Silver Burdett
American textbook publisher
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::summary American textbook publisher ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| status | Defunct |
| founded | 1888 |
| country | United States |
| publications | Books |
| topics | Music |
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Silver Burdett was an American primary education textbook publishing imprint previously operated by Pearson Education, which is a division of media conglomerate Pearson PLC. The trademark was last owned by Savvas Learning Company.
History
Silver Burdett first formed as a company in 1888 when Frank W. Burdett purchased a controlling interest in the textbook publishing company, Silver & Company.{{Citation | last = Pearson Education | title = History | url=http://www.pearsoned.com/about/history.htm | accessdate = 2008-10-19 }} In 1962, it was acquired by Time Inc., and it became the distributor of Time-Life Books to schools and libraries. In 1965 it became the first division of the General Learning Corporation, a multi-million dollar collaboration between Time Inc. and General Electric. Simon & Schuster purchased it in 1986, and merged it with Ginn & Company, a leading el-hi (elementary school and high school) textbook publisher - which formed the imprint Silver Burdett & Ginn. In 1998, Pearson PLC acquired Simon & Schuster's educational businesses (which included Silver Burdett & Ginn) from S&S parent Viacom, and created Pearson Education.
Termination
Pearson closed Silver Burdett in 1999. The Silver Burdett Ginn name persisted for some time as Silver Burdett Ginn Religion, a Catholic publishing division operated under Scott Foresman before it was sold to RCL Benziger in 2007 (which also acquired Benziger from McGraw-Hill in the same year). The trademark registration for Silver Burdett Ginn was transferred to Savvas Learning Company after Pearson sold its US K-12 education division in 2020 and lapsed in 2021.
References
References
- "SILVER BURDETT GINN Trademark - Registration Number 1642763 - Serial Number 73830782 :: Justia Trademarks".
- "Six Macmillan Library Kids Imprints Closed". PublishersWeekly.com.
- (2007-09-06). "RCL Publishing LLC ("RCL Benziger"), a CFM Religion Publishing Group LLC division, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Silver Burdett Ginn Religion, a Scott Foresman imprint, from Pearson Education".
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