July 4, 1998 — The British media group Pearson P.L.C. agreed to buy Simon & Schuster’s educational, professional and reference publishing business from Viacom Inc.

About Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Simon & Schuster, Inc. is a global leader in the field of general interest publishing, providing consumers worldwide with a diverse range of quality books and multimedia products across a wide variety of genres and formats.

About Pearson Plc

Pearson is an international education and media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing.