The Dutch newspaper publisher VNU announced the sale of a part of its magazines to the Finnish publishing group SANOMAWSOY (turnover of EUR 1.4 billion in 2000) for a total of EUR 1.25 billion. The transaction, which should be finalised at the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year, concerns some 250 magazines published in seven countries. All of these activities, regrouped under the name CONSUMER INFORMATION GROUP earned a turnover of EUR 816 million in 2000) and includes around 3,500...