• Folio:, Thursday, December 24, 2009 12:17 AM

Trade publisher Lebhar-Friedman has sold Dowden Professional Publications to multimedia communications company Quadrant HealthCom Inc. Included in the deal are Dowden's four medical journals: OBG Management, Current Psychiatry, The Journal of Family Practice and Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Also included is its events division. Financial terms were not disclosed, but two dozen staffers were let go.

The journals will continue to publish in print, although the new publisher intends to expand each brand into digital and live event formats. Quadrant HealthCom publishes nine medical journals and their affiliated Web sites.

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