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Only one dictionary can be the Webster
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NEW YORK Noah Webster is quite popular with companies that put
out dictionaries. Perhaps too popular, from Random House's point of
view.
The publisher must pay Merriam-Webster almost $2.3 million in
damages for stealing the smaller publisher's dictionary trademark, a
federal jury ruled Tuesday.
The jury awarded the damages after finding that Random House's
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Random House sells out for best sellers; Literary imprint adds commercial titles to list; boosting bottom line.(News)
Crain's New York Business
; ... house is lurching along the path to commercialism. Random House was the place for the literary writer,'' says Steven Zeitchik, news editor for trade journal Publishers Weekly. Now, Random House is doing what other houses are known for.'' Founded by Bennett ...
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RosettaBooks and Random House Go to Court.
EContent
; the U.S. Supreme Court is deciding who owns the rights to previously printed t works now published in ebook format. Ebook publisher RosettaBooks has been taken to court for copyright infringement by publisher Random House. RosettaBooks has been creating electronic versions of works by Kurt
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Random House, online publisher agree to release electronic books John Updike among authors in lineup
Oakland Tribune
; NEW YORK -- An online publisher once sued by Random House Inc. for copyright infringement will be issuing electronic versions of books by Margaret Atwood, John Updike and other popular Random House writers. RosettaBooks, which in 2001 angered Random House by putting out digital versions of William
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Nothing Random about publisher's new strategy ;Bertelsmann takes fewer risks, reaps profits.(Random House)
Crain's New York Business
; Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan has kicked up a storm of controversy over author Edmund Morris' dubious technique of mixing fact with fiction. Despite the fracas, the book debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times best-seller list on Sunday. A potential embarrassment is instead another triumph for
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Random House Ousts Editor In Bottom-Line Decision; Ann Godoff Had String of Hits, Misses
The Washington Post
; It was like a bomb went off in the publishing industry yesterday when Peter Olson, chairman and CEO of Random House, relieved Ann Godoff of her duties as publisher/editor/patron saint of serious writers. To some, Godoff's send-off signals another loop in the downward spiral of literary publishing;
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Random House Chief To Retire;No Successor Named To Robert Bernstein
The Washington Post
; Robert Bernstein, who built Random House into the nation's preeminent book publishing company during the last quarter-century, yesterday announced that he would retire at the end of the year. No successor to the 66-year-old chairman and chief executive officer was named, although the short two
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German media giant to buy Random House
Chicago Sun-Times
; NEW YORK Random House, the largest U.S. book publisher, is being bought by a German media giant in a deal that assembles an all-star roster of best-selling authors. Bertelsmann AG, owner of the Bantam Doubleday Dell publishing group, said Monday that it will buy Random House from Advance
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Bertelsmann says FTC has OK'd acquisition of Random House
The Boston Globe
; NEW YORK -- Federal antitrust authorities have cleared the way for German media conglomerate Bertelsmann AG to acquire the biggest US book publisher, Random House, the German company said yesterday. The Federal Trade Commission "has raised no objections" to Bertelsmann's application to buy Random
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Huge German publisher purchases Random House.(Business)
The Washington Times
; German media giant Bertelsmann AG shook up the book-publishing industry yesterday by buying Random House Inc., making it the world's largest publisher of English-language general-interest books. Bertelsmann paid Advance Publications an estimated $1.1 billion for Random House, which publishes Dr.
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`Random' destruction. (Comment).(management at Random House )
The Nation
; Once again, changes at Random House have made headlines in papers throughout the country. The highly regarded head of the Random House Trade Group, heir to the old Random House, was summarily fired by Bertelsmann's American chief, Peter Olson. Not only was Ann Godoff fired on January 16 after
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