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CT Industry

7/1/2008

:: M&A, Etc.

JOINING FORCES FOR ADMISSIONS. Recruitment, enrollment, and retention solution provider Hobsons has acquired College Confidential, a web community for collegebound students and their parents. The site features information from experts, and forums where students and parents can discuss topics such as financial aid, test preparation, admissions, study abroad, and more.

MERGING EDUCATIONAL CONTENT. Cengage Learning, a provider of customized learning solutions, has acquired publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's College Division. The HM College assets will expand and complement the range of textbooks, study guides, custom publications, and digital solutions that Cengage Learning provides to professors and students in two- and four-year colleges and universities.

:: PEOPLE

SONIC EXEC. Sonic Foundry has appointed Robert Lipps as executive VP of sales. Lipps' background includes sales and channel management at Adaytum (now Cognos).

David StonerCHANGING OF THE GUARD. ViewCast has announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer George Platt will retire as the company's CEO, and will be succeeded by President and COO David Stoner. In addition, Stoner has been appointed to ViewCast's board of directors. Platt will remain chairman of the board.

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