Mondadori announced Monday that it has a deal to acquire employee-owned Chelsea Green Publishing, for $5 million, subject to adjustment at closing, which is expected in by the middle of the year. For 2022, the publisher had sales of $8.1 million and an operating income of $1.1 million. Chelsea Green will become part of Rizzoli International Publications. Mondadori says that represents “a further step on its international development journey in English-speaking markets, which recently began with the establishment of London-based Rizzoli UK.” When the acquisition is completed, co-founder Margo Baldwin will take the role of publisher emeritus, as Stefano Peccatori […]