- Wisden Group
The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by
John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers ofWisden Cricketers' Almanack . As well asJohn Wisden & Co, the group included the "The Wisden Cricketer " magazine,Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and theHawk-Eye computerised ball-tracking system, which is used by the media incricket ,tennis and other sports. The group also owned "The Oldie ", a general interest British magazine aimed at older readers.The group was broken up in 2007 when the "
The Wisden Cricketer " was sold to "BSkyB ", "The Oldie " was sold to a group of investors led by the magazine's former business manager, James Pembroke, andCricinfo was sold to "ESPN ".John Wisden & Co andHawk-Eye now stand as individual businesses, both controlled byMark Getty .Sir Paul Getty was chairman of
John Wisden & Co from 1993 until his death in 2003, and he was succeeded as majority shareholder by his son Mark [ [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,6903,1476111,00.html "The Insider: Mark Getty"] by Mark Getty (May 8, 2005, "Guardian Unlimited")] .References
External links
* [http://www.wisdengroup.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.wisdens.org/ Fans site]
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