Last week The Economist Group announced its acquisition of the Congressional Quarterly, to be rolled into its RollCall publication. At that time, no price was announced. but I have learned through a source close to the competitive bidding process that the price was at least above $100 million. At that…

As expected, the deal was announced this morning: RollCall, part of The Economist Group, has bought Congressional Quarterly from the Times Publishing Company. Financial details were not disclosed. As a result of this, the new company will be called the CQ-Roll Call Group.  Laurie Battaglia, Managing Director and EVP of…

Update: It has been announced. The Congressional Quarterly sale process has been going on since early this year, and Roll Call, its rival (part of The Economist Group), is the buyer. Other like the Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO),  Bloomberg, National Journal/ Atlantic Media, and Allbritton Communications (parent of Politico)…

Political news service Congressional Quarterly (CQ) is now up for sale. Parent company Times Publishing Co. has retained JEGI to help shop the brand; the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based publisher says it wants to focus exclusively on properties located in Florida. Founded in 1945, D.C.-based CQ got its start as CQ…