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McGraw-Hill Education acquires equity stake in global mobile language learning platform, busuu
McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company, has taken a Euro 6 million (approximately $6.5 million) minority equity stake in busuu, the world’s largest social network for language learning with more than 55 million users. The transaction includes an agreement that will give McGraw-Hill Education exclusive global rights to distribute busuu to B2B customers, including schools, private language institutions and corporations.
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Thieme Chemistry releases ‘Pharmaceutical Substances’ version 3.8
Scientific publisher Thieme Chemistry has announced that ‘Pharmaceutical Substances’ version 3.8 is now available. This substantial new release for the reference guide includes 31 new active pharmaceutical ingredients such as Ledipasvir, that combined with Sofosbuvir allows for the first all-oral treatment of Hepatitis C infections.
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Platts acquires Petromedia
Platts, a global energy, metals, petrochemicals and agriculture information provider, has acquired Petromedia, a specialist provider of news and analysis for the shipping and oil industries. The purchase helps extend Platts coverage beyond traditional marine fuels and market fundamentals.
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PeerJ awarded the DOAJ Seal
Open access publisher PeerJ has been awarded the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Seal. The DOAJ only awards the seal to ‘journals that adhere to an exceptionally high level of publishing standards and best practice.’ To be awarded the DOAJ Seal journals must fulfil a set of criteria related to accessibility, openness, discoverability, reuse and author rights.
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Editor-in-Chief of E&T magazine named Chair of the British Society of Magazine Editors
The Editor-in-Chief of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s E&T magazine has become the Chair of the British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME). Dickon Ross is an award-winning journalist and becomes the first BSME Chair from the business and professional magazine sector since the position was held by the Editor of Autocar in 1981.
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