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Blackwell Publishing was formed by the 2001 merger of two [[Oxford]]-based [[academic publishing]] companies, Blackwell Science, founded 1939 as Blackwell Scientific Publishing, and Blackwell Publishers, founded 1922 as Basil Blackwell & Mott. Blackwell Publishers, founded in 1926, had its origins in the 19th century [[Blackwell's]] family bookshop and publishing business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Group |first=PMB |title=Online catalogue IDC OCG |url=https://doc-center.ocg.msf.org/index.php?lvl=publisher_see&id=95 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=doc-center.ocg.msf.org |language=en}}</ref>
The merger between the two publishing companies created the world's leading learned society publisher.<ref>{{Cite web| title = Change Is Very Exciting| access-date = 2019-05-05| url = http://www.infotoday.com/IT/sep03/poynder.shtml |first=Richard|last=Poynder|date=September 2003|website=Information Today}}</ref> The group then acquired BMJ Books from the [[BMJ Publishing Group]], publisher of
On November 17, 2006, [[John Wiley & Sons]] announced it had "entered into a definitive agreement to acquire" Blackwell Publishing.<ref>[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/pdf/wiley.pdf Wiley to Acquire Blackwell Publishing (Holdings) Ltd.], John Wiley & Sons, Inc., November 17, 2006</ref> The acquisition was completed in February 2007, at a purchase price of £572 million. Blackwell Publishing was merged into Wiley's Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business to create Wiley-Blackwell.<ref name=aboutWB/> From June 30, 2008, the journals previously on Blackwell Synergy were delivered through [[Wiley InterScience]].
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