Milan Wielinga has served as advisor on some of scholarly publishing’s largest and most transformational investments, mergers, and acquisitions, and is currently Managing Partner at Park 56. In a rich episode full of uncensored stories, Milan speaks with Paul Peters on Springer’s acquisition of BioMed Central, the DeGruyter-Brill merger, the sale of PeerJ to Taylor and Francis, and why this seemingly sleepy industry is actually rife with intrigue.