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University Tutorial Press	University Tutorial Press was bought by Bell & Hyman in September 1985. See the FOB entry for Bell & Hyman, which indicates that the firm is now in the ownership of HarperCollins, part of News Corporation. See www.newscorp.com.	2007
Vale Press	The Vale Press was founded by Charles S. Ricketts and Charles H. Shannon in 1893. It was named after 'The Vale', the house in Chelsea where Ricketts and Shannon lived. From 1894, the firm was managed by Ricketts alone and funded by Llewellyn Hacon. The firm closed down in 1904. See the entries in WATCH for Ricketts and Shannon.	2008
Vine Press	The Vine Press was founded by Victor Neuburg in 1919 and remained in his personal ownership. The Vine Press went out of existence in 1930 and Neuburg died in 1940. There was a brief attempt to revive the press in 1947 by Neuburg's partner Runia MacLeod, but this produced only one publication.	2006
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
Weekend Review	The Weekend Review was founded in 1930. In January 1934, it was incorporated into 'New Statesman', which was published for many years as 'New Statesman and Nation (incorporating The Weekend Review)'. See www.newstatesman.com/nsabout.htm.	2007
Werner Company	The Werner Company was founded in Chicago in 1892 by Paul E. Werner. In 1897 the firm moved to Akron, Ohio. In 1900 the publishing arm of the company was purchased by its sales manager, Arthur J. Saalfield, who established the Saalfield Publishing Company. In 1902 the Werner School-Book Company was purchased by the American Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 480; the FOB entry for Saalfield Publishing Company; and www.americanbookcompany.com.	2009
Werner Laurie Ltd	Werner Laurie was part of the the Bodley Head publishing house from 1957 until 1987. The Bodley Head was sold to Random House in 1987. 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
Zero to Ten	The British educational publishing firm Zero to Ten of Slough was purchased by the Evans Publishing Group in 2000. See 'The Bookseller', 28 January 2000, and www.evansbooks.co.uk. There is also a small independent US firm called Zero to Ten Publishing Company (www.zerototen.net).	2008

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