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Article: Publishing outsider to lead Random House
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- May 21, 2008
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Motoko Rich The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
05-21-2008
Publishing outsider to lead Random House
Byline: Motoko Rich The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 4
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
NEW YORK --
After weeks of rumor and speculation, Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate, appointed Markus Dohle, the head of its printing unit, to run the company's Random House division. Peter Olson, the current chief executive of Random House and one of the most powerful figures in U.S. publishing, is stepping down from the post.
Olson will leave May 31 and is in negotiations for a "senior faculty position" at a university "nearby" to Harvard Square, according to a memo sent to ...