Editing RELX (section)

==History==
The company, which was previously known as Reed Elsevier, came into being in 1993, as a result of the merger of Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and [[Elsevier]], a Netherlands-based scientific publisher.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E7D6123DF935A35753C1A962958260 |work=The New York Times|author=Edward A. Gargan |date=6 October 1994 |title=Reed-Elsevier Building Big Presence in the U.S. |access-date=18 February 2008}}</ref> The company re-branded itself as RELX in February 2015.<ref name=rename>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4be90dbe-bd97-11e4-9d09-00144feab7de.html#axzz3mYtWcuFI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/c4TW3 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|author=Robert Cookson|title=Reed Elsevier to rename itself RELX Group|work=Financial Times|date=26 February 2015 |access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

===Reed International===
In 1895, [[Albert Edwin Reed|Albert E. Reed]] established a [[newsprint]] manufacturing operation at [[Loose Stream|Tovil Mill]] near [[Maidstone]], [[Kent]].<ref name=history>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/reedelsevier.htm|title=Timeline|publisher=Reed Elsevier|access-date=19 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030233859/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/publishers/ReedElsevier.htm|archive-date=30 October 2015}}</ref> The Reed family were [[Methodist]]s and encouraged good working conditions for their staff in the then-dangerous print trade.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/node/40427|author=Peter Kirwan|title=Reed Elsevier has no stomach for the tough trade business|date=3 March 2008|work=Press Gazette|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref>

In 1965, Reed Group, as it was then known, became a [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]], creating its Decorative Products Division with the purchase of [[Crown Paints]], [[Polycell Kingston|Polycell]] and [[Arthur Sanderson & Sons|Sanderson]]'s wallpaper and [[Do it yourself|DIY]] decorating interests.<ref name="sand">{{cite web|url=http://www.sanderson-uk.com/sanderson-history.aspx|title=History |publisher=Sanderson|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701220057/http://www.sanderson-uk.com/sanderson-history.aspx |archive-date=1 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1970, Reed Group merged with the [[Time Inc. UK|International Publishing Corporation]] and the company name was changed to Reed International Limited.<ref name=history/> The company continued to grow by merging with other publishers and produced high quality trade journals as IPC Business Press Ltd and women's and other consumer magazines as IPC magazines Ltd.<ref name=history/> Reed entered the United States in 1977 by acquiring Cahners Publications, founded by [[Norman Cahners]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ulib.niu.edu/publishers/ReedElsevier.htm|title=Reed Elsevier Timeline|website=ulib.niu.edu}}</ref>

In 1985, the company decided to rationalise its operations, focusing on publishing and selling off its other interests. Sanderson was sold to [[WestPoint Home|WestPoint Pepperell, Inc.]] of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[United States]], that year,<ref name="sand" /> while [[Crown Paints|Crown Paint]] and Polycell were sold to [[Williams Holdings]] in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Williams_Holdings|title=Williams Holdings|work=gracesguide.co.uk|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> The company's paper and packaging production operations were bundled together to form Reedpack and sold to [[private equity]] firm [[Cinven]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinven.com/sectorfocus/industrialrealisedinvestments.asp?investmentid=72|title=All investments|publisher=Cinven|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> Reed expanded its publishing by acquiring [[Control Engineering (magazine)|Technical Publishing]] from [[Dun & Bradstreet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/188ba10361825d9c4e1d4593f6633965|title=Dun & Bradstreet To Sell Technical Publishing Concerns|website=AP NEWS}}</ref>
[[File:Millennium Tower Amsterdam Westpoort Reed Elsevier 20140622.JPG|thumb|right|230px|Amsterdam headquarters of Elsevier]]

===Elsevier NV===
In 1880, Jacobus George Robbers started a publishing company called NV Uitgeversmaatschappij Elsevier (Elsevier Publishing Company NV) to publish literary classics and the encyclopedia ''[[Winkler Prins]]''.<ref name=history/> Robbers named the company after the old Dutch printers family [[House of Elzevir|Elzevir]],<ref name=history/> which, for example, published the works of [[Erasmus]] in 1587. Elsevier NV originally was based in [[Rotterdam]] but moved to [[Amsterdam]] in the late 1880s.<ref name=history/>

