Friday, November 21, 2008

BioMed Central Sold to Springer

From American Libraries Direct

BioMed Central sold to Springer

Open access pioneer BioMed Central has been acquired by German publisher Springer Science+Business Media. Those in the open access movement had watched BioMed Central with keen interest. Founded in 2000, it was the first for-profit open access publisher and advocates feared that when the company was sold, its approach might change. BioMed Central publisher Matthew Cockerill said the open access policy wopuld continue....Scientific American Blog, Oct. 7

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