 In 1975 Universal-Tandem was sold by UPD to the British conglomerate Howard and Wyndham; the company was renamed Tandem Publishing Ltd before being merged with the paperback imprints of Howard and Wyndham's general publishing house W H Allen to become Wyndham Publications Ltd in 1976; however, during 1977 and 1978 the Wyndham identity was phased out.The Tandem imprint was phased out during 1980, surviving titles from the backlist subsequently being reprinted under W H Allen's principal paperback imprint Star.The Target imprint survived until 1993, though in its latter years it was only used for "Doctor Who" novelisations.