Appleton-Century-Crofts
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Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. was a division of the Meredith Publishing Company. It was a result of the merger of Appleton-Century Company with F.S. Crofts Co. in 1948. Prior to that The Century Company had merged with D. Appleton & Company in 1933.
The Century Company and its subsequent incarnations published the New Century Dictionary.
Eventually Meredith sold the majority of the company and the Appleton name to Prentice-Hall in 1973.{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Gelder| first = Lawrence Van| title = Main Operations of Appleton Sold| work = The New York Times| accessdate = 2018-01-15| date = 1973-11-11| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/11/archives/main-operations-of-appleton-sold-prenticehall-pays-5million300-jobs.html}} Part of the company became part of Hawthorn Books and New Win Publishing.
Timeline
- 1948 Appleton-Century Company, founded in 1933, merged with F. S. Crofts Co., founded in 1924, to form Appleton-Century-Crofts.
- 1960 Purchased by Meredith Publishing Company{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| title = PUBLISHER READY TO BUY APPLETON; Meredith Offers $7,000,000 for Book Concern Here -- Plan Given Approval| work = The New York Times| accessdate = 2019-12-21| date = 1960-10-12| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1960/10/12/archives/publisher-ready-to-buy-appleton-meredith-offers-7000000-for-book.html}}
- 1969 Meredith trade books division sold to Hawthorn Books
- 1973 Appleton textbook division purchased by Prentice Hall; the medical division retains the Appleton name{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Gelder| first = Lawrence Van| title = Main Operations of Appleton Sold| work = The New York Times| accessdate = 2019-12-21| date = 1973-11-11| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1973/11/11/archives/main-operations-of-appleton-sold-prenticehall-pays-5million300-jobs.html}}
- 1974 New Century division sold to Charles Walther, and was later renamed New Win Publishing
- 1998 Prentice Hall merged with Pearson Education
- 1999 Pearson Education sells successor company Appleton & Lange to McGraw-Hill{{Cite web| title = McGraw-Hill to buy Appleton & Lange| date = 17 May 1999| accessdate = 2018-05-13| url = http://adage.com/article/btob/mcgraw-hill-buy-appleton-lange/247721/}}
- 2003 Academic Learning Company, LLC acquired New Win Publishing, which was a division of New Century Publishing
Imprints
- Century vagabond books of travel
See also
References
- New Century Dictionary. (1963). ii. New York:Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
External links
- [http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/findingaids/view?doc.view=entire_text&docId=InU-Li-VAA1233 Appleton-Century mss., 1846–1962] at the Lilly Library, Indiana University
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Category:Defunct book publishing companies of the United States
Category:Publishing companies established in 1948
Category:Publishing companies disestablished in 1973
Category:1948 establishments in New York (state)
Category:1973 disestablishments in New York (state)