
Viacom announced announced in November 2020 the more than $2 billion deal to sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House. The DOJ lawsuit also named as defendants Bertelsmann and ViacomCBS, the respective parent companies of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. "The merger would give Penguin Random House outsized influence over who and what is published, and how much authors are paid for their work," the Justice Department alleged. Jacobs, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin."If Defendants' proposed merger is allowed to proceed, Penguin Random House would be, by far, the largest book publisher in the United States, towering over its rivals," said the legal complaint, which was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C.

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Hobson How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying by E.S. Many Simon & Schuster books have had pervasive cultural influence over decades: Gentleman’s Agreement by Laura Z. Shirer Walt Whitman by Justin Kaplan Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis The Prize by Daniel Yergin Lincoln at Gettysburg by Garry Wills No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin Carry Me Home by Diane McWhorter A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar and numerous books by David McCullough- Truman, John Adams, Mornings on Horseback, and The Path Between the Seas. Among its award-winning works are The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.

has since grown into a large publishing house with many divisions, but the Simon & Schuster trade imprint has remained as a cornerstone of the company and one of the most venerated brand names in the world of publishing.

In its early years, Simon & Schuster achieved commercial success from such groundbreaking mega-sellers as Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Philosophy and Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People.
