Atwood Capital Partners is pleased to announce that it has advised Marshall Cavendish Corporation, one of the world’s leading publishers of print and digital materials for the school and public library market, on the sale of the assets of its North American library operation, including the Benchmark, Bookworm, MC Reference, and MC Digital lists to Cavendish Square.

Atwood Capital Partners is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholder of Metals Economics Group ("MEG") on its sale to SNL Financial, a leading provider of financial information and a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Atwood Capital Partners is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholders of Key Curriculum on its sale to McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Atwood Capital Partners is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholders of Psychological Software Solutions, Inc. on its sale to Pearson's Clinical Assessment Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

SEATTLE, WA & TARRYTOWN, NY -- Amazon.com, Inc. and Marshall Cavendish, one of the world’s leading educational and consumer book publishers and classroom digital solutions providers, today announced that Amazon has signed a deal to acquire over 450 titles of its US Children’s trade books business, Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books (MCCB).

New York, NY – Atwood Capital Partners is pleased to announce that John Wickersham, Partner, has been selected by BtoB Media Business among the top 100 business publishing professionals recognized for leading the way in an evolving industry.

John Wickersham is a partner at Atwood Advisors, formerly Quayle Munro Holdings. He is the former CEO of VNU Business Media. He spoke with Media Business about why he's bullish on prospects for mergers and acquisitions activity in b2b media—defined broadly to include print, online, events, databases and software.

In an exclusive video roundtable, ABM brought together three member CEOs to discuss b-to-b industry trends, challenges and opportunities, as well as how they see the economic model evolving. The group also weighed in on the role of ABM during this time of change. Doug Manoni, CEO of SourceMedia; Steve Palm, NewBay Media CEO, and Don Pazour, president & CEO of Access Intelligence, participated in the panel, which was moderated by John Wickersham, a partner with the investment bank Atwood Advisors and a b-to-b media veteran.

Atwood Capital Partners is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholders of Renzulli Learning (“RL”) on its sale to CompassLearning. This combination heralds the launch of a new era in personalized education for differentiated learning, and will take advantage of the national K-12 focus on 21st century skills.

Atwood Capital Partners is pleased to announce that it has advised the shareholders of Educational Tools, Inc. on its sale to Triumph Learning, a subsidiary of Haights Cross Communications (“HCC”).  Myron Pincomb, CEO of Educational Tools, will become President and CEO of Triumph Learning and lead the combined organization. Mr. Pincomb will report directly to Ron Schlosser, HCC’s Chairman and CEO.

New York, NY - Atwood Capital Partners (formerly Quayle Munro, Inc.) is pleased to announce it has advised The Nielsen Company on the sale of its B2B media and entertainment group to Prometheus Global Media (formerly e5 Global Media).