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Haights Cross Operating Company company history timeline

1966

Founded in 1966, Chelsea House was another Philadelphia publisher, turning out young adult titles intended mostly for the library and school market.

1975

Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Educational Reviews was established in 1975 by a radiologist, Doctor Bernard Schencker, to help time-challenged physicians and dentists keep up with the latest developments in their fields.

1989

As a group vice president for Macmillan he headed New Bridge Communications, which was sold to Primedia in 1989.

1997

Later in 1997, Quandt was also able to acquire a business he once ran, Newbridge Publishing, the addition of which gave Haights Cross a foothold in the education field.

1998

Haights Cross picked up the pace of acquisitions in 1998.

1999

Also in 1999 Haights Cross acquired Triumph Learning, a New York publisher of test preparation materials.

2000

In 2000 it formed Skillspower. com, a subsidiary that sought to leverage content owned by the parent company to provide test preparation materials for grades K–12 via the Internet, CD-ROM, and through in-service training.

2001

Also doing well in 2001 was Newbridge Educational, especially the Sundance Publishing unit.

2002

The Triumph Learning College unit was sold in July 2002.

2005

Haights Cross invested some money in expanding Chelsea's sales and marketing capabilities, but the business failed to come around and was divested in August 2005.

More acquisitions followed in 2005.

2022

"Haights Cross Communications, Inc. ." International Directory of Company Histories. . Retrieved June 22, 2022 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/haights-cross-communications-inc

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