Article: Outsider set to be named Random House chief

Doreen Carvajal The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
05-21-2008
Outsider set to be named Random House chief
Byline: Doreen Carvajal The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS

PARIS --

Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate, is poised to pick an outsider from its printing plant business in Germany to head its crown literary jewel, Random House, the leading English-language trade book publisher.

The company's headquarters in Gutersloh, Germany, was preparing to issue an announcement Tuesday.
A person familiar with the recruitment effort said that Bertelsmann's new chief executive, Hartmut Ostrowski, planned to appoint Markus Dohle. Dohle is an ...

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