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====BBC's sale to NC2==== [[File:LonelyPlanetBuildingFootscray.jpg|thumb|Lonely Planet's former headquarters in [[Footscray, Victoria]], in 2006]] By 2012, the [[BBC]] wanted to divest itself of the company and in March 2013 confirmed the sale of Lonely Planet to [[Brad M. Kelley|Brad Kelley]]'s NC2 Media for [[United States dollar|US$]]77.8 million (Β£51.5 million), at nearly an Β£80 million (US$118.89 million) loss.<ref name="Eric">{{cite news|title=U.S. Buyer for BBC's Book Unit on Travel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/business/media/bbc-to-sell-lonely-planet-travel-guidebooks.html|access-date=26 May 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=19 March 2013|author=Eric Pfanner}}</ref>
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