JOHN WILEY & SONS: Wiley to acquire J.K. Lasser tax guguides from IDG.

0 Comments | M2 Presswire, November, 1999

M2 PRESSWIRE-16 November 1999-JOHN WILEY & SONS: Wiley to acquire J.K. Lasser tax guides from IDG (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:151199 New York, NY -- Stephen A. Kippur, Executive Vice President and President, Professional/Trade Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), and Steven Berkowitz, President, IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., (NASDAQ:IDGB), announced today that Wiley has acquired the J.K.

Lasser tax and financial guides from the California-based IDG Books Worldwide. As a result of the transaction, Wiley has gained, among other titles, J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2000: The Most Complete and Easy-to-Use Tax Guide for 1999 Returns, as well as the trademark/brand franchise and the J.K. Lasser staff. "We are acquiring a...