Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House, published many greats of 20th-century letters. The biography “Nothing Random” looks at his life and the times that shaped him.

With all government approvals in, Bertelsmann and Pearson moved quickly to complete the merger of Random House and the Penguin Group, finalizing the deal July 1 just as the second half of both ...

In 1960, Dwight Eisenhower’s attorney general, William Rogers, read the paper with alarm. He learned that Random House intended to purchase the venerable publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Rogers began making ...

The largest-ever merger between two publishing houses is now closed and the newly formed Penguin Random House has a new executive team, board of directors and a lot of decisions to make over the next ...

German media giant Bertelsmann, which owns Random House, will control 53 percent of the new entity, with U.K.-based Pearson controlling the other 47 percent. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor ...

In a deal that had been months in the making, Pearson and Bertelsmann announced Monday morning that they have signed an agreement to form a joint venture that will combine the businesses of Random ...

Penguin and Random House, by many accounts the two largest trade publishers in the world, have agreed to merge operations. The deal will be subject to regulatory approval and isn't expected to close ...

The most powerful man in Canadian publishing is leading me on a tour of his new cubicle. It’s early afternoon on Tuesday, and Brad Martin, the president and CEO of Penguin Random House Canada, has ...

Jarrett Williams is best known for creating the Super Pro K.O.! graphic novel published by Oni Press. Growing up in New Orleans, he attended the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts where he ...

Calling their union “the world’s first truly global trade book publishing company,” Penguin and Random House finalized on Monday morning a merger that brings together two legacy publishers, at a time ...

There's big news in the world of publishing: The two conglomerates that own Random House and Penguin announced Monday that they were merging their book businesses to form a new company. German media ...