Tuesday, April 3, 2007

UPDATE 2-Bloomsbury profits slump, plans life without Potter

(Reuters) - LONDON, April 3 - Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury is on the hunt for acquisitions as it looks to fill a gap that will be left when the final tome of the boy wizard's adventures is released later this year.

Bloomsbury's reliance on J.K. Rowling's smash children's book series was underscored on Tuesday when the company posted a big, though expected, fall in 2006 annual profits -- a year of no major new Harry Potter releases.


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