader's Digest was pulled out of bankruptcy by Jon Moulton's Better Capital private equity firm. Reader's Digest Association Ltd. will continue to be published under its well-known name after its buyers struck a license agreement with its former U.S. parent, the Reader's Digest Association Inc.

synopsis: The nearly-finalized purchase of French publishing group Editis by Spain’s Grupo Planeta for approximately €200 million (approximately US$310,655,000) would create a giant European publisher of Spanish-language books and expand in Latin America, with a French twist.

synopsis: Pegasus Publishing SA acquired the remaining 50% stake in Hachette Rizzoli Magazines S.A. from Hachette Livre SA and RCS Media Group S.p.A (CM: RCS) on January 25, 2008. Following the completion of this transaction, Pegasus Publishing S.A. holds a 100% stake in Hachette Rizzoli Magazines S.A.

synopsis: Mentor Medier completed the acquisition of Ny Tid Magazine from N.W. Damm & Søn on January 2, 2008.

synopsis: Emap PLC, the publisher of magazines such as FHM and Heat, said Friday it agreed to sell its consumer media and radio units to Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG for $2.3 billion and will return most of the proceeds to shareholders.

synopsis: BBC Worldwide has agreed on a sale of its assets, covering 34 magazine titles, to Exponent. These include non-BBC branded magazines, magazines aligned to BBC shows, magazines aligned to "key brands," Dovetail and Frontline, which are respectively subscriptions fulfillment and distribution houses, and Origin, a specialist publisher.

synopsis: UK media group Emap has sold its Australian magazines to ACP Magazines for AUD $94m. The sale of Emap Australia follows the completion of a strategic review of Emap's Australian consumer magazines business. In the year to 31 March 2007, Emap Australia generated revenue of AUD $66m and an operating profit of AUD $2m.

synopsis: Bonnier Magazine Group and Time Inc., announced that Bonnier will acquire Time Inc.'s Parenting Group and Time4 Media titles. Through this transaction, Bonnier and its U.S. magazine partner, World Publications, will become one of the largest consumer publishing groups in America, with 40 titles and annual revenue of more than $350 million.

synopsis: British private equity group Apax is pulling out of Dutch publishing group PCM. Apax bought 47.5% of PCM, which publishes the Volkskrant, NRC and Trouw newspapers, in July 2004.

synopsis: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. announced the completion of the acquisition of RDA by an investor group led by Ripplewood Holdings LLC. The Ripplewood-led investor group acquired all of the outstanding common shares of RDA for $17.00 per share in a transaction valued at $2.4 billion, including assumption of debt.

synopsis: ePals Corporation announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Carus Publishing Company. Carus, which includes the Cricket Magazine Group, Cobblestone Publishing and Open Court Publishing, publishes 14 magazine titles, hundreds of books and a growing collection of recognized Web and mobile applications.

synopsis: ePals Corporation announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Carus Publishing Company. Carus, which includes the Cricket Magazine Group, Cobblestone Publishing and Open Court Publishing, publishes 14 magazine titles, hundreds of books and a growing collection of recognized Web and mobile applications.

synopsis: ePals Corp announced its acquisition of the Newstogram™ platform and the DailyMe® service business from Nexify, Inc. Newstogram uses a sophisticated process that automatically builds user-specific interest-profiles based upon semantic analysis of content, clickstream activity, observed behaviors and contextual relevance.

synopsis: ePals Corp (formerly New University Holdings Corp.) has completed its previously announced merger with ePals, Inc., pursuant to which New University acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of ePals ,Inc., a leading K12 social learning network (SLN) and education technology company.

synopsis: In2Books and ePALS Classroom Exchange announce that they have merged. The combination brings together In2Books' research proven, literacy-based subject matter curriculum with ePALS's network of more than 120,000 collaborating classrooms and 7 million students in 191 countries.

synopsis: ePals Corp (formerly New University Holdings Corp.) has completed its previously announced merger with ePals, Inc., pursuant to which New University acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of ePals ,Inc., a leading K12 social learning network (SLN) and education technology company.

