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Wheelers acquire Canongate’s shares in Text Publishing 

4 October 2011

Text Publishing has announced that Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler have acquired Scottish publisher Canongate's shareholding in Text Publishing for an undisclosed sum. Text publisher and managing director...

Wheelers acquire Canongate?s shares in Text Publishing 

3 October 2011

Text Publishing has announced that Lonely Planet founders�Tony and Maureen Wheeler have acquired�Scottish publisher Canongate's shareholding in Text Publishing for an undisclosed sum. Text said in a statement today that...

Wheelers sell remaining share in Lonely Planet 

22 February 2011

As reported by the Weekly Book Newsletter last week, Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler have sold their remaining 25% stake in the guidebook business to BBC Worldwide. Crikey...

Wheelers sell remaining share in Lonely Planet 

17 February 2011

Crikey reports that Lonely Planet founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler have sold their remaining 25% stake in the guidebook business for an estimated 33 million pounds (A$52.7 million) to BBC...

Lonely Planet to expand to India 

1 February 2011

Lonely Planet has announced today that it plans to establish operations in India in the next 12 months to 'develop local content written by Indian authors for Indian travellers across...

LP: Samson resigns due to ill health 

30 August 2010

Lonely Planet has announced that Richard Samson, general manager, Asia-Pacific, has resigned from his position for health reasons. Samson has been battling a serious illness for over a year, and...

Lonely Planet moves into profit as digital grows 

6 July 2010

Lonely Planet has ‘moved from a loss of £(3.2)million [$A5.7 million] last year to a profit of £1.9million [A$3.4 million] ', according to the 2009/10 full-year financial report of parent...

Lonely Planet confirms staff changes 

30 March 2010

Lonely Planet has confirmed it has made some changes to its print and digital teams.   ‘We have been very open saying we are moving from traditional book publishing to...

BBC Worldwide: ‘No plans to sell’ LP 

27 October 2009

BBC Worldwide has denied it intends to sell its 75% shareholding in Lonely Planet, after speculation in the UK press that the company would divest itself of the travel publisher...

In brief 

20 October 2009

Bruce Caddy joins Marbecks for new concept storeNew Zealand music retail chain Marbecks will open a new concept store in Dunedin in mid-November. ‘This store will be the first Marbecks...