Pearson plc (English Wikipedia)

"Granada and Pearson sell BSB stake". BBC News. 17 December 1998. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
"Pearson buys Dorling Kindersley". BBC News. 31 March 2000. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

bloomberg.com

Browning, Jonathan; Saitto, Serena (22 July 2010). "Pearson Buys Sistema Learning Unit for $499 Million". Bloomberg. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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books.google.com

Garner, Paul (2011). British Lions and Mexican Eagles: Business, Politics and Empire in the Career of Weetman Pearson in Mexico, 1889-1919. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804774451.
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Butt, Stephen (2013). Loughborough Through Time. Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4456-1549-3.
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"TOP OF MIND". Billboard. Vol. 106, no. 46. Nielsen Business Media. 12 November 1994. p. 90.

brandrepublic.com

Omar Oakes (27 July 2015). "Pearson to sell Economist Group stake". Brand Republic. Retrieved 28 July 2015.

british-history.ac.uk

'Southern Blackwall: The Blackwall Tunnel', Survey of London: volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs (1994), pp. 640–645. Accessed 17 March 2013.

campustechnology.com

Nagel, David (16 May 2007). "Pearson To Acquire eCollege". Campus Technology. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

ceoworld.biz

Siampani, Anna (30 October 2023). "Pearson Confirms Omar Abbosh will Assume the role of CEO in January". CEOWorld. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

chronicle.com

Selingo, Jeffrey J. (19 May 1998). "British Publisher Announces Plan to Buy Simon & Schuster's Textbook Division". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

cityam.com

"Pearson hires former Twitter exec Omid Kordestani as Chair Designate". CityAM. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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"Pearson loses Mindscape". CNN News. 6 March 1998. Retrieved 13 December 2021.

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find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

"PEARSON PLC". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

doi.org

Moss, Michael S. (13 June 2024), "Preston [née Pearson; other married name Murray], Angela Campbell- (1910–1981), businesswoman, landowner, and conservationist", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.63965, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 28 June 2024

doultonusa.com

"Doulton". DoultonUSA.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

edexcel.com

"The Senior Management Team". Pearson Edexcel.

edsurge.com

Wan, Tony (18 February 2019). "Finally: Pearson Sells Its US K-12 Courseware Business—for $250 Million*". EdSurge. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
Millward, Wade Tyler (29 October 2019). "Former Pearson K-12 Courseware Business Rebrands as Savvas Learning". EdSurge. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

edweek.org

Walsh, Mark (21 February 2001). "Pearson Hopes To 'Widen the Definition Of Education'". Education Week. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

marketbrief.edweek.org

Molnar, Michele (6 May 2020). "Pearson K12 Spinoff Rebranded as 'Savvas Learning Company'". EdWeek. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

engineering-timelines.com

"Engineering Timelines – Blackwall Road Tunnel, northbound". www.engineering-timelines.com.

faqs.org

"Pearson buys NCS". Faqs.org. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

findarticles.com

"Pearson agrees to sell 22% stake in RTL Group". BNET. 2001. Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2011 – via FindArticles.com.
"Pearson buys AGS Publishing for $270 million | AFP | Find Articles at BNET". 3 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009.

forbesindia.com

Dhamija, Anshul. "Byju's acquires TutorVista and Edurite from Pearson". Forbes India. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

ft.com

"Penguin and Random House in merger talks". Financial Times. 25 October 2012.
Henry Mance, Arash Massoudi and James Fontanella-Khan (23 July 2015). "Nikkei to buy FT Group for £844m from Pearson". Financial Times. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
"Pearson appoints Silicon Valley veteran Omid Kordestani as chair". Financial Times. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2022.

fundinguniverse.com

"Pearson plc History". FundingUniverse.com. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

gazettenet.com

"NES sold to global company". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2006.

ghostarchive.org

Andrew Garfield (25 June 1999). "Dragging Lazards into the 21st century". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.

globalenglish.com

"Pearson's world-leading English learning business strengthens its position in the corporate market". GlobalEnglish. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

gracesguide.co.uk

"Weetman Dickinson Pearson". Grace's Guide To British Industrial History.
"The Sennar Dam and the Gezira Irrigation Scheme", The Engineer Archived 4 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine (26 September 1924).
"S. Pearson and Son". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

greenwichpeninsulahistory.wordpress.com

"Centenary of the opening of the Blackwall Tunnel". Greenwich Peninsula History. 30 July 2013.

