Maxwell Communications Corporation

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Maxwell Communications Corporation was a major British media and publishing company built by Robert Maxwell that once controlled extensive newspaper, book, and printing interests before collapsing in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf media company
public limited company
publishing company
associatedWith pension fund scandal
controlledBy Robert Maxwell
country United Kingdom
fate assets sold off
placed into administration
foundedBy Robert Maxwell
hasPart British Printing Corporation
Collier Books
Macmillan Publishers
Mirror Group Newspapers
Official Airline Guides
linked to: OAG

Pergamon Press
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
industry media
printing
publishing
keyPerson Ian Maxwell
Kevin Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
notableFor large international publishing holdings
role in Robert Maxwell financial scandal
sudden corporate collapse
operatedIn United Kingdom
United States
owned Collier Books
Macmillan Inc.
New York Daily News
Official Airline Guides
linked to: OAG

Pergamon Press
ownedBookPublisher Macmillan Publishers
ownedBy Robert Maxwell
ownedMagazine various consumer magazines
ownedNewspaper Daily Mirror
Sunday Mirror
The People
parentOrganization Maxwell corporate empire
predecessor British Printing Corporation
reasonForEnd accounting irregularities
insolvency
significantEvent administration in 1991
financial collapse in early 1990s
rapid expansion in the 1980s
timePeriod 1980s
early 1990s

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Trinity Mirror foundedBy Maxwell Communications Corporation
Robert Maxwell businessEmpire Maxwell Communication Corporation
linked to: Maxwell Communications Corporation