Good Gains for Holtzbrinck

Total revenue at Germany's privately held Holtzbrinck rose 7.5% in 2006, to 2.24 billion euros ($3 billion), and operating EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) increased 10.0%, to 206.6 million euros ($275 million). Sales in the consumer book group—which in the U.S. includes St. Martin's; Farrar, Straus & Giroux; Henry Holt; and Audio Renaissance—rose 8.0%. In addition to its trade operations, Holtzbrinck's businesses in North America include the educational publishing group Bedford, Freeman & Worth and Scientific American magazine.