independent.co.uk

Andrew Garfield (25 June 1999). "Dragging Lazards into the 21st century". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
Hosking, Patrick (23 April 1993). "Pearson looks for foreign TV stations Agreed bid for Thames values the programme maker at 99m". The Independent.
Last, Richard (9 February 1994). "Media: How Thames turned the tide: From failed franchisee to thriving 'indie' producer: there can be life after broadcasting death, as Richard Last witnessed". The Independent. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

informit.com

"Pearson FT Press". InformIT. Retrieved 8 March 2022.

kent.ac.uk

kar.kent.ac.uk

Johnson, W. (October 1972). "The Development of the Kent Coalfield, 1896-1946" (PDF). University of Kent at Canterbury. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

marketwatch.com

Calatayud, Adria (18 December 2019). "Pearson CEO to Retire and company will sell remaining Penguin Random House stake". MarketWatch. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

msn.com

Pfeiffer, Thomas; Seal, Thomas (24 August 2020). "Pearson Names Ex-Disney Executive as CEO, Ending Long Search". MSN. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

nationalarchives.gov.uk

discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

"Pearson & Dorman Long Ltd, colliery owners". The National Archives. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

newspapers.com

Barker, Dennis (3 July 1981). "Pearson builds on Trident deal". The Guardian. United Kingdom. p. 15. Retrieved 2 September 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

niu.edu

ulib.niu.edu

"Holtzbrinck". Northern Illinois University - University Libraries. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

nytimes.com

"Pearson Announces Spinoff of Royal Doulton". The New York Times. Reuters. 12 November 1993. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
Gilpin, Kenneth N. (10 February 1996). "Pearson to Buy a Publisher From News Corp". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
Fabrikant, Geraldine; Myerson, Allen R. (18 May 1998). "Simon & Schuster In Sale To British". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
"International Briefs; Pearson to Expand in TV". The New York Times. 30 March 1995. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
Lohr, Steve (1 April 1994). "Pearson Enters Multimedia Software Arena". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
Chozick, Amy (3 October 2012). "Scardino, Chief of Pearson, to Step Down". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

oxforddnb.com

Moss, Michael S. (13 June 2024), "Preston [née Pearson; other married name Murray], Angela Campbell- (1910–1981), businesswoman, landowner, and conservationist", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.63965, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 28 June 2024

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"2023 Annual Report" (PDF). Pearson plc. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
"MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION" (PDF). plc.pearson.com. PEARSON plc. October 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
Pearson plc (31 March 2023). "Form 20-F: Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022" (PDF). plc.pearson.com. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
"Introducing our leaders". Pearson plc. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
"Our Business Divisions". plc.pearson.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

pearson.com

"Our History". Pearson.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
"Pearson Education: World's Leading Education Business Is Launched". Pearson.com. 30 November 1998. Archived from the original on 24 February 1999.
"Pearson acquires Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier". Pearson. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
"Logo: The Interrobang" (PDF). pearson.com. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

qualifications.pearson.com

"Edexcel GCSEs | Pearson qualifications". qualifications.pearson.com.

pearsonassessments.com

"Pearson Completes Acquisition of Harcourt Assessment". Assessment & Information group of Pearson. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

pearsoned.com

"About Pearson". pearsoned.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011.

pearsonkt.com

"Pearson Knowledge Technologies". PearsonKT.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.

pearsonlongman.com

"Pearson Timeline". PearsonLongman.com. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

pearsontv.com

"ACQUISITION OF ALL AMERICAN BY PEARSON TO CREATE THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION PRODUCER" (Press release). Pearson Television. 1 October 1997. Archived from the original on 2 September 2000.
"PEARSON TELEVISION ACQUIRES ITALIAN PRODUCTION COMPANY" (Press release). Pearson Television. 3 November 1998. Archived from the original on 2 September 2000.
"PEARSON TELEVISION ACCELERATES ANIMATION BUSINESS" (Press release). Pearson Television. 2 February 1999. Archived from the original on 28 May 2000.

