BBC Worldwide Collection International to form 2 Entertain, which was part owned by BBC Worldwide; the following year the company sold "Eve" magazine to Haymarket Group and in 2006 the company sold a majority stake in BBC Books to publisher Random House. In 2007 BBC Worldwide purchased a 75% stake in the travel guide publisher Lonely Planet, acquiring the final 25% of the company in 2011. The acquisition was part of the BBC's strategy to grow its online portfolio and to increase its operations in Australia and the USA. In January 2009 it was announced that Ofcom had put forward the recommendation
The Gay Travel Guide for Tops and Bottoms as well as each country's taboos, sexual customs, and stance on homosexuality. The countries reviewed in this guide book are: Singapore, Malaysia, Greece, Canada, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, France, Philippines, Lebanon, India, Scotland, and Australia. The guide book lists hotels, restaurants and night clubs. The book experienced some controversy when Linkedin pulled an ad featuring the book from their website, citing that they objected to the sexual references of "tops" and "bottoms" in the title. The publisher responded that this was discrimination through censorship since the ads were targeted for men in the gay travel groups of LinkedIn. Icon Empire