The Latest Breaking News from Penguin

The Wall St. J. (Jeffrey Trachtenberg) wrote on Oct. 31 (but I somehow missed it): The book is being published by the Sentinel imprint of Bertelsmann SE's Penguin Random House. "We remain fully committed to publishing authors who, like Justice Barrett, substantively shape today's most important conversations," said Adrian Zackheim,…

CEOs gave bizarre testimony. Stephen King took the stand. Simon & Schuster and Penguin will remain separate

A federal judge blocked Penguin Random House's proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster, saying that the joining of two of the world's biggest publishers could "lessen competition."

A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s attempt to swallow its smaller rival, Simon & Schuster, dealing a blow to the world’s largest book publisher’s attempt to become an even bigger giant.

Justice department argued the melding of the publishing house with Simon & Schuster would harm competition and authors’ pay

Josh Marcus looks into why the horror king — and the Biden administration — has been trying to stop the big-money merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The WhiteSpace (WSP), a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) under the Penguin brand, is shifting its business to a partnership in an enterprise private network, used car sales and debt collection services in order to ensure long-term revenue streams.

PITTSBURGH — Colby Armstrong only saw Sidney Crosby once this summer, but the interaction was a memorable one. And telling. It occurred at Brayden Schenn's wedding, as Armstrong and Crosby flew to Banff, Alberta, for the festivities set in the Canadian Rockies.

PITTSBURGH — As reporters gathered around Evgeni Malkin's dressing room stall at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex for the first time since pandemic restrictions were lifted, the Penguins center was clearly ready. Once he finished untying his skates following a morning workout and scrimmage, Malkin quickly started cracking off jokes.

Prince Harry has signed a four-book deal worth millions with Penguin Random House, with the first of these a tell-all memoir that was due to go to press later this year

Jason Epstein was the publisher and editor of authors such as Norman Mailer, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip Roth and Gore Vidal. In his 2001 book, Book Business, he described how the once-relaxed Random House – where authors frequented the publishing office (and sometimes slept there), and where editors had stronger relationships…