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The Little Magazine	Between 1965 and 1987 The Little Magazine (initially named The Quest) published new poetry and short fiction out of New York City under the editorship of Alexis Levitin, David Hartwell, and Tom Beeler. A collection of correspondence, manuscripts, production files, and business documents relating to the enterprise is housed at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.	2025
Thomas Murby & Co.	The geological publishers Thomas Murby & Co. were purchased during World War II by Messrs George Allen & Unwin. See the FOB entry for George Allen & Unwin, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to HarperCollins.	2006
Thunder's Mouth	Thunder's Mouth was a specialist publisher and an imprint of Avalon. Following the acquisition of Avalon by the Perseus Books Group in 2007, the Thunder's Mouth imprint was closed down. See www.perseusbooks.com.	2008
Times Mirror Company	The 'Los Angeles Times' was founded in 1881. In 1884 the newspaper bought its Mirror Company printers and became Times Mirror Company. In 2000 the Times Mirror Company was purchased by the Tribune Company of Chicago. See 'Los Angeles Times', 13 March 2000, and www.tribune.com.	2008
Walter H. Baker Company	George M. Baker purchased the play division of Herbert Sweet and Company (q.v.) in 1872 and renamed the firm George M. Baker and Company. The firm was managed by Baker's brother Walter H. Baker, and was renamed the Walter H. Baker Company in 1892. The firm now trades as Baker's Plays. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 35-37, and see www.bakersplays.com.	2009
William Morrow & Company	William Morrow founded his publishing company in 1926. The firm remained independent until 1981, when it was acquired by the Hearst Corporation. In 1999 it was sold by Hearst to News Corporation, where it was incorporated into HarperCollins. See www.newscorp.com and www.harpercollins.com.	2008
Young, Stewart and M'Culloch	The printing and publishing firm of Young, Stewart and M'Culloch was founded in Philadelphia in 1785 by William Young, Peter Stewart and John M'Culloch. Stewart left the firm in 1786 and it became Young and M'Culloch. The firm later traded as William Young (1787-1797); Young, Mills and Son (1797-1798); and William Young, Printer, Bookseller and Stationer: Whitehall Press, before it went out of business around 1805. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 501.	2009

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