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...Dame Marjorie Scardino, a former journalist and Economist chief executive who ran Pearson for the previous 16 years, once vowed that the FT would be sold “over my dead body”....
...“We are sorry to see Marjorie Scardino go,” said Claudio Aspesi of Bernstein Research....
...Bernstein Research this year valued Penguin at up to £900m, while Investec this month put Penguin’s valuation lower, at about £650m....
...It is primarily online,” said Claudio Aspesi, media analyst at Sanford Bernstein....
...Bernstein Research on Friday valued Penguin, which reported operating profit of £110m last year, at £831m-£1.02bn....
...Claudio Aspesi, an analyst at Bernstein Research, said: “It is good news that the group is now concentrating on education and it is what we have been asking for for years....
...Claudio Aspesi, media analyst at Bernstein Research, said the market had reacted negatively because there had been speculation about Pearson achieving an even higher price....
...Rapid digital changes in Pearson’s markets favour companies able to invest over time, Dame Marjorie argues, echoing analysts such as Claudio Aspesi of Bernstein Research, who wrote on Tuesday that Pearson...
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