Up to the 1930s, Elsevier remained a small family-owned publisher, with no more than ten employees. After the war it launched the weekly ''[[Elsevier (magazine)|Elsevier]]'' magazine, which turned out to be very profitable. A rapid expansion followed. Elsevier Press Inc. started in 1951 in [[Houston]], Texas, USA, and in 1962 publishing offices were opened in London and New York. Multiple mergers in the 1970s led to name changes, settling at "Elsevier Scientific Publishers" in 1979. In 1991, two years before the merger with Reed, Elsevier acquired [[Pergamon Press]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/29/business/maxwell-selling-pergamon-cornerstone-of-his-empire.html|title=Maxwell Selling Pergamon, Cornerstone of His Empire|date=29 March 1991|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>

===Cahners Publishing===
Cahners Publishing, founded by [[Norman Cahners]], was the largest U.S. publisher of trade<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Folio (magazine)|Folio]]
   |url=https://www.foliomag.com/the-sale-decline-and-ultimate-demise-of-cahners-publishing
   |title=The Sale, Decline, and Ultimate Demise of Cahners Publishing
   |author=Tony Silber |date=29 March 2016}}</ref> or business magazines as of his death in 1986. Reed International acquired the company in 1977.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[AdWeek]]
   |url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/cahners-publishing-company-tbt
   |title=A Double Shot of Cahners Publishing Nostalgia
   |date=7 April 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/08/business/advertising-reed-wants-even-more-magazines.html "Reed Wants Even More Magazines"]. ''New York Times''. April 8, 1988</ref>

