Pearson (UK)

 

* Penguin Group
	* Penguin Group (USA) (name changed from Penguin Putnam 2003) (1996 merger of Penguin with Putnam Berkley, previously owned by MCA; MCA acq. Putnam Berkley 1975)
		* Viking Penguin (Viking acq. by Penguin 1975)
			* Arkana
			* Plume
			* Portfolio (formed 2002)
			* Viking Studio (Studio Publications acq. by Viking Press 1959)
			* Prentice Hall Press
		* Penguin Press (formed 2003) * Hudson Street Press (formed 2003)
		* Berkley (acq. by G.P. Putnam 1975)
		* New American Library (acq. by Times Mirror 1963)
			* Roc
			* Alpha Books * Obsidian Mysteries (formed 2007)
		* Dutton (acq. by Sequoia-Elsevier Publishing 1975)
		* Gotham Books (formed 2002) * Caliber (formed 2004)
		* Books for Young Readers
			* Grosset & Dunlap (acq. by Putnam 1982) (acq. by Filmways from American Financial 1974) (acq. by American Financial from National General 1971) (acq. by National General 1968)
			* Philomel
			* Price Stern Sloan
			* Viking Children's Books
			* Dutton Children's Books
			* Dial Books for Young Readers
			* Frederick Warne
			* Planet Dexter
			* Puffin Books
			* Firebird (formed 2002) * Razorbill (formed 2004) * Sleuth (formed 2005) * Walden/Penguin (copublishing arrangement with Walden Media; formed 2006)
		* G.P. Putnam's Sons (acq. by MCA 1975)
			* Amy Einhorn Books (formed 2007)
		* Rough Guides * Marian Wood Books
		* Jeremy P. Tarcher
		* Ace (acq. by Filmways 1976)
		* Jove (acq. by Putnam from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979) (name changed from Pyramid Books with acq. by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974)
		* DAW
		* Perigee
		* Riverhead (formed by Berkley 1995) * Essential Editions (formed 2005)
		* Avery (acq. 1999)
		* Alloy Books (formed 2000)
		* HP Books * Family Books at Home (formed 2004)
	* DK Publishing (acq. 2000) * Brady Games * Chamberlain Brothers (formed 2004)
	* Penguin UK
		* Ladybird * BBC Children's Books (formed 2004) (75% stake; 25% owned by BBC Worldwide)
		* ePenguin (formed 2001) * Index (acq. 2005)
	* Penguin New Zealand * Penguin India
		* Portfolio India (formed 2005)
* Pearson Education (1998 merger of Addison Wesley Longman with Simon & Schuster education, reference, & business divisions)
	* Pearson Higher Education Group
		* Scott Foresman
			* Silver Burdett Ginn (Silver Burdett acq. by Scott Foresman from Time Inc. 1974) (acq. by Time Inc. 1962)
		* Prentice Hall Direct
			* New York Institute of Finance
		* Addison Wesley Longman (1995 merger of Addison Wesley with Longman)
			* Allyn & Bacon
			* Benjamin Cummings (merger of Cummings Publishing (formed 1968 by Addison) with W.A. Benjamin (acq. 1977 by Addison Wesley))
		* Macmillan
		* Prentice Hall
			* Pearson Publications Company (acq. from Athena Group 2002)
		* Cuisenaire
		* Reuters Books (formed 2000)
	* Pearson School Group
		* Prentice Hall
			* DDC Publishing (acq. 2002) (founded 1946)
		* Pearson Learning Group
			* Modern Curriculum Press
			* Dale Seymour
			* Celebration Press
			* Pearson Early Learning
			* Globe Fearon * Dominie Press (acq. 2004)
	* Pearson Technology Group
		* Pearson Professional Technical Reference
			* Financial Times - Prentice Hall Books (formed 2000)
			* ft.com Books (formed 2000)
			* Prentice Hall Professional and Technical Reference Business Publishing (formed 2000)
			* Wharton School Publishing (formed 2004)
		* New Riders
		* Cisco Press
		* Peachpit Press
			* Macromedia Press
			* Adobe Press * Tech TV Press
		* IBM Press (formed 2004) * Sams (acq. by ITT 1966)
		* Addison Wesley Professional
		* Macmillan USA (name changed from Macmillan Computer Publishing USA 1999)
			* Complete Idiot's Guides * Macmillan Lifestyles
			* Macmillan Software * Macmillan Online
		* Que
	* Heinemann UK (acq. by Pearson as part of Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier 2007)
		* Rigby UK (acq. by Pearson as part of Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier 2007) * Ginn UK (acq. by Pearson as part of Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier 2007) * Payne Gallway (acq. by Pearson as part of Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier 2007) * Raintree (acq. by Pearson as part of Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier 2007)
	* Harcourt Assessment (acq. from Reed Elsevier 2007) * AGS Publishing (acq. from WRC Media 2005)
	* Pearson VUE (combination of Pearson Professional Testing and VUE Testing Services 2003)
		* Promissor (acq. from Houghton Mifflin 2006)
	* Score! (partial stake) * Copernicus Education Gateway (10% stake)
	* Blackboard Inc. (partial stake) * National Computer Systems (acq. 2000)
	* ebrary.com (partial stake) (acq. 2000)
	* InsideSessions (joint venture with Universal Music Group) (formed 2001)
	* SafariBooksOnline (joint venture with O'Reilly Associates) (formed 2001)
* Pearson Canada
	* Penguin Group (Canada)
		* Viking Canada * Puffin Canada * Penguin Canada
	* Pearson Education Canada
* Pearson Australia
	* Penguin Australia

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Previous Holdings

Studio Books (discontinued by Viking Penguin 1983) (acq. by Viking 1959) (founded 1932)
Troll Communications (sold 1997)
Jossey Bass (sold to John Wiley 1999)
Appleton & Lange (sold to McGraw Hill 1999)
Macmillan General Reference Group (sold to IDG Books 1999)
Macmillan Library Reference (Charles Scribner's Sons Reference, Thorndike Press, G.K. Hall, Twayne Publishers,
    Macmillan Reference, Schirmer Reference) (sold to Thomson 1999)
DK Family Learning (discontinued 2000)
Phyllis Fogelman Books (discontinued 2002)
Blue Hen (ended affiliation 2002) (formed 2000)
Good Year Books (sold to Fisher Group 2004)
Penguin Television (UK) (discontinued 2005)
Pi Press (absorbed by Dutton and Plume2006) (formed 2003)

              last updated January 8, 2008