The Global Media Business Weekly

Advance to acquire Turnitin education

Education. The Newhouse family-owned Advance has agreed to acquire Turnitin, a leading provider of education technology for academic integrity and writing solutions, from an investment entity affiliated with Insight Venture Partners, GIC and their co-investors. Turnitin serves over 15,000 institutions globally and is headquartered in Oakland, Calif., with international offices in the UK, Netherlands, Australia, Korea, India, and throughout Latin America. Transaction terms were not disclosed.