Less than a month after Nielsen agreed to sell media trade magazines such as
The Hollywood Reporter,
Billboard and
Adweek, rival B-to-B publisher Reed Elsevier reportedly is in
advanced talks to sell some of its trade publications, including Hollywood stalwart
Variety. Other titles may be closed, according to a report by Reuters citing an internal Reed Elsevier staff
memo citing the impact the economic recession has had on its trade publishing business.
Sol Taishoff is spinning in his grave