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Public Comps and Valuation Multiples for Publishing

Benchmark revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples for public comps like
Wolters Kluwer, News Corp, Informa, New York Times and Pearson.

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Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	LTM Revenue	EV/LTM Revenue	EV/LTM EBITDA
Wolters Kluwer	$16B	$21B	$7B	2.9x	8.5x
News Corp	$16B	$16B	$9B	1.8x	10.4x
Informa	$14B	$18B	$6B	3.3x	10.6x
New York Times	$13B	$12B	$3B	4.2x	21.2x
Pearson	$9B	$11B	$5B	2.1x	9.7x
Springer Nature	$5B	$6B	$2B	2.8x	7.4x
China Literature	$4B	$2B	$1B	2.3x	30.4x
Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media	$4B	$3B	$2B	1.4x	8.6x
Kadokawa	$3B	$3B	$2B	1.5x	20.9x
Lagardère	$3B	$8B	$11B	0.8x	6.1x
China South Publishing	$3B	$787M	$2B	0.4x	2.8x
China Science Publishing	$3B	$2B	—	—	—
Zhejiang Publishing United Group	$2B	$795M	$2B	0.5x	3.7x
Visual China Group	$2B	$2B	$117M	19.1x	65.5x
Shandong Publishing	$2B	$1B	$2B	0.9x	—
Xinhua Winshare	$2B	$951M	$2B	0.6x	4.0x
John Wiley & Sons	$2B	$3B	$2B	1.7x	6.6x
Louis Hachette	$2B	$7B	$11B	0.6x	4.3x
Anhui Xinhua Media	$2B	$264M	$1B	0.2x	—
Sanoma	$2B	$2B	$2B	1.2x	4.2x
Chinese Universe	$2B	($229M)	—	—	—
TX Group	$2B	$2B	$1B	1.4x	5.6x
SRMG	$2B	$2B	$733M	2.5x	21.3x
China Publishing & Media	$2B	$1B	—	—	—
Changjiang Publishing	$2B	$985M	—	—	—
Alma Media	$1B	$1B	$390M	3.5x	11.4x
USA TODAY	$1B	$2B	$2B	1.0x	8.0x
Nine Entertainment	$1B	$1B	$2B	0.8x	4.9x
Sonaecom	$1B	$851M	—	—	—
Zhejiang Sunriver Culture	$905M	$1B	—	—	—
Scholastic	$740M	$920M	$2B	0.6x	6.2x
Saregama India	$732M	$659M	$112M	5.9x	20.7x
Daily Journal	$690M	$213M	—	—	—
Bloomsbury Publishing	$688M	$706M	$450M	1.6x	9.6x
Gruppo Mondadori	$633M	$826M	$1B	0.8x	4.5x
RCS MediaGroup	$594M	$713M	—	—	—
Duzhe Publishing & Media	$575M	$377M	—	—	—
PRISA	$487M	$1B	$1B	1.2x	6.1x
D B Corp	$437M	$367M	$253M	1.4x	6.7x
Vitru Educação	$428M	$827M	$456M	1.8x	4.8x
Orell Fussli	$415M	$309M	$353M	0.9x	6.0x
Future plc	$406M	$828M	$980M	0.8x	3.0x
Ronshin Group	$391M	$335M	—	—	—
Alter Ego Media	$374M	$338M	$168M	2.0x	5.1x
Navneet Education	$347M	$319M	—	—	—
Polaris Media	$312M	$335M	—	—	—
Grupo Clarín	$303M	$271M	—	—	—
Caltagirone Editore	$283M	$321M	—	—	—
Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers	$280M	$107M	—	—	—
Gyldendal	$242M	$237M	—	—	—
Smiths News	$223M		$1B
Reach	$221M		$679M
WildBrain	$213M		$234M
AlphaPolis	$210M		$112M
Roularta	$190M		—
Grupo Media Capital	$189M		—
Goodheart-Willcox	$184M		—
IG Port	$183M		$100M
Lee Enterprises	$178M		$562M
Byggmästaren	$164M		$446K
Big Medya Teknoloji	$158M		—
Jagran Prakashan	$155M		—
Saudi Printing and Packaging	$135M		—
Ilkka	$131M		$45M
Yellow Pages	$130M		$142M
Seven West Media	$130M		—
NZME	$124M		$206M
Keskisuomalainen	$124M		$245M
Vocento	$114M		$397M
Hürriyet	$110M		—
Edel	$109M		$320M
Agora S.A.	$108M		$441M
Gyldendal	$107M		—
Bastei Lubbe	$104M		$140M
KidariStudio	$101M		—
D&C Media Co.	$98M		—
Grandtech CG Systems	$88M		—
ContentreeJoongAng	$78M		$755M
Postmedia Network Canada	$68M		—
Star Media Group	$61M		—
Sports Entertainment Group	$60M		$94M
Melhoramentos	$60M		—
Mr. Blue	$54M		—
Time Out Group	$53M		$98M
Effecten-Spiegel	$47M		—
Polskie Towarzystwo Wspierania Przedsiebiorczosci	$47M		$35M
Beaglee	$45M		$109M
Reading International	$39M		$203M
YLAB	$37M		—
Gremi Media	$35M		—
IMPRESA	$35M		—
Attica Publications	$24M		—
Hatena Co	$17M		$26M
Poligrafici Printing	$17M		—
Rebl Group	$16M		$129M
Simone	$13M		—
EDC Publishing	$12M		—
Atom Educacional	$11M		—
Do Rzeczy	$8M		—
Muza	$8M		—
Societa Editoriale Il	$7M		$38M
Janosch film & medien	$6M		—
Vialife	$6M		—
PMPG Polskie Media	$5M		—
Nashville Records	$5M		—
Entreprendre	$5M		—
Gambero Rosso	$4M		—
Grupo El Comercio	$4M		—
Imprimerie Chirat	$4M		—
Relevance Communication	$3M		—
E-Kiosk	$2M		—
Frontline Corp	$2M		—
Schwabenverlag	$2M		—
Advertigo	$1M		—
GoingPublic Media	$1M		—
Lift	$282K		—
Editions du Signe	$147K		—
Chicken Soup for the Soul	$3K		—
Central Urbana	$2K		—
Hoi Publishing	—		—