RELX
British-Dutch multinational publishing and information company
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| May 2024 | RX sold the Gamer Network to IGN Entertainment, while retaining the EGX convention and Popverse. |
| 2023 | The company continued its growth trajectory with a revenue of £9,161 million and an adjusted operating profit of £3,030 million. |
| 2023 | UCS and Scientists for Global Responsibility issued a response to the company's previous reply, criticizing RELX and Elsevier's claims about clean energy transition as 'demonstrably false'. |
| July 2023 | RX acquires Corp Events |
| February 2023 | By February 2023, approximately 20,500 scientists had signed The Cost of Knowledge boycott against Elsevier, demonstrating sustained opposition to the company's academic publishing practices. |
| 2022 | The Union of Concerned Scientists and Scientists for Global Responsibility launched a petition in response to Elsevier's support for fossil fuel industry expansion. |
| 2022 | RELX reached a significant milestone with revenue of £8,553 million and an adjusted operating profit of £2,683 million. |
| 2022 | Popverse, a popular culture website, was founded by ReedPop. |
| June 2022 | Elsevier acquires Interfolio |
| February 2022 | The Guardian published an article revealing that Elsevier products and services support expanding fossil fuel production, highlighting the company's stance of not drawing a line between energy transition and oil and gas extraction expansion. |
| 2021 | RX (formerly Reed Exhibitions) rebranded its exhibitions business name. The Haul, an ecommerce store focused on pop culture memorabilia and merchandise, was launched. |
| 2021 | Elsevier published 600,000 academic articles during this year, solidifying its position as the world's largest publisher of academic articles. |
| March 16 2021 | University of California renewed its subscription with Elsevier after achieving two key conditions: universal open access to UC research and addressing the publisher's high subscription costs. |
| 2020 | Despite potential challenges, RELX reported a revenue of £7,110 million and an adjusted operating profit of £2,076 million. |
| August 2020 | Elsevier acquires Scibite for £65m |
| August 2020 | RELX announced that Sir Anthony Habgood would retire as Chair, with Paul Walker set to replace him in the first half of 2021. |
| February 2020 | LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires Emailage for $480m |
| January 2020 | LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires ID Analytics for $375m |
| 2019 | LexisNexis achieved 85% of its revenues from electronic sources, marking a significant digital transformation of its legal information and database services. |
| 2019 | Mike Walsh, CEO of LexisNexis, was honored by the UN Foundation with a Global Leadership award for the company's work in advancing the Rule of Law. |
| 2019 | Erik Engström was ranked the world's 11th best performing CEO by Harvard Business Review. |
| December 2019 | RBI announced plans to sell the Farmers Weekly magazine title, website, related platforms, events, and awards to MA Agriculture Limited. |
| November 2019 | Legal scholars and human rights activists publicly called on RELX to stop collaborating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), citing concerns that their LexisNexis product was directly facilitating immigrant deportations. |
| August 2019 | Flight International and FlightGlobal were sold to DVV Media Group. |
| February 28 2019 | University of California terminated all subscriptions with Elsevier after prolonged negotiations. |
| January 2019 | RBI sold its Dutch agricultural media and selected international agricultural media portfolio to Doorakkeren BV. |
| February 2018 | ReedPop acquired Gamer Network, a British mass media company owning video game journalism sites including Eurogamer, Rock Paper Shotgun, and VG247. |
| January 2018 | LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires ThreatMetrix for £580M ($830M) |
| 2017 | The company sold New Scientist magazine. |
| 2016 | RELX sold Elsevier Weekly and BeleggersBelangen in the Netherlands. |
| 2016 | Elsevier Foundation committed $1 million annually for 3 years to support programs encouraging diversity in science, technology, and medicine, and promoting scientific research in developing countries. |
| 2015 | The company achieved a revenue of £5,971 million and an adjusted operating profit of £1,822 million, showing continued financial growth. |
| February 2015 | The company rebrands itself from Reed Elsevier to RELX, marking a significant corporate identity transformation. |
| 2014 | The company's consistent financial performance and predictable results led to a positive re-evaluation of its share value. |
| 2014 | Reed Business Information sold BuyerZone, emedia, and a majority stake in Reed Construction Data. |
| September 2014 | Accuity acquires Fircosoft, a Paris-based anti-money laundering company, for €150M |
| May 2014 | LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquires Wunelli, a telematics data business, for £25m |
| April 2013 | Elsevier acquires Mendeley, a London-based research paper management and collaboration platform, for up to $100M |
| October 2012 | Variety, the company's last remaining North American title, was sold. |
| March 2012 | LexisNexis Legal & Professional acquires Law360, a US-based online provider of legal information and analysis |
| January 2012 | Mathematician Sir Timothy Gowers initiated The Cost of Knowledge online pledge and petition, calling for a boycott of Elsevier journals in response to the company's support of controversial legislation like SOPA, PIPA, and the Research Works Act. |
| 2011 | RELX began a period of strategic acquisitions, with an average annual acquisition value of approximately $300 million, continuing through 2014. |
| November 2011 | Reed Elsevier acquires US online-data business Accuity Holdings Inc. from Investcorp for £343M ($530.1M) |
| June 2011 | Reed Business Information acquires Ascend, a London-based civil aviation data analytics company |
| 2010 | RELX maintained a stable financial performance with revenue of £6,055 million and adjusted operating profit of £1,555 million. |
| April 2010 | Reed Elsevier sold 21 US magazines and announced the cessation of 23 additional US trade magazines due to weak economic conditions and an advertising slump. |
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