potteryhistories.com

Perry, Mike (2011). "Royal Doulton". PotteryHistories.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

prnewswire.com

"Pearson+ Releases Curated Video & Practice Feature to Enhance Learning Experiences for All College Students".

publishersweekly.com

"Macmillan Rises from the Dustbin". Publishers Weekly. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
Milliot, Jim (9 October 2007). "Holtzbrinck's U.S. Arm Now Macmillan". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- "Pearson Sells Two Former S&S Units". PublishersWeekly.com. 24 May 1999. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- "Peason buys Promissor". www.publishersweekly.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007.

reading.ac.uk

Bud Frierman, Lisa; Godley, Andrew C.; Wale, Judith (2007). "Weetman Pearson in Mexico and the Emergence of a British Oil Major, 1901-1919" (PDF). University of Reading. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2016.

refreshmiami.com

"Clutch Prep acquired by Pearson".

reuters.com

Holton, Kate (29 October 2012). "Random, Penguin merging to form leading publisher". Reuters. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
Shabong, Yadarisa; Mathews, Eva (19 September 2023). "Pearson names Microsoft executive Abbosh CEO as Bird retires". Reuters. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

uk.reuters.com

Young, Sarah (25 February 2013). "Pearson sees 2013 flat, begins restructuring plan". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

scantron.com

datamanagement.scantron.com

"M & F Worldwide Corp. Completes the Acquisition of Pearson's Data Management Business" (Press release). Pearson plc. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.

sciencemuseumgroup.ac.uk

archives.sciencemuseumgroup.ac.uk

Watson, Cate. "Records of S. Pearson and Son c. 1870 – 1955" (PDF). National Collections Centre. Science Museum at Wroughton. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk

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"S Pearson & Son Ltd". Science Museum Group. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
"Pitman Ltd". Science Museum Group. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

screendaily.com

"Pearson close to Talkback acquisition". Screen International. 14 April 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2022.

staffordshire.gov.uk

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"Royal Doulton Company Records". Archives.Staffordshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

the-media-leader.com

"Pearson Completes Sale Of RTL Stake To Bertelsman". The Media Leader. 1 February 2002. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

thebookseller.com

Neilan, Catherine (29 July 2010). "Pearson buys Wall Street Institute for $92m in cash". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
Cowdrey, Katherine (7 January 2016). "Pearson rebrand to reflect 100% focus on education". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
Wood, Heloise (16 August 2017). "Pearson sells Global Education to Puxin for £62m". The Bookseller. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
"Pearson reports 7% underlying sales growth as it acquires language learning platform Mondly". The Bookseller. Retrieved 29 April 2022.

theguardian.com

Milmo, Dan (19 September 2001). "RTL chief defends Pearson TV acquisition". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
Baird, Dugald; Sabbagh, Dan (3 October 2012). "Pearson chief executive Marjorie Scardino to step down". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
Rebecca Smithers and Kevin Massy (30 June 2003). "New marking fiasco". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
Sweney, Mark (4 May 2010). "Pearson sells IDC stake for $2bn". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
"FT owners plan college for business degrees". The Guardian. London. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
Halliday, Josh (12 December 2011). "Pearson to sell FTSE stake for £450m". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
Mark Sweney (18 January 2011). "Pearson buys controlling stake in TutorVista for $127m". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
Sweney, Mark (4 August 2017). "Pearson to axe 3,000 jobs after slump at main US business". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
Mansell, Warwick (16 July 2012). "Should Pearson, a giant multinational, be influencing our education policy?". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
Mark Sweney (5 May 2017). "Pearson shareholders reject chief executive's £1.5m pay package | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
Sweney, Mark (1 March 2011). "Pearson freezes stake held by Libyan Investment Authority". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

thepotteries.org

Birks, Steve. "Allied English Potteries Ltd". ThePotteries.org. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

timeshighereducation.co.uk

Gill, John (4 July 2011). "Royal Holloway to validate new Pearson degree". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

upi.com

de Logu, Simona (29 March 1995). "Pearson buys Aussie TV production firm". UPI. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

variety.com

Dawdtrey, Adam (3 April 1995). "Pearson goes global via Grundy purchase". Variety. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

visionworkforceskills.co.uk

"Vision Workforce Skills". West Nottinghamshire College. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

