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
BBC North network production centre and BBC North West. The project began in 2006 when Salford was named as the chosen location by the Board of Governors and in 2007 the go-ahead was given to the project by the BBC Trust. The previous BBC Director General Mark Thompson indicated that either BBC One, BBC Two or BBC Three could also move by 2015. The day-to-day operation of production and broadcasting at MediaCityUK is now operated as BBC North for the BBC. BBC North BBC North (Group) is an operational business division of the BBC. It is headed by the BBC Director, North;