Pearson plc.

Type	Conglomerate (NYSE:PSO)
Founded	1844
Location	London, United Kingdom
Key people	Lord Dennis Stevenson, Chairman Glen Moreno, Chairman Dame Marjorie M. Scardino, CEO
Industry	Publishing
Products	Books
Revenue	$7,514.0 million USD (2004)
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Employees	33,389 (2004)
Website	www.pearson.com
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Pearson plc LSE: PSON;NYSE: PSO is a London-based media conglomerate. It is the largest book publisher in the UK, India, Australia and New Zealand, and the second largest in the US and Canada. In 2003 it had sales of £4,048m ($7,246m) and operating profits of £490m ($877m). Marjorie Scardino has been CEO since 1997. Its headquarters today are at 80 Strand, the former Shell Mex House. Image File history File links Pearsonplc_logo. ... A conglomerate is a large company that consists of divisions of often seemingly unrelated businesses. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... Publishing is the industry of the production of literature or information - the activity of putting information for public view. ... [1]#redirect Book ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Green up arrow for a positive change in revenue from last fiscal year. ... This article is about general United States currency. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EBIT stands for Earnings before Interest and Taxes (operating income). ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building Paternoster Square. ... New York Stock Exchange The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world (by dollar volume) and second largest by number of listings. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... A conglomerate is a large company that consists of divisions of often seemingly unrelated businesses. ... Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government  â€¢ President  â€¢ Vice President Federal republic George... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Strand is a famous road in London, linking Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street and the City of London. ... Shell Mex House is at 80, Strand, London, UK. Broadly speaking in an Art Deco style, it was designed by Ernest Joseph, a Jewish architect who was a leading designer of synagogues, including the Art Deco-style synagogue at Sheepcote Street, Birmingham, and the classical-style synagogue in St. ...

History

Pearson was founded by Samuel Pearson in 1844 as a building and engineering company called S. Pearson & Son. In 1880, control passed to his grandson Weetman, an engineer who turned it into one of the world's largest construction companies. By 1920, it was a holding company with businesses in building, oil drilling and refining, and finance. That year, it purchased a number of local newspapers in Britain, which it combined to form the Westminster Press. In 1957, it bought the Financial Times and a 50% stake in The Economist. In 1968, it purchased the publisher Longman and, in 1971, Penguin Group. 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Weetman Dickenson Pearson (July 15, 1856 - May 1, 1927) was an engineer, oil industrialist, and owner of the Pearson conglomerate. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... A holding company is a company that owns enough voting stock in another firm to control management and operations by influencing or electing its board of directors. ... Construction on the North Bytown Bridge in Ottawa, Canada. ... An oil well is a laymans term for any perforation through the Earths surface designed to find and release both petroleum oil and gas hydrocarbons. ... Refining is the process of purification of a substance, usually used of a natural resource that is almost in a usable form, but which is more useful in its pure form. ... Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses and organizations raise, allocate and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Financial Times (FT) is an international business newspaper printed on distinctive salmon pink semi-broadsheet paper. ... The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication of The Economist Newspaper Limited in London. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Longman is a firm of English publishers. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Penguin Group is the second largest trade book publisher in the world. ...

At the end of the 1980s, Pearson participated in the British Satellite Broadcasting consortium. BSB, choosing expensive methods and technology, was superseded by Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television, which used proven technology and leased transponders on Astra satellites. This allowed Sky to gain an important foothold in the multichannel market and the eventual "merger" was effectively a takeover by Sky, the new company was renamed British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) in late 1990. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... BSB logo British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) was a company set up in 1986 to provide direct broadcast satellite television services to the United Kingdom. ... Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch (born March 11, 1931) is an Australian-born American media proprietor who is the majority shareholder and managing director of News Corporation, one of the worlds largest and most influential media corporations. ... Sky Television corporate identity from 1989, maintained by British Sky Broadcasting until 1995 Sky Television plc was a four-channel satellite television service launched by Rupert Murdochs News International on February 5, 1989. ... In telecommunication, the term transponder (sometimes abbreviated to XPDR or TPDR) has the following meanings: An automatic device that receives, amplifies, and retransmits a signal on a different frequency. ... SES Astra SA, a subsidiary of SES Global, is a Luxembourg-based corporation which owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary satellites, which transmit approximately 1100 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 176 transponders to 91 million households across Europe. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television plc and British Satellite Broadcasting) is a company that operates Sky Digital, the most popular subscription television service in the UK and Ireland. ... This article is about the year. ...

