Penguin-Random House Merger Completed by Parent Companies Bertelsmann and Pearson

129 37 0 0 0 Email Print Comments The newly merged publishing giant will control around a third of trade book sales. The new books giant will combine such best-sellers as “Fifty Shades of Grey” with Tom Clancy titles and "The Hardy Boys" franchise. COLOGNE, Germany – German media group Bertelsmann and U.K.-baed Pearson have completed the merger of their American trade book-based publication arms, Random House and Penguin, to create a new publishing giant, Penguin Random House.our editor recommends What the Random House-Penguin Merger Means for Authors (Analysis) Penguin-Random House Merger Would Create Publishing Monster The deal, first announced last October, will see Bertelsmann hold...