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    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Penguin Random House sues Florida school district over book ban

      Publisher’s action adds to pushback from the likes of Walt Disney to state’s war on ‘wokeism’

      Logo of Penguin books on a paperback
    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      Puffin to publish original versions of Dahl books after censorship spat

      Imprint owned by Penguin Random House says readers ‘will be free to choose which version they prefer’

      Roald Dahl
    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
      LexMedia
      Book sales: Harry Windsor vs Harry Potter Premium content

      In a bookselling duel, Harry Potter has the advantage. Fiction sells better than non fiction

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Penguin Random House chief quits after Simon & Schuster deal collapses

      Markus Dohle says it is time to move on after proposed $2.2bn tie-up breaks down

      Markus Dohle, pictured in 2017
    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Media
      Penguin Random House’s $2.2bn deal for Simon & Schuster collapses

      Companies walk away from book megamerger after a US judge deemed it anti-competitive

      The Penguin and Random House logos are visible on the spines of books displayed on a shelf
    • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
      Judge blocks Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster $2.2bn megamerger

      Court decision after trial is a victory for US antitrust enforcers

      Penguin books on a display table in a bookstore
    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Inside BusinessSujeet Indap
      Celebrity authors and pro golfers provide a test case for the labour market Premium content

      Biden administration argues even the elite need the protection of antitrust laws

      Author Stephen King arrives at federal court before testifying for the Department of Justice
    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      John Gapper
      The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and Penguin Random House

      Big book publishers have grown stronger and more profitable despite the threat of Amazon and ebooks

      A woman browses the shelves at Daunt Books in London
    • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
      US sues to stop Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster merger

      Court asked to block Bertelsmann’s $2.2bn deal that would create huge book publisher

    • Tuesday, 22 December, 2020
      News in-depthBertelsmann SE & Co KGaA
      Bertelsmann seeks to write new chapter with Simon & Schuster

      Plan by Penguin Random House owner to snap up third-biggest publisher in US alarms industry

    • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
      FT SeriesTriumph of the small booksellers
      Why we returned to reading

      Literary editor Frederick Studemann on how bookshops proved resilient through the lockdowns of 2020

    • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
      Simon & Schuster Inc
      News Corp to join battle for Simon & Schuster

      Murdoch media group will bid against German company Bertelsmann

    • Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
      Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA
      Bertelsmann joins race to acquire Simon & Schuster

      German media group expresses interest in buying publisher of Stephen King and Joseph Heller from ViacomCBS

    • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
      ObituaryBooks
      Sonny Mehta, head of Knopf, 1942-2019

      Flamboyant editor who transformed the lives of some of the world’s greatest authors

      393090 01: (File Photo) President And Editor-In-Chief Of Publishing Company "Alfred A. Knopf," Sonny Mehta, Poses For A Portrait In An Undated Portrait. Mehta Announced August 6, 2001 That "Alfred A. Knopf" Will Publish The Memoirs Of Former President Bill Clinton's Life Throught The White House Years By 2003. (Photo By Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
      Pearson PLC
      Pearson chief John Fallon to retire next year

      Educational publisher also announces sale of remaining stake in Penguin Random House

      John Fallon, chief executive officer of Pearson Plc, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Friday, July 29, 2016. Pearson Plc, the British education company that sold the Financial Times and its half of the Economist Group last year, reported sales that missed analysts’ estimates as assessment revenue declined in the U.S. and U.K., and predicted a challenging second half. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 29 March, 2019
      FT People: Media and Telecoms
      Markus Dohle, book publisher who placed $65m bet on Obamas

      Penguin Random House CEO’s risk pays off as former first lady’s memoir nears 10m sales

      Chief Executive Officer of publishing giant Penguin Random House Markus Dohle addresses German media and publishing giant Bertelsmann's annual results press conference in Berlin on March 26, 2019. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images
    • Tuesday, 26 March, 2019
      LexMedia
      Bertelsmann/Michelle’s memoir: Gutenberg strikes back Premium content

      Digital fatigue is giving traditional publishers staying power

      Former first lady Michelle Obama meets with people at a rally to encourage voter registration, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
    • Friday, 22 February, 2019
      ObituaryBooks
      Betty Ballantine, editor and publisher, 1919-2019

      A pioneer in paperbacks who changed reading habits

      This 1980 photo provided by Kathy Ballantine shows her grandmother Betty Ballantine. Betty Ballantine, half of a groundbreaking husband-and-wife publishing team that helped invent the modern paperback and vastly expand the market for science fiction and other genres through such blockbusters as "The Hobbit" and "Fahrenheit 451," died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, at her home in Bearsville, N.Y. She was 99. (Richard Ballantine/Courtesy of Kathy Ballantine via AP)
    • Tuesday, 9 January, 2018
      ObituaryWorld
      Michael Blakenham, former FT chairman who saw off Rupert Murdoch

      Long-serving executive of then owner Pearson was champion of the paper’s independence

      LORD BLAKENHAM, CHAIRMAN OF PEARSONS READING THE NRC HANDELSBLAD MR. PIERRE VINKEN CHAIRMAN OF ELESEVIER READING THE FT TOGETHER AT THE FT IN LONDON
    • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
      Special ReportThe Race for Talent
      In need of talent? Look closer to home first

      Why it is important for companies to have a ‘growth mindset’

    • Monday, 27 November, 2017
      Media
      Pearson agrees sale of Wall Street English
    • Friday, 20 October, 2017
      UK companies
      Pearson in advanced talks to sell English-language schools to private equity
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2017
      Companies
      Pearson still cautious, but lifts lower end of profit forecasts
    • Friday, 4 August, 2017
      UK companies
      Pearson announces 3,000 job cuts; slashes interim dividend
      John Fallon, chief executive officer of Pearson Plc, gestures whilst speaking during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Friday, July 29, 2016. Pearson Plc, the British education company that sold the Financial Times and its half of the Economist Group last year, reported sales that missed analysts’ estimates as assessment revenue declined in the U.S. and U.K., and predicted a challenging second half. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 14 July, 2017
      Week in Review
      Thomas Rabe bolsters Bertelsmann for digital marathon

      Increased control of book publishing business will boost cash for internet investment

      Thomas Rabe, chief executive officer of Bertelsmann SE, pauses during an interview in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Bertelsmann SE, the German media giant, may reconsider its presence in the U.K. because of the country’s decision to leave the European Union, Rabe said. Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg
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