Bloomsbury Publishing
BMY · Main Market · Media · mcap £505m · 625.0p 2 open situations →
Timeline · every situation
dots = announcementsOpen · 2
Sale process / strategic review
Sale of Who’s Who and Osprey Games
Sale processes begun
Bloomsbury decided earlier in 2026 to sell Who’s Who and Osprey Games, both in Special Interest. The 22 Oct 2026 interims say sale processes have begun; Consumer margin was 9.5%, or 11.6% excluding Special Interest. No price or buyer stated.
- Business sold
- Who’s Who and Osprey Board Games (Special Interest, Consumer Division) 22 Oct 2026 ↗
- Status
- Sale processes begun 22 Oct 2026 ↗
- Margin effect
- Consumer margin 9.5%; 11.6% excluding Special Interest 22 Oct 2026 ↗
- Price
- Not stated 22 Oct 2026 ↗
Next: Outcome of sale processes
- 22 Oct 2026 Sale processes begun
Legal & regulatory
Anthropic copyright class settlement
Final approval granted; claims submitted
Bloomsbury is a class member in the US copyright class action Bartz v. Anthropic. The court granted final approval of the settlement on 20 July 2026, with a $1.5bn fund. Bloomsbury has submitted claims and says it will benefit; its amount is not stated.
- Forum
- US District Court, Northern District of California (Bartz et al. v. Anthropic PBC) 22 Oct 2026 ↗
- Settlement fund
- $1.5 billion in total; final approval 20 July 2026 22 Oct 2026 ↗
- Status
- Bloomsbury has submitted claims; working through the settlement process 22 Oct 2026 ↗
- Amount to Bloomsbury
- Not stated 22 Oct 2026 ↗
Next: Further update on settlement outcome in due course
- 22 Oct 2026 Final approval granted; claims submitted
Closed · 4
Company filings. Not investment advice.