Wisden Group

The Wisden Group was a group of companies formed by John Wisden & Co Ltd, publishers of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As well as John Wisden & Co, the group included the "The Wisden Cricketer" magazine, Cricinfo – the world's highest traffic cricket website – and the Hawk-Eye computerised ball-tracking system, which is used by the media in cricket, 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, and Cricinfo was sold to "ESPN". John Wisden & Co and Hawk-Eye now stand as individual businesses, both controlled by Mark 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]