Houghton Mifflin Acquires A Leading Provider of Kids' News Programs

While Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's recent acquisitions have taken the Boston company outside of the realm of traditional publishing and into businesses like computer games and data analytics, HMH usually doesn't stray far from the classroom.

This strategy of acquiring education-related technologies played out again this week as HMH completed its purchase of Channel One News, a New York-based provider of news shows aimed at kids and packaged to be aired in schools. Much of the video content is often accompanied with educational resources such as transcripts, quizzes and writing exercises.