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2017 mergers and acquisitions

  • YahooIn January 1994, two electrical engineering graduate students at Stanford University named Jerry Yang and David Filo created a website called Jerry and…
  • Madman EntertainmentTim Anderson and Paul Wiegard opened Madman Entertainment in 1996. They started as a mail order business selling imported anime titles on VHS tapes.
  • MashablePete Cashmore launched Mashable from a bedroom in Aberdeen, Scotland, during July 2004. The initial site functioned as a basic WordPress blog with Cashmore…
  • Rough GuidesThe year 1982 marked the birth of a new travel publisher. Mark Ellingham released The Rough Guide to Greece as his first book.
  • New ScientistOn the 22nd of November 1956, a small office in London published its first weekly edition. The cover listed articles in plain text without any illustrations.