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Weakness: Newspaper Business (0)

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Financial Highlights

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. provides information services and products to the education, financial services, and business information markets worldwide. Its McGraw-Hill Education segment operates as a global educational publisher. This segment comprises School Education Group, which provides educational and professional development materials to pre-kindergarten to 12th grade market, as well as assessment and reporting services; and Higher Education, Professional, and International Group that provides e-books, online tutoring, customized course Web sites, subscription services, and materials to the higher education market, as well as professional, reference, and trade publishing for medical, business, engineering, and other fields. The company’s McGraw-Hill Financial Services segment, operating under the Standard & Poor’s brand, provides independent credit ratings covering corporate and government entities, infrastructure projects, and structured finance transactions; data and information services offering financial information on companies, securities, and indices; equity research; portfolio services developing global indices and investable products; and risk management and credit risk training. Its McGraw-Hill Information and Media segment includes business intelligence, analysis, and solutions, such as BusinessWeek, a business magazine; J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information firm that conducts surveys of customer satisfaction, product quality, and buyer behavior; Platts, a source for energy-industry information and services; McGraw-Hill Construction, which connects people, projects, and products in the design and construction industry; and Aviation Week, which provides multimedia information to the aviation and aerospace industry. Its Broadcasting Group operates nine TV stations, including four ABC affiliates and five Azteca America affiliates. The McGraw-Hill Companies was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., (NYSE: MHP) is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are education, publishing, broadcasting, and financial and business services. It publishes numerous textbooks and magazines, including BusinessWeek and Aviation Week, and is the parent company of Standard & Poor's and J.D. Power and Associates.

history

The McGraw-Hill Companies traces its history back to 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The McGraw Publishing Company in 1899. His co-founder, John A. Hill, had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, The Hill Publishing Company.

In 1909 both men, having known each other for some time and sharing the same interests, agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into The McGraw-Hill Book Company. John Hill served as President, with James McGraw as Vice-President. 1917 saw the merger of the remaining parts of each business into The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc.

McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc became The McGraw-Hill Companies in 1995, as part of a corporate identity rebranding.

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Acquisitions

During the course of its history The McGraw-Hill Companies has expanded significantly through acquisitions, not just within the publishing industry but also into other areas such as financial services (the purchase of Standard & Poor's in 1966) and broadcasting (the 1972 acquisition of Time-Life Broadcasting).

Notable acquisitions made by The McGraw-Hill Companies

Date of Acquisition Asset Acquired Industry
1920 Newton Falls Paper Company -
1928 A.W. Shaw Company -
1950s Gregg Company Publisher of vocational textbooks
1953 Companies of Warren C Platts, including Platts Publisher of petroleum industry information
1961 F.W. Dodge Corporation Publisher of construction industry information
1965 California Test Bureau Developer of educational testing systems
1966 Standard & Poor's Financial Services
1968 National Radio Institute Correspondence School
1972 Television Stations of Time Life Broadcasting Broadcasting
1997 Micropal Group Limited Financial Services
1999 Appleton & Lange Publisher of medical information
2000 Tribune Education, including NTC/Contemporary Publisher of supplementary educational materials
2005 J.D. Power & Associates Marketing information provider

Note that this list only includes acquisitions made by McGraw-Hill, not its subsidiaries. McGraw-Hill typically does not release financial information regarding its acquisitions or divestitures.

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Financial News Summary

Fitch Confirms McGraw-Hill's IDR at 'A+'; Outlook Stable 1231188143|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover

Ahead of the Bell: Crude reserves expected to drop 1230723743|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover



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