Macmillan Library Units to Join Gale.(publishing industry)(Brief Article)

THE THOMSON CORP., which acquired Macmillan Library Reference earlier this month from Pearson for $86 million (Highlights, June 21), will merge the various MLR imprints with that of its Gale Group subsidiary. The imprints that are part of the deal include Charles Scribner's Sons Reference, Macmillan Reference, Thorndike Press, G.K. Hall, Twayne Publishers and Schirmer Books.

Allen Paschal, president of Gale, said the purchase gives Gale the right to use the Macmillan Library Reference name. He told …