During the 1990s, Pearson acquired a number of TV production and broadcasting assets and rid itself of most of its non-media assets. In January 2003, Pearson sold their 22% stake in RTL Group, the largest commercial television and radio broadcaster in the EU. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RTL Group is Europes largest TV, radio and production company. ...

Holdings

Book Publishing

Allen Lane, Avery, Berkley Books, Dial, Dutton, Dorling Kindersley, Grosset & Dunlap, Hamish Hamilton, Ladybird, Plume, Puffin, Penguin, Penguin Putnam Inc., Michael Joseph, Riverhead, Rough Guides, Viking, Wharton School Publishing Sir Allen Lane (21 September 1902–7 July 1970) (born Allen Lane Williams), was a British publisher who founded Penguin Books bringing high quality, paperback fiction and non-fiction to a mass market. ... Avery may refer to: Locations: Avery County, North Carolina Avery, California Avery, Texas Avery (crater) The Avery Trace, an important 19th century road between Kingston, Tennessee and present-day Nashville, Tennessee Avery Pub (Cambridge), a Public House in Cambridge, UK. People: Waightstill Avery, North Carolinas first Attorney General and... Berkley Books is a paperback imprint of Penguin Group (USA). ... Dorling Kindersley (DK) is an international publishing company specialising in reference books for adults and children. ... Grosset & Dunlap is a United States book publisher founded in 1898. ... The Hamish Hamilton logo Hamish Hamilton is a British book publisher, founded eponymously by the half-Scot half-American Jamie Hamilton (Hamish is the Celtic form). ... Ladybird Books is a London-based publishing company that produces childrens books. ... Plume may refer to any of the following: A geologic process associated with upwelling rock, see mantle plume. ... Species Fratercula arctica Fratercula corniculata Fratercula cirrhata For the Puffin coin, see Coins of Lundy The puffin is an auk (or alcid) of the genus Fratercula (Latin: Little Brother - probably a reference to their black and white plumage resembling monastic robes) with a brightly colored beak in the breeding season. ... Penguin Group is the second largest trade book publisher in the world. ... G. P. Putnams Sons was a major United States book publisher based in New York City, New York. ... Riverhead may refer to: Riverhead, New York Riverhead (town), New York Riverhead (CDP), New York This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Rough Guides Ltd is a large travel guidebook and reference publisher, owned by Pearson PLC. Their travel titles cover more than 200 destinations, and are distributed worldwide through the Penguin Group. ... Viking Press was founded on March 1, 1925, in New York City, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Educational Publishing

Prentice Hall, Scott Foresman, Pearson Learning Group, Allyn & Bacon, Addison-Wesley[1], Longman, NCS Pearson, Adobe Press, Que Publishing[2], Sams Publishing[3]/, Cisco Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, National Computer Systems, Family Education Network, LessonLab and Wharton School Publishing Pearson can mean Pearson PLC the media conglomerate. ... Longman is a firm of English publishers. ... Peachpit Press is one of the oldest and most prolific computer publishers, responsible for the MacBible series (after the first few editions), the Real World series, the Visual QuickStart (VQS) series, and most of Robin Williamss titles, including The Mac is Not a Typewriter and the Little Mac Book. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Periodicals

• The Financial Times Group
• FTSE International (50% stake)
• The Economist Group (50% stake)

The Financial Times Stock Exchange Index of 100 Leading Shares, or FTSE 100 Index (pronounced footsie), is a share index of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. ... The Economist Group - the publications and services delivered under The Economist brand are The Economist (called a newspaper for historical reasons, but to all appearences a weekly news magazine) Economist. ...

External links

• Pearson plc site
• Ketupa.net media profiles: Pearson
• Wharton School Publishing (Pearson Imprint)