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Article: Publishing outsider named Random House chief
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Doreen Carvajal The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
05-21-2008
Publishing outsider named Random House chief
Byline: Doreen Carvajal The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 2
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
PARIS --
Motoko Rich contributed reporting from New York.
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Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate, said Tuesday that it had chosen an outsider from its printing plant business in Germany to head its crown literary jewel, Random House, the leading publisher of English-language consumer titles.
After weeks of speculation, the company said that it had named Markus Dohle, an industrial engineer who rose through the ranks of Bertelsmann subsidiaries to head the company's ...