Publishers Weekly Sold To Former Publisher

A newly-formed company headed by the man who published Publisher’s Weekly in the 1980s and 1990s is purchasing Publisher’s Weekly from Reed Business Information, minonline reports.

George W. Slowick, president of PWxyz LLC, will retain all current employees of the title, according to a statement from the investment bank financing the sale.

Slowick told minonline he wants “to expand PW’s reach into new audiences through digital platforms and international extension.”

This continues Reed Business Information’s sell-off: last month, RBI sold

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