Pearson launches Netflix-style subscription for textbooks in US

Pearson launches a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US By Tom Harmsworth For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Pearson has launched a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US.  For £11 per month, students will be able … Read more

Aussie gold medallist Sally Pearson sells her renovated pad on the Gold Coast for $950,000

Aussie gold medallist Sally Pearson makes a tidy $240,000 profit as she sells her renovated pad on the Gold Coast for $950,000 By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:24 BST, 4 May 2021 | Updated: 02:24 BST, 4 May 2021 Olympic hurdler Sally Pearson and husband Kieran have sold their newly-renovated Gold Coast … Read more

MARKET REPORT: New boss Andy Bird launches bold Pearson overhaul

Investors piled into Pearson as its chief executive started a new chapter for the education publishing powerhouse. Former Disney chairman Andy Bird unveiled a bold and wide-ranging strategy to overhaul the company, which is scrambling to adapt to an age where textbooks are no longer the norm and people increasingly learn online. Pearson has been … Read more

Pearson donates cash and 250 laptops to Mail Force drive… and pledges more on the way 

Education firm Pearson has backed Mail Force with a fantastic double donation. The company is offering 250 laptops and £50,000 cash on top. Both donations will go straight into the campaign to get lockdown schoolchildren online. Pearson, which publishes everything from pupils’ textbooks to educational resources for teachers and companies, pledged to add more laptops … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Remote learning helps Pearson chalk up growth 

Shares in Pearson leapt almost 9 per cent as the education publisher returned to growth even as it battled exam cancellations and school closures. It said total sales had increased by 4 per cent in the final three months of 2020, its first positive figure of the year after three quarters of decline.  The rise included … Read more

Jordan North’s ex housemate Hattie Pearson claims he ‘KILLED her gerbil’

I’m A Celeb star Jordan North’s former housemate jokingly claims the radio host ‘KILLED her pet gerbil Jemima while she went on holiday’ By Kate Dennett For Mailonline Published: 02:15 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 02:17 GMT, 23 November 2020 Jordan North‘s friend and former housemate Hattie Pearson has joked that he ‘killed’ her … Read more

Twitter accused of censorship for suspending journalist Allison Pearson

A journalist today accused Twitter of suspending users for failing to toe the government line on Covid after she was locked out of her account for a post condemning the lockdown.  Daily Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson was responding to a BBC article about the risk of coronavirus spreading in universities when she tweeted that she ‘wanted’ … Read more

Investors slam Pearson chief Andy Bird’s £7m windfall

Investors slam Pearson chief’s £7m windfall: Education publisher under fire over Andy Bird’s ‘golden hello’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 Pearson has been rocked by an embarrassing shareholder revolt over a lavish pay packet handed to its new boss. The … Read more

Pearson names Disney’s former boss as chief executive

Pearson names Disney’s former international boss as its chief executive By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:09 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 22:35 BST, 24 August 2020 Pearson has named Disney’s former international boss as its chief executive.  The educational publisher has turned to Andy Bird to guide the company through its … Read more

Education publisher Pearson reveals drop in sales

Education publisher Pearson reveals big drop in sales due to schools and exam centres closing By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 24 July 2020 Education publisher Pearson revealed a big drop in sales after schools and exam centres were closed.  Demand for printed textbooks … Read more