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Article: New chapter for Random House.
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- Daily Variety
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- May 21, 2008
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More changes at Random House: The publishing giant's parent company Bertelsmann AG has announced the appointment of new chief executive Markus Dohle, who will replace Peter W. Olson effective May 31. Olson has held the position since 1998 and will go on to pursue an academic career, according to Bertelsmann.
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Random House, and the book biz in general, has been dealing with flagging book sales over the past year, and reports earlier this month suggested that Olson might be on his way out. Olson's management style was characterized by close attention to profitability. In 2003, the exec fired Random House ...
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Article: Random House Chief To Retire;No Successor Named To Robert Bernstein
The Washington Post;
November 2, 1989 ;
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...Robert Bernstein, who built Random House into the nation's preeminent book publishing...family-owned Advance Publications bought Random House from RCA in 1980, yesterday declined...succeeded Bennett Cerf, who founded Random House in 1925. During his tenure at the helm...
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