Random House
American general-interest trade book publisher
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| July 2024 | Penguin Random House announced an agreement to purchase Boom! Studios, which would become part of Random House Worlds. |
| April 2020 | Random House became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann, completing the ownership transition. |
| April 2020 | Bertelsmann acquired full ownership of Penguin Random House, reintegrating Verlagsgruppe Random House into the main company. |
| 2019 | Penguin Random House acquired Little Tiger Group, a British children's book publisher, adding it to Random House Children's Books. |
| October 2018 | Penguin Random House merged Random House and Crown Publishing Group, maintaining distinct editorial identities. |
| July 2017 | Pearson sold 22% of its shares to Bertelsmann. |
| July 2016 | Fremantle took over Random House Studios, signing a deal with Chinese Meridian Entertainment for theatrical productions and moving unscripted programs from Jupiter Entertainment in-house. |
| 2015 | Penguin Verlag was founded for the German market as part of the Verlagsgruppe Random House. |
| 2014 | Concluded production of 'Heartland Table' for Food Network. |
| September 2014 | Random House Studio signed a first-look production deal with Universal Pictures for developing and filming projects based on Penguin Random House books. |
| September 24 2014 | Chef Amy Thielen's companion book 'The New Midwestern Table' was published by Clarkson Potter. |
| September 14 2014 | Heartland Table, RH TV's first co-production with Tavola Productions, premiered on the Food Network. |
| 2013 | Began production of 'Heartland Table' for Food Network, running until 2014. |
| July 1 2013 | RHS's parent company merged with Penguin to form Penguin Random House. |
| February 2013 | Focus Features and Random House Studio partnered for film rights and production of Jo Baker's novel 'Longbourn'. |
| 2012 | Produced 'Lay the Favorite' in collaboration with Likely Story, Emmett/Furla Films, and The Weinstein Company. |
| December 14 2012 | Takeda Random House Japan filed for bankruptcy. |
| November 2012 | Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial ended its joint venture with Mondadori. |
| October 2012 | Bertelsmann entered into talks with Pearson plc to potentially combine Random House and Penguin Group publishing companies. |
| July 2012 | Random House announced the creation of Random House Studio (RHS) and Random House Television (RH TV), with Jeffrey Levine as Head of Television. |
| January 2012 | Random House of Canada became the sole owner of McClelland & Stewart. |
| 2011 | Film adaptation of 'One Day' was produced by Random House Studio. |
| October 2011 | Random House Films made a deal to create a movie franchise of Ross Macdonald's detective Lew Archer with Joel Silver and Warner Bros. |
| April 2010 | Random House divested their ownership in Random House Korea. Random House Australia managing director Margie Seale was assigned to explore business opportunities in Asia. |
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