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Hazell, Watson and Viney

British printing company

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Who was Robert Maxwell and his media empire?

Robert Maxwell was a Czech‑born British publisher who built a global media and publishing empire from the 1950s to the 1980s, then died at sea in 1991 amid revelations that his companies were heavily ...

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Who was Robert Maxwell and his role in British media?

Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovak‑born British publisher, media proprietor and former Member of Parliament who built a large international publishing empire (Pergamon, Mirror Group, Macmillan) and die...

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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...

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How did Robert Maxwell build and consolidate control of Mirror Group Newspapers and other UK publications?

assembled control of and other British publications through a long arc of opportunistic acquisitions, in printing and publishing, —including heavy borrowing and intercompany siphoning—and hands-on man...

Feb 4, 2026

How did Robert Maxwell build his publishing empire?

built his publishing empire by leveraging wartime contacts to acquire and exploit backlists of scientific journals, aggressively expanding through acquisitions and public listings, cultivating a flamb...

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,...

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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...