web.archive.org

"Our History". Pearson.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013.
"The Sennar Dam and the Gezira Irrigation Scheme", The Engineer Archived 4 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine (26 September 1924).
Bud Frierman, Lisa; Godley, Andrew C.; Wale, Judith (2007). "Weetman Pearson in Mexico and the Emergence of a British Oil Major, 1901-1919" (PDF). University of Reading. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2016.
"ACQUISITION OF ALL AMERICAN BY PEARSON TO CREATE THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION PRODUCER" (Press release). Pearson Television. 1 October 1997. Archived from the original on 2 September 2000.
"PEARSON TELEVISION ACQUIRES ITALIAN PRODUCTION COMPANY" (Press release). Pearson Television. 3 November 1998. Archived from the original on 2 September 2000.
"PEARSON TELEVISION ACCELERATES ANIMATION BUSINESS" (Press release). Pearson Television. 2 February 1999. Archived from the original on 28 May 2000.
Lohr, Steve (1 April 1994). "Pearson Enters Multimedia Software Arena". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
"Pearson agrees to sell 22% stake in RTL Group". BNET. 2001. Archived from the original on 4 January 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2011 – via FindArticles.com.
"Pearson Education: World's Leading Education Business Is Launched". Pearson.com. 30 November 1998. Archived from the original on 24 February 1999.
"Pearson Knowledge Technologies". PearsonKT.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
"Pearson buys AGS Publishing for $270 million | AFP | Find Articles at BNET". 3 January 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009.
"Peason buys Promissor". www.publishersweekly.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007.
"NES sold to global company". Daily Hampshire Gazette. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2006.
"RCL Publishing LLC ("RCL Benziger"), a CFM Religion Publishing Group LLC division, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Silver Burdett Ginn Religion, a Scott Foresman imprint, from Pearson Education". Wicks Group. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
"Pearson acquires Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier". Pearson. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
"Pearson Completes Acquisition of Harcourt Assessment". Assessment & Information group of Pearson. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
"M & F Worldwide Corp. Completes the Acquisition of Pearson's Data Management Business" (Press release). Pearson plc. 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
"About Pearson". pearsoned.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2011.
"Pearson's world-leading English learning business strengthens its position in the corporate market". GlobalEnglish. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
Holton, Kate (29 October 2012). "Random, Penguin merging to form leading publisher". Reuters. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
"Training provider Pearson in Practice to transfer over to West Nottinghamshire College". West Nottinghamshire College. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
Young, Sarah (25 February 2013). "Pearson sees 2013 flat, begins restructuring plan". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
"Pearson Draws Criticism From New York to Texas... Justified? Or Unjustified?". WiredAcademic. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
Tarek, Alia (3 July 2015). "When Pearson US took a tax break – Courtesy of PwC". World Tax. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

wicksgroup.com

"RCL Publishing LLC ("RCL Benziger"), a CFM Religion Publishing Group LLC division, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Silver Burdett Ginn Religion, a Scott Foresman imprint, from Pearson Education". Wicks Group. 6 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.

wiredacademic.com

"Pearson Draws Criticism From New York to Texas... Justified? Or Unjustified?". WiredAcademic. 24 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.

wnc.ac.uk

"Training provider Pearson in Practice to transfer over to West Nottinghamshire College". West Nottinghamshire College. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

world.tax

Tarek, Alia (3 July 2015). "When Pearson US took a tax break – Courtesy of PwC". World Tax. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

worldcat.org

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Long, Steven; Jacques, Derek; Kepos, Paula, eds. (2019). "Pearson plc". International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 207. St. James Press / Gale Cengage. OCLC 1066283259.
Gilpin, Kenneth N. (10 February 1996). "Pearson to Buy a Publisher From News Corp". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 August 2014.

worldcat.org

Long, Steven; Jacques, Derek; Kepos, Paula, eds. (2019). "Pearson plc". International Directory of Company Histories, Volume 207. St. James Press / Gale Cengage. OCLC 1066283259.

wsj.com

"Pearson Acquires Newspaper Concern For Hispanic Market". Wall Street Journal. 16 April 2004.
Gordon, Kathy (23 May 2013). "Pearson details restructuring". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 June 2013.