From: Scott Stangroom <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:05:56 -0400

My guess is the private equity firm will become overleveraged and then
bail once they've taken their plunder from Springer.  Among other
things, it looks like they're counting on, quote: "high-growth areas
such as open access publishing", for future profit.  Talk about
putting lipstick on a pig.

Scott Stangroom
Acquisitions Coordinator
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
W.E.B. Du Bois Library
Acquisitions Dept.
Amherst, MA 01003-9275
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From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:11:12 -0400

See the newest about Springer, 3.3B euros - headed not to an IPO but
to a private equity firm:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/19/springerscience-sale-idUSL5N0EV0Q720130619

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-19/bc-partners-to-buy-springer-science-for-4-4-billion.html

Any tea leaves to be read here?  What might one expect form the "new"
Springer?

Ann