Bloomsbury (publishers of Harry Potter and more recently Bloomsbury Academic) have bought Continuum. Continuum were my first publisher with Mapping the Present – though I signed the contract with Athlone, which they acquired while the book was in production – and I went on to co-edit two books of Lefebvre’s work with them, as well as writing Understanding Henri Lefebvre. Interesting to see how this plays out, given how prominently Continuum state their independence on their webpage (at least, as it was 12th July 2011). See the news of the takeover here, here and here (and thanks to Thom Brooks for the alert).