The ''Meredith Publishing Company'', a division of
Meredith Corporation
Meredith Corporation was an American media conglomerate based in Des Moines, Iowa, that owned magazines, television stations, websites, and radio stations. Its publications had a readership of more than 120 million and paid circulation of more ...
, purchased
D. Appleton & Company in 1960
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It later sold off various divisions of both to Academic Learning Company, LLC and Prentice Hall.
Book publishing companies of the United States
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