=== Reed Elsevier and RELX ===

==== Significant acquisitions ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Division or subsidiary of RELX
! style="width: 8em" | Date
! Acquisition
! Value
|-
| Cahners Publishing
| 1986-09
| Technical Publishing Inc, a publisher of industrial, medical and technology trade magazines, from [[Dun & Bradstreet]]
| [[United States dollar|$]]250 million<ref>{{Cite web| title = Dun & Bradstreet To Sell Technical Publishing Concerns| work = AP NEWS| access-date = 2021-08-08| url = https://apnews.com/article/188ba10361825d9c4e1d4593f6633965}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1993-08
| [[Official Airline Guides]] Inc, a publisher of airline schedules
| [[United States dollar|$]]425 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/08/19/british-firm-near-deal-to-acquire-airline-guides/|author=Stanley Ziemba|title=British Firm Near Deal To Acquire Airline Guides|date=19 August 1993|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1994-10
| LexisNexis, an on-line information business
| $1.5 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-05-fi-46739-story.html|title=Publisher Reed Elsevier Agrees to Buy Lexis/Nexis On-Line Business|date= 5 October 1994|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1997-03
| MDL Information Systems Inc, a US software systems and information database developer
| $320M<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/25/business/reed-elsevier-agrees-to-buy-information-systems-company.html|title=Reed Elsevier Agrees to Buy Information Systems Company|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 March 1997|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1997-06
| Chilton Business Group, a US business information publishing company
| $447M<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB867056358398821000|title=Reed Elsevier buys Chilton from ABC for US$447 million in June 1997|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=23 June 1997|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 1998-04
| Matthew Bender & Company Inc, a US publisher of legal information
| $1.65bn<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/1998/04/27/deals/times/|title=Times Mirror sheds units|publisher=CNN|date=27 April 1998|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 2000-10
| [[Harcourt (publisher)|Harcourt]], an education publishing business
| $4.5bn plus debt<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB972637136488029864|title=Reed Elsevier, Thomson agree to buy Harcourt for $4.45bn plus debt|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=27 October 2000|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| LexisNexis
| 2004-07
| Seisint of [[Boca Raton, Florida]], which provided the company with access to HPCC Systems for the first time
| $775M<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50577-2004Jul14.html|title=LexisNexis To Buy Seisint For $775 Million|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=15 July 2004|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier 
| 2005-05
| Medimedia, a medical publisher whose imprints included [[Medicine Publishing]] and [[Masson (publisher)|Masson]]
| $270M<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5cea8dca-cdd0-11d9-9a8a-00000e2511c8.html#axzz3m7uP6HiF |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/oRqfC |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Reed Elsevier buys medical publisher|date=26 May 2005|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 2008-02
| [[Choicepoint]], which had been a spinoff of [[Equifax]]'s Insurance Services Group in August 1997. The acquisition was completed in September 2008.
| $4.1bn<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.relx.com/mediacentre/pressreleases/2008/Pages/AcquisitionofChoicePointIncCompleted.aspx|title=Acquisition of ChoicePoint Inc. completed|date=21 February 2008|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/1997/07/14/daily19.html|title=Equifax to spinoff{{sic|nolink=y}} ChoicePoint in August|date=14 July 1997|access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> 
|-
| Reed Business Information
| 2008-03
| Heren Energy, a London-based publisher of newsletters and market reports on the competitive wholesale energy markets in Britain and Europe. Continued as ICIS Heren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/patrick-heren-baa53736|title=Patrick Heren activities|date=31 March 2008|access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref> 
|-
| Reed Business Information
| 2011-06
| Ascend, a London-based civil aviation data analytics company<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reed-business-information-acquires-ascend-a-leading-provider-of-data-analytics-and-advisory-services-to-the-global-aviation-industry-124776043.html|title=Reed Business Information Acquires Ascend, a Leading Provider of Data, Analytics and... -- SUTTON, England, June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --|date=30 June 2011|work=prnewswire.com|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| Reed Elsevier
| 2011-11
| US online-data business Accuity Holdings Inc. from investment firm [[Investcorp]]
| [[Pound sterling|£]]343M ($530.1M)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204831304576594020574369278|title=Reed Elsevier to Buy Accuity|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=26 September 2011|access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional
| 2012-03
| [[Law360]], a US-based online provider of legal information and analysis<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/about-us/media/press-release.page?id=1331917568327157|title=LexisNexis Acquires Law360|publisher=LexisNexis|date=20 March 2012|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| Elsevier
| 2013-04
| [[Mendeley]], a London-based desktop and web program for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/09/reed-elsevier-buys-mendeley|title=Reed Elsevier buys academic social network Mendeley for up to £65m|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 April 2013|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed but up to $100M
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2013-09
| Mapflow, a Dublin-based group that helps insurance companies assess geographic risk, in particular in relation to flooding<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.relx.com/media/press-releases/archive/16-09-2013|title=LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Acquires Mapflow|publisher=RELX|date=16 September 2013|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2014-04
| Tracesmart, a UK-based provider of tracing, identity verification, fraud prevention and anti-money laundering software<ref>{{cite web|url=https://risk.lexisnexis.co.uk/about-us/press-room/press-release/uk-2014-01-04-tracesmart-now-lexisnexis|title=Tracesmart® is now a LexisNexis® company|publisher=LexisNexis Risk Solutions|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref> 
