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Bloomsbury Publishing plc, the leading independent publisher has this morning announced its results for the year ended 28 February 2026. The Company also announced the appointment of Chris Blatchford as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 19 May 2026.

After nearly nine years at Karger Publishers, Daniel Ebneter has stepped down from the role of Chief Executive Officer and will leave the organisation in the coming weeks. The Karger Management Board expresses its sincere thanks for his leadership and commitment during a period of significant transformation for the company following its acquisition by OUP in December 2025.

Rebecca Sinclair, Chief Brand Officer at Penguin Random House UK, has taken up the position of President of the Publishers Association.   The Presidency transferred at the Publishers Association’s Annual General Meeting, which was held today (Wednesday 6 May) at the British Library.   Rebecca succeeds Mandy Hill, Managing Director of Academic at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, who remains an Officer of the Publishers Association.

Elsevier announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mytonomy, a leader in video-based patient engagement solutions for healthcare systems and health plans. Mytonomy offers an award-winning cloud-based platform and expansive micro-learning content to deliver the right information to patients at the right time in their care journey. A definitive agreement with Mytonomy was announced in March of this year.

Johns Hopkins University Press (Hopkins Press) and BioOne today announced their merger, in a bold move designed to enhance community impact, expand future opportunities, and transform how they engage with researchers.

Clarivate Plc, a leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today announced the global launch of Web of Science Research Intelligence, an AI-native research intelligence platform designed to support decision-making across funding, strategy and impact for research institutions. 

Springer Nature delivered strong results in the first quarter of 2026. Revenue increased to €451.4m (Q1 2025: €450.3m) with 6.2% underlying growth, driven by Research, with continued strength in full open access (FOA). Reported growth in revenue was 0.3% due to adverse FX movements.

Clarivate, today announced Nexus Connect, an AI gateway to universities’ academic resources and services. Nexus Connect is designed to meet users wherever they work — as a connector inside leading general-purpose AI chat agents, such as ChatGPT or Claude.

Since agreeing one of the UK’s first OA deals in 2016, OA uptake across UK-authored research has increased, reaching nearly 80% in 2025[1] underlying the impact of the Jisc Open Access agreement in centrally supporting OA publishing routes for researchers. As a result, more than 46,000 UK-funded articles have been published under the agreement, delivering strong usage and engagement for researchers with over 231 million global downloads of content published[2] via the deal. 

In the context of sustained expansion and a strong publishing programme, Bloomsbury Publishing has announced a major organisational restructuring designed to support its next phase of growth. The publisher has delivered significant gains in recent years, completing 35 acquisitions and doubling revenue from £185 million in 2020/21 to £361 million in 2024/25. Profits also more than doubled, rising from £19.2 million to £48.8 million between 2023 and 2024, while headcount increased from 738 to 1,238 over the same period.

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the fourth and final round of recipients of its Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities grant, an initiative to help small and rural libraries increase the accessibility of facilities, services and programs to better serve people with disabilities.

Wiley, a global leader in authoritative content and research intelligence for the advancement of scientific discovery, innovation and learning, today announced that Liverpool University Press (LUP) has selected Research Exchange as its research publishing platform. LUP becomes the first third-party publisher to adopt Research Exchange, joining more than 1,500 journals published by Wiley and its partners to manage submissions, screening, and peer review of academic content.