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| Cellulose du Pin | The French paper and packaging firm of Cellulose du Pin was acquired by Jefferson Smurfit in 1994, and is now part of the Smurfit Kappa Group. See www.smurfitkappa.com. | 2007 |
| CELRE | CELRE was founded in Surrey, England, in 1968 as a specialist salary and benefits publishing company. In 2008 the firm was acquired by Reed Business Information UK (RBI UK), a division of Reed-Elsevier. See www.reed-elsevier.com. | 2008 |
| Centaur Press | The publishing firm of Centaur Press was founded by Jon Wynne-Tyson in 1954. In 1998 Wynne-Tyson retired and sold the firm to Open Gate Press. See www.opengatepress.co.uk. | 2007 |
| Century Company | The Century Company was founded in 1881, initially to publish 'The Century' magazine. In 1933 the firm merged with D. Appleton & Company to form Appleton-Century and in 1948, after a further merger with F. S. Crofts Company, became Appleton-Century-Crofts. See the FOB entry for Appleton-Century-Crofts, which indicates that part of the firm has passed into the ownership of Pearson and part into the ownership of the Academic Learning Company. | 2008 |
| Century Hutchinson | Century Publishing was founded in 1982 by Anthony Cheetham and others. In 1985 Century purchased Hutchinson from London Weekend Television and the firm of Century Hutchinson was formed. Century Hutchinson was purchased by Random House UK in 1989. Random House UK was known as the "Random Century Group Limited" from 1989 to 1992, when it was renamed "Random House UK Limited". Random House was purchased by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and now functions as a corporate division of Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Century Publishing | Century Publishing was founded in 1982 by Anthony Cheetham and others. In 1985 Century purchased Hutchinson from London Weekend Television and the firm of Century Hutchinson was formed. Century Hutchinson was purchased by Random House UK in 1989. Random House UK was known as the "Random Century Group Limited" from 1989 to 1992, when it was renamed "Random House UK Limited". Random House was purchased by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and now functions as a corporate division of Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Chancery Law Publishing | Chancery Law Publishing was established in 1989 in Chichester. In 1992 the firm was acquired by Wiley. See www.wiley.com. | 2008 |
| Chancery Software Ltd | The firm of Chancery Software Ltd was purchased by Pearson Education in May 2006. See www.pearsoned.com. | 2008 |
| Chapelfields Press | The Chapelfields Press was a small independent publisher, publishing pamphlets from a P. O. Box address in Coventry from about 1981 to about 1983. The UK WATCH Office can supply further details. | 2014 |
| Chapman and Hall Ltd | The publishing firm of Chapman and Hall was founded in 1830. The firm merged with Methuen in 1938. See Arthur Waugh: 'A hundred years of publishing: being the story of Chapman & Hall Ltd' (1930). With Methuen, Chapman & Hall subsequently became part of Associated Book Publishers. See the FOB entry for Associated Book Publishers. It is believed that any surviving Chapman & Hall rights would belong to the Thomson Corporation and not to Methuen. | 2008 |
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