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2014-05
| Wunelli, a telematics data business which uses driving data for insurers, enabling them to reduce risk exposure and deliver discounts to safer drivers<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/article/1400632392/reed-elsevier-buys-wunelli-beef-its-telematics-business|title=Reed Elsevier buys Wunelli to beef up Telematics business|newspaper=[[City A.M.]]|date=21 May 2014|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> 
| £25m
|-
| Accuity
| 2014-09
| Fircosoft, a Paris-based anti-money laundering company<ref name="ft.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bbffdd34-337d-11e4-85f1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3dVbM5GfZ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/MjLEF |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|author=Robert Cookson|title=Reed Elsevier to buy sanctions software group FircoSoft for €150m|date=29 September 2014|work=Financial Times|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
| [[Euro|€]]150M
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2014-11
| Health Market Science (HMS), a supplier of high quality data about US healthcare professionals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20141113/NEWS/311139944|author=Adam Rubenfire|title=LexisNexis to acquire Health Market Science|work=Modern Healthcare|date=13 November 2014| access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref> 
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2015-01
| BAIR Analytics, a US-based law enforcement data company<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/01/06/lexisnexis-to-buy-bair-analytics-grow-in-public.html|title=LexisNexis to buy BAIR Analytics, grow in public safety sector|date=6 January 2015|work=Atlanta Business Chronicle|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional
| 2015-07
| MLex, a media organization providing exclusive analysis and commentary on regulatory risk<ref>{{cite web|url=http://talkingbiznews.com/1/lexisnexis-buys-regulatory-news-wire-mlex/|title=LexisNexis buys regulatory news wire MLex|date=29 July 2015|publisher=Talking Biznews|access-date=22 March 2016}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| Reed Business Information
| 2015-10
| Adaptris, a fast-growing supply chain integration business<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediamergers.co.uk/rbi-acquires-software-and-esolutions-company-adaptris-group/|title=RBI acquires software and e-solutions company Adaptris Group Limited|last=Wright|first=Martin|date=29 October 2015|publisher=Media Mergers|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional
| 2015-11
| [[Lex Machina]], a US-based online provider of legal analytics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/lexisnexis_acquires_premier_legal_analytics_provider_lex_machina/prweb13096119.htm|title=LexisNexis Acquires Premier Legal Analytics® Provider Lex Machina|work=PRWEB|access-date=25 November 2015}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2016-07
| Insurance Initiatives, Ltd. (IIL), a business which provides a data distribution platform that extracts, hosts and processes large quantities of data to deliver information predominantly into the point-of-quote in the UK's Property & Casualty Insurance industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://risk.lexisnexis.co.uk/about-us/press-room/press-release/2016-07-20-insurance-initiatives|title=LexisNexis Risk Solutions Acquires Insurance Initiatives Ltd.|publisher=LexisNexis Risk Solutions|date=20 July 2016|language=en-GB|access-date=19 September 2019}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Legal & Professional
| 2017-06
| Ravel Law, a San Francisco-based legal analytics company<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/10/venture-backed-ravel-law-sells-to-lexisnexis/|title=Venture-backed Ravel Law sells to LexisNexis {{!}} TechCrunch|last=Loizos|first=Connie|date=10 June 2017 |access-date=2017-06-13}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions
| 2018-01
| ThreatMetrix, one of the largest repositories of online digital identities in the world
| £580M ($830M)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-threatmetrix-m-a-relx/britains-relx-to-pay-580-million-pounds-for-digital-identity-group-threatmetrix-idUSKBN1FI0P1?il=0 |title=Britain's Relx to pay 580 million pounds for digital identity group ThreatMetrix|newspaper=Reuters|date=29 January 2018|access-date=2018-01-29}}</ref>
|-
| Reed Exhibitions
| 2018-02
| [[Eurogamer|Gamer Network]], a mass media video game journalism company<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-03-26 |title=Eurogamer and EGX parent Gamer Network acquired by PAX organiser ReedPOP |language=en |work=MCV |url=https://mcvuk.com/business-news/events/eurogamer-and-egx-parent-gamer-network-acquired-by-pax-organiser-reedpop/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |issn=1469-4832}}</ref>
| Undisclosed
|-
|LexisNexis Risk Solutions
|2020-01
|ID Analytics <ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-13|title=Relx snaps up ID Analytics for $375 million|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-idanalytics-m-a-relx-idUSKBN1ZC1EX|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref>
|$375m
|-
|LexisNexis Risk Solutions
|2020-02
|Emailage<ref>{{Cite web|last=PYMNTS|date=2020-02-05|title=RELX Buys Anti-Fraud Startup Emailage For $480M|url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2020/analytics-co-relx-buys-anti-fraud-startup-emailage-for-480m/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=PYMNTS.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
|$480m
|-
|Elsevier
|2020-08
|Scibite<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-08-21|title=Relx snaps up UK's pharma analysis group SciBite|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-scibite-m-a-relx-idUKKBN25H0I7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821171812/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-scibite-m-a-relx-idUKKBN25H0I7|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 August 2020|access-date=2020-11-18}}</ref>
|£65m
|-
|Elsevier
|2022-06
|[[Interfolio]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elsevier closes Interfolio acquisition |url=https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate/elsevier-closes-interfolio-acquisition |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=www.elsevier.com}}</ref>
|Undisclosed
|-
|RX
|2023-07
|Corp Events<ref>{{Cite web |title=RX Acquires Corp Events, owner of Big Data & AI Paris {{!}} RX |url=https://rxglobal.com/rx-acquires-corp-events-owner-big-data-ai-paris |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=rxglobal.com}}</ref>
|Undisclosed
|}

