BNET Industries

Scholastic Corp.

(SCHL) is in the Media Industry

Market Cap:$887.6M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$2.2B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. The Company distributes its products and services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs, school-based book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs; retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the Company's Internet site, www.scholastic.com.

Number of Employees 6,500

Contact Information

557 Broadway

New York, New York 10012-3902

www.scholastic....

(212) 343-6100

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Book Publishers: 511130

Company News

Recent Events

"The 39 CluesTM" Bestselling Multi-Media Series Awards Fourth Round of Cash Prizes From Scholastic

10/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
To Keep Students Learning at Home Through H1N1 Flu Season Scholastic Launches New Online Resource

10/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Lori Swett Joins Macromark's Online Acquisition Operations

9/28/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks on the move on Sept. 24

9/24/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Scholastic's board declare USD0.075 quarterly dividend

9/24/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story
Scholastic Inc.: Kids Read 83.3 Million Minutes for the Scholastic Summer ChallengeTM and to Benefit...

9/15/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Judging Scholastic's Book

9/02/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Kids Helping Kids: Give Back to School With Scholastic

8/27/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
"The 39 CluesTM" Bestselling Multi-Media Series Awards Third Round of Cash Prizes From Scholastic

7/30/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Daily Download: Legal victory boosts Valassis amid broader rally

7/23/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

sales and scholastic corp. - All News and Analysis

Scholastic Corporation F1Q10 (Qtr End 08/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-09-24

Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions The first question comes from the line of Peter Appert – Piper Jaffray. Peter Appert – Piper Jaffray Is it possible for you to give us any more granularity? You gave us a little bit but a little more on...

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Scholastic Corp. Sparing No Expense for CEO Robinson

BNET - 2008-08-19

Juggling his titles of Chairman and Chief Executive are making long days even longer for Dick Robinson, of Scholastic Corp., a leading publisher of children's books and educational tools. Testimony to his workload: In fiscal 2008 ended May 31, the company paid Robinson approximately $3.08 million in salary, cash...

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Planet Earth, Award-Winning BBC Television Program, to Become Children's Book Publishing Program With Scholastic

- 2008-05-01

Planet Earth , the award-winning television program from the BBC, will soon become a children's book publishing program from Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company announced today. Scholastic holds U.S. and Canadian English and French rights for the Planet Earth children's books program and will publish and...

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Bellwether Report Begins Research on UFPT, CKXE, SCHL, and MSTR

- 2005-03-18

The Bellwether Report is the leading online financial newsletter, focusing on small-cap emerging growth opportunities. We strive to introduce investors to truly undervalued opportunities in a time friendly fashion, allowing for optimal entry points and profitable exit points. Today, we will be tracking the following companies to gauge the...

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Sans Harry Potter, Scholastic's Profits Drop over Same Period Last Year.

- 2003-12-19

By Monty Phan, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 19--Scholastic is missing some of that Harry Potter magic this holiday season, but the publisher and analysts are just fine with that. Manhattan-based Scholastic Corp., the U.S. publisher of the...

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Scholastic counts on Potter's magic; Children's publisher plans 8.5 million first printing, but needs a stronger potion.(News)

- 2003-05-19

Byline: anita jain A wave of speculation precedes the June 21 release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Will Harry Potter finally vanquish his evil nemesis Voldemort? Will the boy wizard get his first kiss? Will the fifth book in the...

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With Scholastic, Tennessee's loss is Maumelle's gain

- 2002-07-22

THE DEAL TO BRING SCHOLASTIC Distribution Services to Maumelle and the promise of 600 new jobs began with a sales brochure last August. The direct mailing sent to corporations across the nation had nothing to do with the vacant 497,200-SF warehouse at 104 Champs Blvd. or even Arkansas. ...

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