Gale parent company Cengage and McGraw-Hill to Merge

Cengage and McGraw-Hill to Merge, providing students with more affordable access to superior course materials and platforms
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UPDATE: Here’s the Official Merger Announcement and a Video Message from the CEO’s

From Reuters:

Educational publishers McGraw-Hill Education Inc and Cengage Learning Holdings II Inc are planning an all-stock merger, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The merged company will be titled McGraw Hill and will hold about $3.16 billion in annual revenue, both companies told the newspaper on Tuesday, adding that Cengage Learning Chief Executive Officer Michael Hansen will head the new firm.

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“McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage plan to announce a merger today, The Wall Street Journalreported. The combined company would be the second-largest provider of textbooks and other materials for higher education in the country, behind Pearson. The deal requires regulatory approval. The combined company would be called McGraw-Hill and would be led by Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage.”