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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000107140-19-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190118
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190118
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190118

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WILEY JOHN & SONS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000107140
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BOOKS: PUBLISHING OR PUBLISHING AND PRINTING [2731]
		IRS NUMBER:				135593032
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0430

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11507
		FILM NUMBER:		19532202

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		STREET 1:		111 RIVER STREET
		CITY:			HOBOKEN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07030
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2017486000

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		STREET 1:		111 RIVER STREET
		CITY:			HOBOKEN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07030

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WILEY JOHN & SONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Wiley and Projekt DEAL establish groundbreaking partnership for Germany to pilot new publishing models, better enable researchers to create
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        in research and education, announced today a countrywide partnership agreement with Projekt DEAL, a representative of nearly 700 academic institutions in Germany. Under an annual fee, this transformative three-year agreement provides all Projekt
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        publishing models. In another key aspect of the agreement, Wiley and Projekt DEAL will establish an open science and author services development group focused on innovating and accelerating new publishing approaches. The partners will also create
        and host a new annual symposium for early-career German researchers focused on surfacing cutting-edge ideas on the future of research communications.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#8220;Wiley is excited to undertake this important partnership with Projekt DEAL. Our partnership and joint projects reflect Wiley&#8217;s commitment to
        the research community, with whom we share a belief that advancing scholarly research and accelerating the creation of knowledge has a profound and lasting positive impact on society,&#8221; said Executive Vice President of Research at Wiley, Judy
        Verses. &#8220;Wiley and Projekt DEAL both believe that we can work together to improve and lead the way in which knowledge is created and shared more openly.&#8221;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">&#8220;With the agreement now reached, an important milestone has been achieved, " explained Professor Dr. Horst Hippler, former president of the
        German Rectors' Conference, speaker of the Steering Committee and head of the DEAL project. "We have achieved a core goal: a fair pricing model, which will allow us to make research accessible in an affordable and sustainable manner. It is
        revolutionary that we are taking this path to an open access publication practice together with Wiley. I would like to thank the Max Planck Society for their support with the final contract signing.&#8220;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">In order to enable the signing of the Projekt DEAL contract with Wiley, the Max Planck Society, as a member of the Alliance of Science
        Organisations behind the Projekt DEAL Consortium, founded MPDL Services GmbH. &#8220;Following the request of the alliance of research organisations in Germany, we have been happy to organise and implement this national contract with Wiley. This is in
        full accordance with efforts such as OA2020 that the Max Planck Society has undertaken over many years to promote open access of scientific publications, to invest in modern scientific publishing methods and to make sure that the copyrights of
        scientific articles stay where these belong, namely with our scientists&#8220;, said Max Planck President Martin Stratmann.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">About Projekt DEAL</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Projekt DEAL project was set up by the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany representing the vast majority of the most important
        science and research organisations in Germany. The consortium includes nearly 700 mostly publicly funded academic institutions in Germany such as universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutions and state and regional
        libraries. As part of the project, national licensing agreements are to be implemented for the entire portfolio of electronic journals of large academic publishers. Further information available at www.projekt-deal.de.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">About Wiley</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Wiley is a global leader in research and education. Our online scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly journals, and our digital
        learning, assessment, certification and student-lifecycle services and solutions help universities, academic societies, businesses, governments and individuals to achieve their academic and professional goals. For more than 200 years, we have
        delivered consistent performance to our stakeholders. The Company's website can be accessed at www.wiley.com.</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">About Max Planck Society</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The Max Planck Society conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities. Since its foundation in 1948, eighteen
        Nobel laureates have emerged from its ranks. The Max Planck Society with its 84 Max Planck Institutes and facilities is the international flagship for German science: in addition to five foreign institutions, it operates another 17 Max Planck
        Centers with research institutions such as the Princeton University in the USA, the Paris University Science Po in France, the University College London in UK, and the University of Tokyo in Japan. Equally funded by federal and state governments,
        the Max Planck Society had an annual budget of 1.8 billion Euros in 2018. More information</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">available at www.mpg.de</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Wiley</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Media:</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Tom Griffin, +441865476213</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">tgriffin@wiley.com</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">or</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Investors:</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Brian Campbell, +1-201-748-6874</font></div>
    <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">brian.campbell@wiley.com</font></div>
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