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by Lammy 1800 days ago
It was surprising to me when I learned about McGraw-Hill considering how many of their textbooks defined my schooling in the '90s and beyond: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/18/business/mcgraw-hill-and-... (https://archive.is/bZKuA)

> McGraw-Hill Inc., long the subject of takeover speculation, quieted those rumors somewhat yesterday when it said it had signed a standstill agreement with Robert Maxwell, the British entrepreneur whose empire includes Macmillan Inc., and would form a joint publishing venture with him.

The username "maxwellhill" also makes total sense knowing this.