==== Significant divestments ====
In February 1997, Reed Elsevier divested its trade publishing group (including [[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]], [[Methuen Publishing|Methuen]], [[Harvill Secker|Secker & Warburg]], [[Sinclair-Stevenson]], Mandarin, Minerva and Cedar) to [[Random House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/01/business/reed-elsevier-to-sell-book-unit-to-random-house.html|title=Reed Elsevier to sell book unit to Random House|work=The New York Times|date=1 February 1997|access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref> In 1998, Reed Elsevier sold the children's divisions of Heinemann, Methuen, [[Hamlyn (publishers)|Hamlyn]] and Mammoth to the [[Egmont Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/History%20of%20the%20Egmont%20Imprints%20-%20Opac%20version.htm|title=History of the Egmont Imprints|publisher=Penguin Random House|access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref>

In February 2007, the company announced its intention to sell Harcourt, its educational publishing division.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-reed-results-idUKWLB502120070215?pageNumber=2 |title=Reed Elsevier to sell education arm |access-date=16 July 2011 |publisher=Reuters |date=15 February 2007}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On 4 May 2007 [[Pearson PLC|Pearson]], the international education and information company, announced that it had agreed to acquire [[Harcourt Assessment]] and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier for $950m in cash.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pearson.com/about-us/education/announcements/?i=352 |title=Pearson acquires Harcourt Assessment and Harcourt Education International from Reed Elsevier |access-date=16 July 2011 |publisher=Pearson |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927114318/http://www.pearson.com/about-us/education/announcements/?i=352 |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> In July 2007, Reed Elsevier announced its agreement to sell the remaining Harcourt Education business, including international imprint [[Heinemann (publisher)|Heinemann]], to [[Houghton Mifflin]] for $4 billion in cash and stock.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/business/17harcourt.html?_r=0 |author=Michael J. de la Merced|title=Houghton Mifflin to buy Harcourt|newspaper=The New York Times|date=17 July 2007|access-date=18 September 2015}}</ref>

Between 2006 and 2019, in 65 separate deals, the company systematically sold its 300 print, business to business magazine titles, reducing the proportion of print revenues from 51% to 9%.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Daniel|title=Relx offloads Farmers Weekly to MAG|url=https://www.ft.com/content/551dbcf8-2279-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/551dbcf8-2279-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Financial Times|date=20 December 2019 }}</ref> Advertising, which had been the largest source of revenues when RELX was founded, represented just 1% of sales in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nilsson|first=Patricia|title=Relx buys US fraud-prevention start-up Emailage for $480m|url=https://www.ft.com/content/fe39ced4-4732-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/fe39ced4-4732-11ea-aeb3-955839e06441 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2020-11-20|website=Financial Times}}</ref>

In July 2009, Reed Elsevier announced its intention to sell most of its North American trade publications, including ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', ''[[Broadcasting & Cable]]'', and ''[[Multichannel News]]'', although it planned to retain ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.<ref>Brian Stelter, [http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/even-media-about-the-media-for-sale/ "Even Media About the Media Are For Sale], ''[[New York Times]]'', 31 July 2009.</ref>

