Maxwell Communications Corporation

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Maxwell Communications Corporation was a major British media and publishing company built by Robert Maxwell that once controlled extensive newspaper, book, and printing interests before collapsing in the early 1990s.

All labels observed (2)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf media company ⓘ
public limited company ⓘ
publishing company ⓘ
associatedWith pension fund scandal ⓘ
controlledBy Robert Maxwell ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
fate assets sold off ⓘ
placed into administration ⓘ
foundedBy Robert Maxwell ⓘ
hasPart British Printing Corporation ⓘ
Collier Books ⓘ
Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
Mirror Group Newspapers ⓘ
Official Airline Guides ⓘ
linked to: OAG

Pergamon Press ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
industry media ⓘ
printing ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
keyPerson Ian Maxwell ⓘ
Kevin Maxwell ⓘ
Robert Maxwell ⓘ
notableFor large international publishing holdings ⓘ
role in Robert Maxwell financial scandal ⓘ
sudden corporate collapse ⓘ
operatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
owned Collier Books ⓘ
Macmillan Inc. ⓘ
New York Daily News ⓘ
Official Airline Guides ⓘ
linked to: OAG

Pergamon Press ⓘ
ownedBookPublisher Macmillan Publishers ⓘ
ownedBy Robert Maxwell ⓘ
ownedMagazine various consumer magazines ⓘ
ownedNewspaper Daily Mirror ⓘ
Sunday Mirror ⓘ
The People ⓘ
parentOrganization Maxwell corporate empire ⓘ
predecessor British Printing Corporation ⓘ
reasonForEnd accounting irregularities ⓘ
insolvency ⓘ
significantEvent administration in 1991 ⓘ
financial collapse in early 1990s ⓘ
rapid expansion in the 1980s ⓘ
timePeriod 1980s ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ

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Trinity Mirror → foundedBy → Maxwell Communications Corporation ⓘ
Robert Maxwell → businessEmpire → Maxwell Communication Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Maxwell Communications Corporation