Show profit of commercial publishers and where the money goes
For Elsevier up-to-date numbers were released recently and discussed for example here - most important paragraph is this:
the Amsterdam-based publisher made a profit of £913 million, up £60 million from 2016. The company’s profit margin in 2017 was 36.8 per cent, unchanged from the year before. RELX as a whole – of which Elsevier accounts for a third of revenue – paid out £762 million in dividends to shareholders.
Is similarly detailed data available on other publishers? If so, please add here.
Edited by Jo Klawitter