In April 2010, Reed Elsevier announced that it had sold 21 US magazines to other owners in recent months, and that an additional 23 US trade magazines, including ''Restaurants & Institutions'', ''Hotels'', and ''Trade Show Week'' would cease publication. The closures were mostly due to the weak economy including an advertising slump.<ref>Lorene Yue, [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=37857 "Restaurants & Institutions magazine shutting down as Reed cuts trade titles"], ''Crain's Chicago Business'', 16 April 2010.</ref>

''Variety'', the company's last remaining North American title, was sold in October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/media/jay-penske-buys-variety-magazine-reed-elsevier/237657/|title=Jay Penske Buys Variety Magazine From Reed Elsevier|work=Advertising Age|date=9 October 2012|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, Reed Business Information sold BuyerZone, an online marketplace; emedia, an American provider of research for IT buyers and vendors; and a majority stake in [[Reed Construction Data]], a provider of construction data.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inpublishing.co.uk/news/articles/rbi_sells_buyerzone_7006.aspx|title=News: RBI sells BuyerZone: InPublishing|author=InPublishing|date=23 January 2014 |publisher=inpublishing.co.uk|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediamergers.co.uk/ziff-davis-acquires-emedia-from-rbi/|author=Martin Wright|title=Ziff Davis Acquires emedia from RBI|date=20 August 2013|work=MediaMergers|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/reedelsevier-brief-idUSFWN0PQ01V20140721|title=BRIEF-Reed sells majority stake in Reed Construction Data to Warburg Pincus|date=21 July 2014|work=Reuters|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>

In 2016, RELX sold ''Elsevier Weekly'' and ''BeleggersBelangen'' in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.debrauw.com/matter/reed-business-divests-elsevier-weekly-beleggersbelangen-new-skool-media/|title=Reed Business divests Elsevier Weekly and BeleggersBelangen to New Skool Media|publisher=De Brauw|access-date=21 March 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, the company sold ''[[New Scientist]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/4127d94c-1f8c-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/4127d94c-1f8c-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Relx offloads New Scientist magazine to Kingston Acquisitions|publisher=FT|date=12 April 2017|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref>

In January 2019, RBI sold its Dutch agricultural media and selected international agricultural media portfolio (including ''[[Poultry World]])'' to Doorakkeren BV.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Reed Business BV announces intention to sell Dutch agriculture media portfolio to Misset Uitgeverij BV|url=https://www.reedbusiness.com/news/reed-business-bv-announces-intention-to-sell-dutch-agriculture-media-portfolio-to-misset-uitgeverij-bv/|access-date=2020-10-09|website=Reed Business Information|language=en}}</ref>

In August 2019, ''[[Flight International]]'' and ''[[FlightGlobal]]'' were sold to [[DVV Media Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/110-years-of-flight/powering-into-our-eleventh-decade/135869.article|title=Powering into our eleventh decade|last=Kingsley-Jones|first=Max|date=19 December 2019|website=Flightglobal|language=en|access-date=2020-04-09}}</ref>

In December 2019, RBI announced plans to sell the ''[[Farmers Weekly]]'' magazine title, website and related platforms, events and awards to MA Agriculture Limited, part of the Mark Allen Group.<ref name="Cotton-02Jan2020">{{cite news |last1=Cotton |first1=Barney |title=Mark Allen Group to acquire Farmers Weekly |url=https://www.businessleader.co.uk/mark-allen-group-to-acquire-farmers-weekly/77369/ |access-date=7 January 2020 |work=Business Leader |date=2 January 2020}}</ref>

In May 2024, RX sold the [[Gamer Network]] to [[IGN Entertainment]], division of [[Ziff Davis]]. However, it retained the [[EGX (expo)|EGX]] convention and ''Popverse''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dring |first=Christopher |date=2024-05-21 |title=IGN Entertainment acquires Eurogamer, GI, VG247, Rock Paper Shotgun and more |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ign-entertainment-acquires-eurogamer-gi-vg247-rock-paper-shotgun-and-more |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 22, 2024 |title=IGN Acquires a Handful of ReedPop's Gamer Network's Digital Brands |url=https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/56962/ign-acquires-handful-reedpops-gamer-networks-digital-brands |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=[[ICv2]] |language=en}}</ref>