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Pearson’s Acquisition Of Borders Australia Can Go Forward

Aug 12, 2011 9:14 AM

Pearson (NYSE: PSO) Australia’s acquisition of REDGroup’s online business, including the Borders Australia website and the website of bookstore chain Angus & Robertson, won’t give Pearson-owned publisher Penguin a monopoly over Australia’s e-book supply chain, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, Countries, Australia & New Zealand, angus & robertson, borders australia, pearson, penguin, redgroup

Australian Booksellers Association Wary Of Pearson REDGroup Deal

Laura Hazard Owen

Jul 5, 2011 10:05 AM

A day after Pearson (NYSE: PSO) Australia announced plans to buy REDGroup’s online business—including Borders Australia‘s website and the website of bookstore chain Angus & Robertson—the Australian Booksellers Association has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to launch an investigation into the deal.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, angus & robertson, australian booksellers association, borders, dionne higgins, pearson, redgroup