Editing Carus Publishing Company

{{Short description|American publisher}}
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| parent       = Cricket Media
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| founded      = 1973
| founder      = [[Marianne Carus]] 
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| country      = [[United States]]
| headquarters = [[Chicago]]
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| publications = [[Magazine]]s, [[Book]]s
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| imprints     = [[Cricket (magazine)|Cricket]], [[Cobblestone (magazine)|Cobblestone]], [[Open Court Publishing Company|Open Court]]
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The '''Carus Publishing Company''', now subsumed into Cricket Media, was a [[publisher]] with offices in [[Chicago]], [[Peterborough, New Hampshire]] and [[Peru, Illinois]]. Its Peterborough office was closed June 30, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150126/NEWS02/150129335&template=mobileart |title=Cobblestone to close Peterborough office | accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref> Its Peru offices have closed as well,{{when|date=October 2021}} and operations primarily occur in Chicago. It owns the [[Open Court Publishing Company]] as well as the Cricket Magazine Group, and Cobblestone Publishing. Open Court is known for their '''''Popular Culture and Philosophy''''' books, while Cricket and Cobblestone produce a range of children's [[magazines]].

Their magazines for children and teens are ''[[Ask (magazine)|Ask]]'', ''[[Babybug]]'', ''[[Click (Carus magazine)|Click]]'', ''[[Cobblestone (magazine)|Cobblestone]]'', ''[[Cricket (magazine)|Cricket]]'', ''[[Faces (magazine)|Faces]]'', ''[[Ladybug (magazine)|Ladybug]]'', ''[[Muse (children's magazine)|Muse]]'', and ''[[Spider (magazine)|Spider]]''.

Carus was founded in 1973 and was acquired by the Canadian company {{proper name|ePals Corporation}} in December 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Digital Platform ePals Acquires Carus |author=Stefanie Botelho |url=http://www.foliomag.com/2011/digital-platform-epals-acquires-carus |newspaper= Folio |date= December 1, 2011 |accessdate=16 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=681095 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120726191245/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=681095 |url-status= dead |archive-date= July 26, 2012 |title=Carus Publishing Company: Private Company Information – Businessweek|work=investing.businessweek.com|accessdate=22 May 2012}}</ref> The {{proper name|ePals Corporation}} was renamed Cricket Media in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web| title = ePals Announces Rebranding to Cricket Media to Reflect Focus on Social Learning Through Content| accessdate = 2020-05-24| url = http://finance.yahoo.com/news/epals-announces-rebranding-cricket-media-093000083.html}}</ref> Cricket Media was acquired by ZG Ventures in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web| title = CRICKET ACQUISITION GROUP, INC. TO ACQUIRE CRICKET MEDIA GROUP LTD.| work = Cricket Media| accessdate = 2020-05-24| date = 2016-02-28| url = http://cricketmedia.com/news-press/cricket-acquisition-group-inc-to-acquire-cricket-media-group-ltd/}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.cricketmedia.com Carus Publishing Company] – home page
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[[Category:Companies based in Chicago]]
[[Category:Publishing companies established in 1973]]
[[Category:Magazine publishing companies of the United States]]
[[Category:2011 mergers and acquisitions]]


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