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Dodd, Mead and Company	The predecessor firm of Dodd, Mead and Company was Taylor and Dodd (q.v.). From the 1870s the firm was run by Edward S. Mead and adopted the name of Dodd, Mead and Company. The following quotation is from the catalogue of the archives of Dodd, Mead and Company in the University of Delaware Library: "The business operations of Dodd, Mead and Company were suspended in March 1989 pending the outcome of arbitration with its fulfillment house, Metro Services Inc. By the end of 1990 the company ceased publications."	2009
Doubleday & Company	In 1897 Frank Nelson Doubleday and Samuel McClure founded the publishing house of Doubleday & McClure. From 1900 the firm became Doubleday, Page & Company. In 1927 Doubleday merged with the George H. Doran Company and became Doubleday, Doran. The firm was renamed Doubleday & Company in 1946. Doubleday & Company was purchased by Bertelsmann in 1986, and is now a division of Random House. See www.randomhouse.com/doubleday and www.bertelsmann.com.	2009
Editions Max Eschig	Editions Max Eschig was a music publishing firm founded in Paris in 1907. The firm was purchased by Editions Durand in 1987, and is now part of Editions Durand-Salabert-Eschig. See www.durand-salabert-eschig.com.	2008
Editions Russes de Musique	Editions Russes de Musique was founded by Sergei and Natalya Koussevitzky in 1909. In 1947 the catalogue of Editions Russes de Musique was purchased by Boosey & Hawkes. See 'Music printing and publishing' / edited by D. W. Krummel and Stanley Sadie (1990) and www.boosey.com.	2008
Elkin Mathews and Marrot	The assets of the firm of Elkin Mathews and Marrot was 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.	2008
Excerpta Medica	Excerpta Medica was founded in 1946. In 1971 there was a merger of Excerpta Medica, Noord Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij (known in the English-speaking world as North-Holland Publishing Company), and Elsevier NV, to form Associated Scientific Publishers. The principal company name was Elsevier. In 1993 Elsevier NV merged with Reed International plc to form Reed Elsevier. See www.reedelsevier.com.	2008
F. M. Lupton Publishing Company	Frank Moore Lupton founded his publishing firm in New York around 1882. The firm was renamed the Federal Book Company in 1902 and went out of business about two years later. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 288.	2014
Films Media Group	In 2007 Films Media Group was acquired by Infobase Publishing. See www.infobasepublishing.com.	2008
Financial and Mining News	The Financial and Mining News was founded by Harry Marks in 1884. It was merged with its rival newspaper the Financial Times in 1946. The Financial Times is now part of the Pearson Group. See www.pearson.com.	2007
Five Mile Press	Five Mile Press is an Australian publisher, founded in 1991. In 2004 the firm was acquired by the Autumn Publishing Group, which is owned by Bonnier AB of Stockholm. Five Mile Press is now part of Bonnier Publishing. See www.bonnierpublishing.co.uk.	2008

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