Ann Arbor-based ProQuest has closed on its agreement to acquire the Dialog business from ThomsonReuters and named industry veteran Suzanne BeDell as Dialog General Manager. BeDell will report to ProQuest CEO Marty Kahn.  

“I am thrilled about what this means both to ProQuest and Dialog and to the customers we serve," Kahn said. "Both companies have complementary products and content that are essential to libraries and serious researchers. I’m fully confident that under Suzanne’s leadership, Dialog will be rededicated to these core markets, serving them with groundbreaking tools and technology.”

BeDell is a 20-year veteran of the publishing industry, with roles in publishing, sales, and product development at Thomson, Mosby Inc., and McGraw- Hill. She joined ProQuest in 2001 as vice president and publisher and played instrumental roles in the development of such critically acclaimed products as Black Studies Center and ProQuest Central, the world’s largest aggregated full-text database. As senior vice president, she has managed ProQuest’s Higher Education Publishing area since 2006. 

BeDell will maintain offices in Ann Arbor and Cary, N.C.

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