RR Donnelley Expands Content Creation Through Delivery Capabilities With Acquisition of Helium

R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company RRD today announced that it has acquired Andover, MA based Helium, a company in which it took an equity position in September 2009. Helium (www.helium.com) is the world's largest writing community and social publishing platform, serving publishers and other content managers with cost-effective, premium local and lifestyle editorial content. Its freelance Marketplace enables publishers and others to access and commission content used in books, websites, catalogs, newspapers, magazines and other communications. "This is a superb addition to our suite of content creation, management and delivery services," said Thomas J. Quinlan III, RR Donnelley's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our previous investment in Helium gave us the opportunity to demonstrate its fit with our global offering. In combination with our premedia capabilities Helium expands our content creation resources to enable us to offer end-to-end services to publishers and other customers. We believe that no other provider is capable of packaging an offer that so broadly encompasses each phase of content management, from inception to delivery." Helium's online community offers publishers, catalogers and other customers stock and custom content as well as a comprehensive range of editorial solutions.