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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Chapmans Publishers | Chapmans Publishers, described on the Orion website as "a small general publishing house", was purchased by the Orion Publishing Group in 1993. The Orion Publishing Group was bought by Hachette in 1998, but continues to trade under its own name. See www.hachette.com and www.orionbooks.co.uk. | 2008 |
| Chatham Publishing | Chatham Publishing is now part of Greenhill Books. See www.greenhillbooks.com. | 2008 |
| Chilton Publishing Company | Chilton Publishing Company (also known as Chilton Book Company) was founded in Philadelphia around 1904. In 1985 the firm was purchased by Capital Cities, and in 1996 Capital Cities was acquired by Walt Disney Company. In 1997 Disney divided the publishing assets of Chilton and sold them to various buyers. The Magazine Division was acquired by Reed Elsevier, and the Professional Automotive Group by the Hearst Corporation. The Consumer Automotive Group was acquired by Nichols Publishing which sold it on to Thomson Learning in 2003. In 2007 Thomson Learning became Cengage Learning. See chilton.cengage.com. | 2008 |
| Chiswick Press | Chiswick Press was founded by Charles Whittingham (1767-1840). The firm was purchased by George Bell & Sons in 1880. See the FOB entry for George Bell & Sons, which indicates that any surviving rights will now belong to HarperCollins. | 2006 |
| Chivers Communications plc | Chivers Communications was demerged from the Gieves Group and became a separate company in 1999. In July 2001 the firm was acquired by BBC Worldwide. See www.bbcworldwide.com. | 2007 |
| Clarion Books | The children's publishing firm of Clarion Books was established in 1965. In 1979 the firm was acquired by Houghton Mifflin and Clarion Books became a Houghton Mifflin imprint. See www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com. | 2008 |
| Clarkson Potter | The publishing firm of Clarkson Potter was founded in 1959. In 1963 the firm was acquired by Crown Publishing Group, part of the Outlet Book Company. See the FOB entries for Outlet and Crown, which indicate that in 1988 the firm was bought by Random House. Random House is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/crown and www.bertelsmann.com. | 2008 |
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