Which major publishing company acquired both Merriam-Webster dictionaries and the Oxford English Dictionary's digital rights in a controversial 2008 merger?

The dictionary publishing industry has seen significant brand mergers and acquisitions that have shaped how we access language resources today. Major linguistic companies have competed to control the market for language references, with some historic dictionary brands being acquired by larger publishing houses. Test your knowledge of these publishing powerhouses and their strategic acquisitions that have influenced how we learn and reference language.

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Pearson Education
No such merger occurred - Oxford University Press and Merriam-Webster remain separate competing entities
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Thomson Reuters Linguistic Division