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Matthew Bender	Matthew Bender is a legal publisher. The firm was acquired by Reed Elsevier in 1998. See www.bender.com and www.reedelsevier.com.	2006
Maunsel and Roberts	The Irish publishing firm of Maunsel and Roberts began trading as Maunsel and Co. in 1905. It changed its name to Maunsel and Roberts in 1920, and closed down through bankruptcy in 1925. See Clare Hutton: 'Maunsel and Co., Irish publishers, 1905-1925', Publishing history 51 (2002).	2008
McBride, Nast and Company	Robert Medill McBride founded his first publishing company in New York in 1910 and named it McBride, Winston and Company. In 1911 Condé Nast acquired the principal financial interest in the firm and it was renamed McBride, Nast and Company. Nast left the firm in 1915 and it was then renamed Robert M. McBride and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 224, and see the FOB entry for Robert M. McBride and Company, which indicates that the firm was purchased by Outlet Book Company in 1949 and that Outlet is now part of Random House (www.randomhouse.com).	2008
McClure, Phillips and Company	The publishing firm of McClure, Phillips and Company was founded in 1900 after the dissolution of Doubleday & McClure. The founders were Samuel S. McClure and John S. Phillips. In 1907 Phillips withdrew and the firm continued briefly as the McClure Company. In 1908 McClure sold his book publishing interest to Doubleday, Page. See the FOB entry for Doubleday & Company, and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 227-229.	2008
Metcalf Associates	After the sale in 1949 of his firm Robert M. McBride and Company (q.v.) to Outlet Book Company, Robert Medill McBride founded a new publishing firm called Medill McBride. McBride resigned from Medill McBride in 1951, and the firm continued under the management of Harold M. Metcalf and Edward I. Metcalf. In 1952 the firm changed its name to Metcalf Associates, and in 1953 Metcalf Associates was acquired by Outlet Book Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 227, and see the FOB entry for Outlet Book Company, which indicates the firm is today a division of Random House, Inc. (www.randomhouse.com), known as Random House Value Publishing.	2008
Methuen Academic	The Methuen website (www.methuen.co.uk) confirms that, following the disaggregation of Associated Book Publishers, Methuen Academic is owned not by Methuen but by the Thomson Corporation. See the FOB entry for Associated Book Publishers and www.thomson.com.	2008
Mills & Boon Ltd	The publishing firm of Mills & Boon was founded by Gerald Mills and Charles Boon in 1908. In 1971 the firm was purchased by Harlequin Enterprises Limited of Toronto. The official name of the firm is now Harlequin Mills & Boon, but the imprint Mills & Boon is still used. See www.millsandboon.co.uk.	2007
Minton, Balch and Company	The publishing firm of Minton, Balch and Company was founded by Melville Minton and Earle H. Balch in New York in 1924. In 1930 the firm merged with G. P. Putnam's Sons and both Minton and Balch took up senior positions at Putnam. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 237 and see the FOB entry for G. P. Putnam's Sons, which indicates that the firm is now part of Penguin USA, which in turn is owned by Pearson. See us.penguingroup.com.	2008
Modern Age Books	Modern Age Books was a publishing firm founded in New York in 1937 by Richard S. Childs. The firm went out of business in 1942, when its assets were sold to other publishers, chiefly Viking Press. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 239, and see the FOB entry for Viking Press, which indicates that the firm was acquired by Penguin Books in 1975, and is now part of the Pearson Group. See us.penguingroup.com.	2008
Moffat, Yard and Company	The publishing firm of Moffat, Yard and Company was founded in New York in 1905 by William David Moffat and Robert Sterling Yard. In 1924 the firm was acquired by Dodd, Mead and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 245-247 and see the FOB entry for Dodd, Mead and Company, which indicates that the firm went out of business in 1989-90.	2008

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