In a bit of déjà vu, HarperCollins and the private equity firm KRR, which both lost out to Penguin Random House when Simon & Schuster was initially put up for sale, are reported among the leading contenders to buy the publisher this time around. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Snyder, a visionary and imperious executive at Simon & Schuster who presided over the publisher’s exponential rise during the second half of the 20th century and helped define an era of growing corporate power, has died Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-06-08 01:26:39 UTC ]
As expected, lawyers for Simon & Schuster and bestselling author Bob Woodward have filed two new motions to dismiss an amended $50 million lawsuit filed by former president Donald Trump alleging that Woodward and S&S breached Trump’s copyright interests by publishing 'The Trump Tapes:... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
Sales rose 19% and earnings were up 16% at Simon & Schuster in the first quarter, and executives at parent company Paramount Global said there is a possibility the sale of the publisher could be completed this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
After a three-year stint at 'Bon Appetit,' the founder of 37 Ink will return to the imprint as senior v-p and publisher, and will also serve as an executive editor at the S&S trade imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Author and songwriter Alice Randall sells a book to Simon & Schuster’s Black Privilege imprint; Little, Brown picks up a title on a California tribe’s struggle for river restoration; and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
As the winner of the second annual Books Like Us First Novel Prize, Dorabji will receive a $50,000 book deal with Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
Distributed globally through Simon & Schuster, the publisher has 24 projects lined up for 2023 to turn more mobile webcomics into print books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
With all of its operating groups reporting sales gains, revenue and profits hit record levels in 2022 at Simon & Schuster. CEO Jonathan Karp called the year "stratospheric." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Months after a federal court ruling blocked the Penguin Random House deal, the publisher Simon & Schuster is once again up for sale. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-02-14 17:17:54 UTC ]
Fluctuating return-to-work policies, supply chain issues, and shifts in consumer spending were some of the ongoing issues publishing faced in 2022. And then there was the fallout from the decision by Judge Florence Pan that blocked Penguin Random House's purchase of Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
In September, Florence Pan was confirmed as the newest judge on the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. But before she could assume that new position, she became known in publishing circles as the judge who presided over the U.S. v. Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGAA... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
The chief executive of the largest publisher in the U.S., Penguin Random House, has stepped down. Markus Dohle oversaw the attempted acquisition of Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-12-09 14:47:10 UTC ]
Nick Fuller Googins makes the case for selling Simon & Schuster to… the employees of Simon & Schuster. | Lit Hub The 23 best old books we read (or reread) in 2022. | Lit Hub Reading Lists Read a new translation of “The Caucasus” by Ukrainian poet-hero Taras Shevchenko: “The bones / Of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-29 11:30:48 UTC ]
Well, Simon & Schuster is not going to be sold, for now. A federal judge ruled in October that Penguin Random House couldn’t buy the publisher, and since then, Simon & Schuster’s parent company has decided against mounting an appeal. That said, the future of America’s third-largest... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-11-29 09:53:56 UTC ]
Paramount is likely to seek a new home for the publisher after it terminated the sales agreement with Penguin Random House. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
After a judge blocked the sale of Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House, S&S parent company Paramount pulls its sale offer and declines to appeal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-11-21 22:50:02 UTC ]
Penguin owner Bertelsmann will not appeal US judge’s ruling that merger would be illegal because it would hit authors’ payPenguin Random House, the world’s largest book publisher, and rival Simon & Schuster have scrapped a $2.2bn deal to merge, Penguin’s owner said in a statement on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-21 22:41:38 UTC ]
S&S has decided not to extend the deal's deadline, which prevents PRH from appealing the court's decision to block the merger. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-11-21 14:58:02 UTC ]
With the purchase agreement between Paramount and Penguin Random House set to expire, reports from multiple media sources say that Simon & Schuster's parent company will let the deadline lapse, thereby killing the deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-21 05:00:00 UTC ]