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Metcalf Associates	After the sale in 1949 of his firm Robert M. McBride and Company (q.v.) to Outlet Book Company, Robert Medill McBride founded a new publishing firm called Medill McBride. McBride resigned from Medill McBride in 1951, and the firm continued under the management of Harold M. Metcalf and Edward I. Metcalf. In 1952 the firm changed its name to Metcalf Associates, and in 1953 Metcalf Associates was acquired by Outlet Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 227, and see the FOB entry for Outlet Book Company, which indicates the firm is today a division of Random House, Inc. (www.randomhouse.com), known as Random House Value Publishing.	2008
Methuen Academic	The Methuen website (www.methuen.co.uk) confirms that, following the disaggregation of Associated Book Publishers, Methuen Academic is owned not by Methuen but by the Thomson Corporation. See the FOB entry for Associated Book Publishers and www.thomson.com.	2008
Methuen Children's Books	The Methuen website (www.methuen.co.uk) confirms that Methuen Children's Books is now owned not by Methuen but by Egmont. See www.egmont.co.uk.	2008
Methuen Drama	The Methuen Drama imprint and list was purchased by A. & C. Black in 2006. See the FOB entry for A. & C. Black and www.acblack.com.	2007
Michael Imison Playwrights	Michael Imison Playwrights was incorporated into Alan Brodie Representation Ltd in 1997. See www.alanbrodie.com.	2008
Michael Joseph Ltd	Michael Joseph founded his own publishing company in 1935. The firm of Michael Joseph Ltd was bought by Penguin UK in March 1985. Penguin UK is part of Pearson plc. See www.pearson.com.	2008
Miller Music	Miller Music was a publishing firm founded in New York around 1930. In 1939 Miller became part of the Big 3 Music Corporation, which in turn became part of United Artists in 1973. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990) and www.unitedartists.com.	2007
Mills & Boon Ltd	The publishing firm of Mills & Boon was founded by Gerald Mills and Charles Boon in 1908. In 1971 the firm was purchased by Harlequin Enterprises Limited of Toronto. The official name of the firm is now Harlequin Mills & Boon, but the imprint Mills & Boon is still used. See www.millsandboon.co.uk.	2007
Minton, Balch and Company	The publishing firm of Minton, Balch and Company was founded by Melville Minton and Earle H. Balch in New York in 1924. In 1930 the firm merged with G. P. Putnam's Sons and both Minton and Balch took up senior positions at Putnam. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 237 and see the FOB entry for G. P. Putnam's Sons, which indicates that the firm is now part of Penguin USA, which in turn is owned by Pearson. See us.penguingroup.com.	2008
Mitchell Beazley	Mitchell Beazley Ltd was founded in the 1960s as an independent publishing house. The firm subsequently became part of the Octopus Publishing Group. The Octopus Group was purchased by Hachette in 2001. See www.hachette.com and www.octopus-publishing.co.uk.	2006

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