Close the acquisition of the Books & Media segment of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Delivered by the deadline
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- Announced
- 29 Mar 2021
- Due
- 30 Jun 2021
- Delivered
- May 2021
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
News Corp successfully completed the acquisition of the Books & Media segment of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in May 2021, which falls within the fourth quarter of its 2021 fiscal year.
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A News Corp (Class B) 10-K filed 2021-08-10
“In May 2021, the Company acquired the Books & Media segment of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (“HMH Books & Media”) for $349 million in cash.” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -2.5% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (9 Aug 2021 to 12 Aug 2021). What this measures
Checked 17 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- Acquisition of HMH Books & Media segment
- Where
- New York
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Medium
- Specificity
- High
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Counterparty
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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