synopsis: Edline, the leading provider of website and communications solutions specifically designed for K-12 education, has announced the acquisition of TH(i)NQ Ed, formerly SchoolCenter, a leading provider of K-12 website and communication solutions. TH(i)NQ Ed serves over 5,000 schools throughout the U.S.

synopsis: AppTech Corp announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire software provider Super Star Learning Corp of San Clemente, California. The Super Star Learning Company has developed the learning environments required for teaching new and demanding 21st century skills.

synopsis: Embanet and Compass Knowledge Group announced that they have merged, creating a combined company that is positioned to provide an industry-leading comprehensive suite of online learning services to universities and colleges.

synopsis: Weld North, a firm investing in and operating companies in education, health and wellness, consumer services and marketing, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Learning House, Inc., a leader in enabling not-for-profit colleges and universities to develop effective ways to deliver online degree programs.

synopsis: Pearson, the international education and information company, announces that it has agreed to acquire Fronter, a European online learning company, from its co-founders Roger Larsen and Bjarne Hadland and other private investors including employees of the company.

synopsis: Education software company Blackboard Inc. has bought Edline Holdings Inc., a learning management software company. Edline offers its flagship product "learning community management system," which provides content management such as Web design, editing, permissions, templates, and also learning management tools.

synopsis: Marlin Equity Partners® is pleased to announce that it has acquired Renzulli Learning Systems, LLC, a provider of interactive, online educational programming that engages students through the use of customized learning profiles. Renzulli has been integrated with CompassLearning, a Marlin portfolio company.

synopsis: In2Books and ePALS Classroom Exchange announce that they have merged. The combination brings together In2Books' research proven, literacy-based subject matter curriculum with ePALS's network of more than 120,000 collaborating classrooms and 7 million students in 191 countries.

synopsis: Scantron Corporation announced that it has acquired GlobalScholar, an education technology company. GlobalScholar’s technology solutions are marketed under the “Pinnacle” brand and are designed to manage the entire cycle of learning for K-12 students, teachers, parents and education administrators.

synopsis: Cambium Learning Group, Inc., a leading educational company focused primarily on serving the needs of at-risk and special student populations, announced that the Company signed a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of Class.com, an industry-leading provider of online learning solutions.

synopsis: Kaplan Inc., a global education leader, announced the acquisition of Virtual Sage, a developer of online high school courses. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

synopsis: SchoolNotes has been acquired by Education World. SchoolNotes provides easy-to-use school-to-home communications tools, enabling teachers to set up Web pages where students can get their homework and consult learning resources.

synopsis: Blackboard Inc., a global leader in education technology, announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held ANGEL Learning, Inc., a leading developer of e-learning software to the U.S. education industry.

synopsis: Interwrite Learning, a leading developer of mobile teacher slates, interactive white boards and student response systems, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Company to eInstruction Corporation, a portfolio company of Leeds Equity Partners, LLC. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: Driving additional value for its clients in government, non-profit, golf and education markets, The Active Network, Inc., a leading provider of application services technology and marketing services to community service organizations, has acquired Vancouver, B.C.-based IronPoint Technology, Inc.

synopsis: Tyler Technologies, Inc. announced its completion of the acquisition of MazikUSA. Mazik, which was formed in 2001, has developed an integrated Student Information System (SIS) to address the complex needs of K-12 schools, including attendance, scheduling and grades.

synopsis: Embanet, the leading provider of fully hosted and supported e-Learning solutions to educational institutions, has announced that Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) and Knowledge Universe Limited (KUL) have made a strategic investment in the company.

synopsis: Blackboard has made a major investment to support online learning in China, by acquiring full ownership of CerBibo, a company that has brought its online learning solution to hundreds of institutions in China. The move enhances the company’s ability to make deeper investments to support greater use of online learning.

synopsis: Huveaux plc has sold Brighton-based Epic to Andrew Brode, a private investor with corporate and organisational learning and development interests. In a statement Huveaux said that it had sold its e-learning subsidiary Epic Group plc to a private investor for £4.75m in cash.