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Elsevier

Dutch publishing and analytics company

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Dec 1, 2025
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How did Robert Maxwell acquire academic publishers and what were his key acquisitions in the 1980s–1990s?

Robert Maxwell built his academic-publishing foothold by buying a small scientific house in 1951—three-quarters of Butterworth‑Springer—which he renamed Pergamon Press and expanded through aggressive ...

Nov 25, 2025
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What happened to Maxwell's companies after his death in 1991?

Robert Maxwell’s death in November 1991 triggered the rapid unravelling of his media empire: Maxwell Communication Corporation (MCC) and related holdings effectively collapsed, revelations followed th...

Jan 25, 2026
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What investigations or controversies surrounded Robert Maxwell's business practices related to educational publishing after his death in 1991?

’s death in November 1991 triggered a rapid unravelling of his publishing empire that directly affected school and academic publishing—banks called in loans, assets including Pergamon and parts of wer...

Dec 31, 2025

all of robert maxwells publishing companys

Robert Maxwell built a sprawling, diversified publishing empire whose core holdings—most consistently documented in the sources provided—include Pergamon Press, the Mirror Group newspapers (notably th...

Dec 9, 2025

What legal or ethical issues arise from publishing unverified claims about a public figure's private life?

Publishing unverified private-life claims about a public figure risks legal exposure for defamation—public figures must usually prove “actual malice” but courts still allow liability if a publisher kn...

Nov 28, 2025

How did Maxwell’s publishing empire affect academic and textbook markets in the 1980s–1990s?

Robert Maxwell’s expansion in the 1980s turned Pergamon and related holdings into a major presence in academic, professional and school publishing, culminating in large U.S. acquisitions such as Macmi...

Jan 4, 2026

What happened to Robert Maxwell's fortune after his death in 1991?

Robert Maxwell’s death in November 1991 precipitated the rapid unravelling of a publishing empire built on opaque holdings, aggressive borrowing and, as investigators later found, large-scale misappro...

Dec 31, 2025

all of robert maxwells publishing companies

Robert Maxwell built a sprawling, international publishing and media empire that by the late 1980s and early 1990s encompassed newspapers, trade and academic publishers, directories, language schools,...

Dec 31, 2025

Which Maxwell-owned publishing companies existed in the 1980s and 1990s?

Robert Maxwell’s media empire in the 1980s and into the early 1990s comprised a mix of newspaper groups, academic and trade publishers, language‑instruction chains, directories and related information...

Dec 8, 2025

How did teachers, school districts, and academic reviewers respond to changes under Maxwell-owned publishers?

Teachers and districts pushed back against some Maxwell-era publishing practices through lawsuits and contract disputes, with at least one teacher-authors’ settlement involving Maxwell holdings contri...

Dec 5, 2025

is there any ai medical journals available to research

There are multiple dedicated, peer‑reviewed journals explicitly focused on AI in medicine available for research, including JMIR AI (inaugural impact factor 2.0) , Journal of Medical Artificial Intell...

Nov 24, 2025

Are there lists/catalogs of textbooks published by Maxwell-owned firms in the 1980s and 1990s?

There is clear evidence Robert Maxwell owned and controlled major textbook publishers in the 1980s and entered a formal U.S. joint-venture in 1989 that made his group the nation’s second-largest textb...