The Wall Street Journal: News Corp nears deal to buy publisher Houghton Mifflin’s consumer division

News Corp is nearing an agreement to purchase the consumer arm of educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co., according to people familiar with the matter, which would mark the media company’s second deal in less than a week.

The deal, which the people said could be announced as early as Monday, would add a portfolio of high-profile novels from authors such as George Orwell, Philip Roth and J.R.R. Tolkien to News Corp’s HarperCollins Publishers division. Terms of the deal couldn’t be learned.

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March 29, 2021 at 12:50PM
Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg,  Dana Cimilluca
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