News Corp. will acquire Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar for C$455 million (the final price was $414 million in US dollars, net of $19 million in cash on Harlequin’s balance sheet). Harlequin will become a division of HarperCollins but will remain headquartered in Toronto. Torstar originally acquired control of Harlequin in 1975 and full ownership in 1981. […]