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'The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.', () is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are education, publishing, broadcasting, and financial and business services. It publishes numerous textbooks and magazines, including ''BusinessWeek'' and ''Aviation Week'', and is the parent company of Standard & Poor's and J.D. Power and Associates.

Contents

Corporate history

Corporate organization

Education

Financial services

Information and media

Presidents of the company

Acquisitions

Notable acquisitions made by The McGraw-Hill Companies

References

External links

Corporate history

The McGraw-Hill Companies traces its history back to 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the ''American Journal of Railway Appliances''. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing ''The McGraw Publishing Company'' in 1899. His co-founder, John A. Hill, had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, ''The Hill Publishing Company''.
In 1909 both men, having known each other for some time and sharing the same interests, agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into ''The McGraw-Hill Book Company''. John Hill served as President, with James McGraw as Vice-President. 1917 saw the merger of the remaining parts of each business into ''The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc''.^[1]
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc became ''The McGraw-Hill Companies'' in 1995, as part of a corporate identity rebranding.^[2]

Corporate organization

The McGraw-Hill Companies organizes its businesses around three segments, based upon the market they are involved in.

Education

McGraw-Hill Education provides materials, both traditionally and online, for all levels of education. The company also provides references & trade publications for the medical, business and engineering professions.^[3]
Companies within McGraw-Hill Education include:

★ CTB/McGraw-Hill

★ Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

★ The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill

★ Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

★ McGraw-Hill Contemporary

★ McGraw-Hill Digital Learning

★ McGraw-Hill Professional Development

★ SRA/McGraw-Hill

★ Wright Group/McGraw-Hill

★ McGraw-Hill Higher Education

★ McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing

★ McGraw-Hill Professional
McGraw-Hill Education is also established in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America (as McGraw-Hill Interamericana), Canada (as McGraw-Hill/Ryerson) and India (as Tata/McGraw-Hill). In the United Kingdom McGraw-Hill Education also publishes books and resources for Open University Press.

Financial services

This segment is comprised entirely of Standard & Poor's, which provides independent investment research including ratings on various investment instruments, as well as various indices that gauge financial markets, including the widely tracked S&P 500.

Information and media

The businesses within this segment provide useful information to individuals and organizations within several key industries.

★ Aviation Week Group

★ McGraw-Hill Broadcasting (all ABC affiliates, unless specified)

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★ KMGH, Denver, Colorado

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★ KZCO-LP & KZFC-LP (Azteca America), Denver, Colorado

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★ KZCS-LP (Azteca America), Colorado Springs, Colorado

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★ KGTV, San Diego, California

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★ KZSD-LP (Azteca America), San Diego, California

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★ KERO, Bakersfield, California

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★ KZKC-LP (Azteca America), Bakersfield, California

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★ WRTV, Indianapolis, Indiana

★ Businessweek

★ J.D. Power and Associates

★ McGraw-Hill Construction

★ Platts

Presidents of the company

★ James H. McGraw (1917 – 1928)

★ Malcolm Muir (1928 – 1948)

★ James McGraw, Jr. (1948 – 1950)

★ Curtis W. McGraw (1950 – 1953)

★ Donald C. McGraw (1953 – 1968)

★ Shelton Fisher (1968 – 1974)

★ Harold McGraw, Jr (1974 – 1983)

★ Joseph Dionne (1983 – 1998)

★ Harold W. McGraw III (1998 – Present)

Acquisitions

During the course of its history The McGraw-Hill Companies has expanded significantly through acquisitions, not just within the publishing industry but also into other areas such as financial services (the purchase of Standard & Poor's in 1966) and broadcasting (the 1972 acquisition of Time-Life Broadcasting).

Notable acquisitions made by The McGraw-Hill Companies

Date of Acquisition	Asset Acquired	Industry
1920	''Newton Falls Paper Company''[4]	-
1928	''A.W. Shaw Company''4	-
1950s	''Gregg Company''4	Publisher of vocational textbooks	-
1953	Companies of Warren C Platts, including ''Platts''4[5]	Publisher of petroleum industry information
1961	''F.W. Dodge Corporation''[6]	-	1965	''California Test Bureau''4	Developer of educational testing systems
1966	''Standard & Poor's''6	Financial Services
1968	''National Radio Institute	Correspondence School
1972	Television Stations of ''Time Life Broadcasting''6	Broadcasting
1997	''Micropal Group Limited''[7]	Financial Services
1999	''Appleton & Lange''[8]	Publisher of medical information
2000	''Tribune Education'', including ''NTC/Contemporary''[9]	Publisher of supplementary educational materials
2005	J.D. Power & Associates[10]	Marketing information provider

Note that this list only includes acquisitions made by McGraw-Hill, not its subsidiaries. McGraw-Hill typically does not release financial information regarding its acquisitions or divestitures.

References

1. About Us: Corporate History: The Foundation
2. About Us: Corporate History: The Information Age
3. Education - The McGraw-Hill Companies
4. About Us: Corporate History: Development
5. Platts History
6. About Us: Corporate History: Expansion
7. The McGraw-Hill Companies to Acquire Micropal
8. The McGraw-Hill Companies Completes Acquisition of Appleton & Lange
9. The McGraw-Hill Companies To Acquire Tribune Education; Acquisition Strengthens McGraw-Hill Education's Leadership Position
10. The McGraw-Hill Companies Completes Acquisition of J.D. Power and Associates

External links

★ The McGraw-Hill Companies website

★ Transcripts of The McGraw-Hill Companies' Quarterly Conference Calls

★ McGraw-Hill Higher Education website

★ McGraw-Hill Education Europe, Middle East and Africa website

★ McGraw- Hill Education

★ McGraw-Hill Construction