Several organizations sent a letter to the Department of Justice on Friday urging it to stop Penguin Random House from purchasing Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-29 22:12:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House owner Bertelsmann has extended Thomas Rabe’s contract as chairman and c.e.o. for another five years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 01:01:48 UTC ]
Patrick Nolan has been promoted to publisher of Penguin Books, among several other role changes at Penguin Random House imprint Viking Penguin. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has named David Drake, Scott Shannon, Kara Welsh, and Chris Jackson to new roles with expanded responsibilities, among others. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
In an open letter published on the company's website, PRH UK c.e.o. Tom Weldon has expressed confidence in the industry's prospects on entering a third lockdown, and revealed Penguin Random House UK is donating a further 15,000 more books to communities most affected by the coronavirus... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 10:23:48 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Children’s Books has scooped Lies Like Wildfire, the “compulsive and explosive” debut YA novel from Jennifer Lynn Alvarez. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-07 03:46:12 UTC ]
Cindy Spiegel and Julie Grau are starting their own publishing company, after seeing their eponymous imprint shuttered by Penguin Random House in a reorganization at the company late last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Canada is splitting the Knopf Random House Canada publishing group into two different imprints: Knopf Canada and Random House Canada. Each imprint has new leadership and will operate independently. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
The planned merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster may be global but it's bad for books both foreign and domestic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-12-04 19:25:12 UTC ]
Malorie Blackman is completing her Noughts & Crosses YA series with the sixth and final novel, Endgame, publishing with Penguin Random House Children’s UK in summer 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-02 18:32:59 UTC ]
Nobody has a human right to a lucrative book contract without regard for whether their opinions are sound or valuableJordan Peterson, the Canadian psychology professor and lobster-loving life coach who came to public attention after refusing to use the preferred pronouns of transgender people,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-12-02 13:56:38 UTC ]
Penguin Random House has published its first ever ethnicity pay report, which found that BAME staff are paid 16% less than their white colleagues, on average. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-29 12:21:20 UTC ]
Penguin Random House and HarperCollins have both scooped prizes at this year's Audio Production Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-27 08:52:59 UTC ]
Can Penguin Random House swallow Simon & Schuster while remaining good citizens? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-27 00:32:40 UTC ]
German media giant Bertelsmann says that its Penguin Random House division is buying rival Simon & Schuster Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2020-11-25 20:24:15 UTC ]
German media firm, already owner of the giant Penguin Random House, says acquisition of another major publisher is ‘approvable’ within monopoly rulesGerman media group Bertelsmann is set to acquire publisher Simon & Schuster for $2.17bn, less than a year after it took control of Penguin... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-25 16:55:32 UTC ]
Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann will acquire Simon & Schuster. If the sale is approved by regulators, the Big Five will become the the Big Four. The post Germany’s Bertelsmann To Buy Simon & Schuster for US$2.175 Billion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-11-25 15:02:49 UTC ]
Penguin Random House acquires Simon and Schuster, creating the largest megapublisher in the United States. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-11-25 15:00:18 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Canada’s plans to publish a new work by the ‘professor against political correctness’ has reportedly prompted numerous complaintsThe announcement of a new book from Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, the self-styled “professor against political correctness”, has prompted... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-11-25 14:35:10 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK c.e.o. Tom Weldon has praised the resilience of the book trade in an interview at FutureBook 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-19 21:20:38 UTC ]