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December 29, 2012 12:46 am GMT
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Nook Media Takes $89.5M From Pearson, Says Holiday Sales Fell Below Expectations
Nook Media, the Barnes & Noble subsidiary that handles Nook e-readers and digital content, announced today that education publisher Pearson has invested $89.5 million, giving it a 5 percent stake in the company.Nook Media spun out from Barnes & Nobleearlier this.B&N owns 78.2 percent , while Microsoft (which made a big investment aimed at bringing Nook content to Windows 8 devices) owns 16.8 percent, according to the press release. The deal gives the company a post-money valuation of $1.789 billion.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/UVgzOCpG-4s/
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