News Corp interested in Penguin
HarperCollins parent company News Corporation has indicated it is interested in acquiring Penguin, reports the Sunday Times. News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch is reported to have indicated...
Random House, Penguin to merge
Pearson and Bertelsmann have announced that they will merge the Penguin and Random House businesses. Bertelsmann said in a statement on Monday 29 October that the new business will be called...
Merger talks between Penguin, Random House confirmed
In the UK, Pearson has confirmed that it is discussing ‘a possible combination of Penguin and Random House’ with Bertelsmann. Pearson said in a statement that the two publishers ‘have...
Interview with Nick Falk on ‘Saurus Street’
Nick Falk spoke to Meredith Lewin about his new series, the role of humour, and being frightened of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ video. In a story in which two boys make...
Tyrannosaurus in the Veggie Patch: Saurus Street 1 (Nick Falk, illus by Tony Flowers, Random House)
At some point most of us poke around in the garden for signs that dinosaurs used to roam our backyards—the fantasy ends when all that’s unearthed is a broken bit...
NZ’s Chief Censor allows unrestricted sale of Fifty Shades
A decision by New Zealand's Chief Censor that allows unrestricted sale of global best seller Fifty Shades of Grey has been welcomed by the book's local publisher, Random House New Zealand. In a...
Random House announces publicity and marketing restructure
Random House Australia has announced a restructure of its publicity and marketing teams, with four staff members moving into new roles at the start of next year. Random House Australia and...
Changes at Random House
Random House Australia has announced a number a staff changes in its marketing and publicity teams which will come into effect in January 2013. Karen Reid, currently head of publicity,...
Random House Canada launches digital-first imprint, online magazine
As part of a new digital strategy, Random House Canada has launched a new digital-first imprint and an online magazine, reports Publishers Weekly. Both of the ventures are named after...
Random House sponsors National Seniors Literary Prize
Random House Australia is sponsoring the 2012 National Seniors Literary Prize, presented by National Seniors Australia. The prize is in its second year, and is open to works of fiction written...
New Holland to publish ‘MasterChef’ book
Random House, which has published the winners’ cookbooks from the first three series of the cooking reality television program MasterChef, will not be publishing the book by this year’s winner....
NZ book industry awards winners announced
The winners of the Booksellers New Zealand Industry Awards, sponsored by Thorpe-Bowker, were announced on 2 August during the 2012 Booksellers New Zealand Conference in Auckland. Unity Books in Wellington...
Network Ten’s ‘The Circle’ to end this week
The Circle, Network Ten’s weekday morning program aimed at women, will air for the last time this Friday after the network announced its decision to end the program for financial...
Random House announces television partnership with FremantleMedia
Random House has announced it is partnering with the television production and distribution company FremantleMedia to ‘develop scripted programming for the US and international markets based on the fiction and...
Seale to step down at Random House; Davis, Ferns appointed joint managing directors
Random House Australia and New Zealand has announced that managing director Margie Seale will step down from her role in November. Random House said in a statement that Seale, who...
Seale steps down at Random House
Margie Seale has stepped down from her role as managing director and president of Asia Development at Random House Australia. She will continue to work with the company as a...
Ebooks from Random House now available through ReadCloud
ReadCloud has announced that it has signed with Random House, and more than 10,000 Random House ebooks will soon be available through ReadCloud-powered ebookstores. ReadCloud also recently announced that it...
Publishers support agreement to reduce PIR timeframe
Most major Australian publishers have said that they support the Book Industry Speed to Market Initiative, developed by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), which...
Spanish rail service, Random House encourage commuters to download books
As part of its National Reading Plan, the Catalan Government Railways has placed posters with QR codes linking to the first chapters of popular novels on its trains in a...
MUP moves sales and distribution to Random House
Melbourne University Publishing has announced it will move sales and distribution of its titles to Random House from 1 August this year. The publisher, which is currently distributed by Pan...