Random House Publishing Group

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Random House GmbH publishing group

logo
legal form GmbH
founding 1968
Seat Gutersloh , Germany
management Thomas Rathnow
(Chairman of the Management Board)
Number of employees approx. 900
sales approx. 292.3 million euros
Branch Publishing
Website www.randomhouse.de
As of December 31, 2017

The Random House publishing group (formerly Bertelsmann publishing group ) is a German general-interest publisher based in Munich . The company was created in 1968 through the merger of all book publishers in the Bertelsmann Group. It has existed in its current form since 2001. The Random House publishing group is not part of Penguin Random House , but belongs to the Bertelsmann division of the same name. The company comprises 45 independent publishers.

history

After the Second World War , C. Bertelsmann Verlag was one of the largest representatives in its branch. Several other publishers were taken over and Bertelsmann Lesering was founded. At the same time, Bertelsmann expanded its business to other areas, for example by founding Ariola and taking over UFA . The group developed from a medium-sized company to a large company . Rudolf Wendorff finally initiated the establishment of the Bertelsmann publishing group in 1968. In this way, the commercial tasks were bundled and the content independence of all book publishers was guaranteed. In 1972 the company's headquarters were relocated to Munich , the Gütersloh publishing house remained at the headquarters in Gütersloh . With the acquisition of Blanvalet (1974) and Goldmann (1977), the Bertelsmann publishing group further expanded its position in the local market. In the 1980s, the company consolidated its businesses and, for example, reduced the production of hardcover titles.

In 1998, Bertelsmann rose to become the largest publisher in the English-speaking world with the acquisition of Random House . The activities in the German-speaking area were then restructured. The Bertelsmann publishing group changed its name to Random House publishing group. The planned takeover of the Ullstein Heyne List publishing group in 2003 was criticized by competitors as a “cultural-political disaster”. The Federal Cartel Office did not approve the plan, but allowed the acquisition of Heyne Verlag in November 2003 . Two years later, the Random House publishing group acquired the book publishers of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , including, for example, the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt . In addition, the Hugendubel publishers came under the roof of the house. In 2011, the Random House publishing group founded the paperback publishing house carl's books , which, for example, published several bestsellers by Jonas Jonasson .

In 2012, the Random House publishing group was expressly excluded from the merger between Random House and Penguin Books . The reason for this was that Bertelsmann's stake in Penguin Random House would otherwise have been too large. The German-speaking publishing group is therefore still 100% owned by Bertelsmann and does not legally belong to Penguin Random House. However, both companies are under joint corporate management and are part of the Penguin Random House division at Bertelsmann.

In 2015, the Random House publishing group founded a new book publisher for the German-speaking area under the name Penguin Verlag , whose program includes fiction and non-fiction as an original edition or a German-language first edition .

criticism

In an open letter to Random House in 2013, the Association of German-Language Translators of Literary and Scientific Works (VdÜ) and the Austrian interest group for translators criticized the significantly lower fees for translators of children's and young adult literature compared to other publishers and demanded appropriate remuneration. In a reply, Random House expressed surprise at the criticism. There is "no reason to assume that the standards we practice differ significantly from those of other establishments."

Publishers (selection)

Headquarters in Munich (2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Change of leadership at Random House: Sambeth leaves, Rathnow comes. In: boersenblatt.net. November 8, 2018, accessed November 13, 2018 .
  3. ^ Matthias Gans: The NW is looking for literary critics . In: Gütersloher Zeitung . March 19, 2018, p. 9 .
  4. ↑ Sales of the Random House GmbH publishing group from 2013 to 2017 (in million euros). In: Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2018 .
  5. ↑ 175 Years of Bertelsmann: A Future Story . C. Bertelsmann Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-10175-9 , pp. 107 .
  6. ↑ Bertelsmann reorganizes book publishing group. In: handelsblatt.com. March 15, 2001, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Separately connected. In: buchreport.de. October 29, 2012, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  8. ^ Penguin Random House. In: bertelsmann.de. Retrieved August 10, 2016 .
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  10. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 32-37 .
  11. ↑ Profile with egg . In: Der Spiegel . No. 9 , 1968 ( spiegel.de ).
  12. ↑ Bertelsmann is 175 years old today . In: Westfalen-Blatt . July 1, 2010.
  13. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 88-90 .
  14. ↑ Bertelsmann mourns Rudolf Wendorff . In: New Westphalian . June 23, 2012.
  15. ↑ Jan Philip Holtmann: Path dependence of strategic decisions: A case study using the example of the Bertelsmann Book Club Germany . Kölner Wissenschaftsverlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-937404-57-8 , p. 128-129 .
  16. ^ Thomas Lehning: The media house: past and present of the Bertelsmann group . Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Paderborn, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7705-4035-2 , p. 91-94 .
  17. ↑ About the Random House publishing group. In: randomhouse.de. Retrieved August 10, 2016 .
  18. ↑ A hit by chance . In: Westfalen-Blatt . 22. July 2013.
  19. ↑ Heidi Dürr: A new child for the family . In: The time . No. 11 , 1977 ( zeit.de ).
  20. ↑ Heidi Dürr: Priority for Profits . In: The time . No. 22 , 1981 ( zeit.de ).
  21. ↑ Florian Rötzer: Bertelsmann buys Random House. In: heise.de. March 23, 1998, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  22. ^ Klaus Boldt: Rebooking . In: Manager Magazin . April 1, 2001, p. 158 .
  23. ↑ Joachim Güntner: The giant as a roofer . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . March 31, 2001, p. 65 .
  24. ↑ Book Market: Kulturpolitisches Desaster , Focus.de, June 16, 2003
  25. ↑ Random House takes over Heyne - Federal Cartel Office approves merger , Buchmarkt.de, November 25, 2003
  26. ↑ FAZ book publishers go to Random House. In: handelsblatt.com. September 13, 2005, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  27. ↑ Random House takes over DVA. (No longer available online.) In: boersenblatt.net. September 13, 2005, archived from the original on November 23, 2005 ; accessed on August 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.boersenblatt.net
  28. ↑ Random House buys Hugendubel Verlage. In: boersenblatt.net. May 23, 2008, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  29. ↑ Random House starts up paperback publishing house carl's books in autumn. In: buchmarkt.de. April 20, 2011, accessed June 1, 2015 .
  30. ↑ Manuela Haselberger: With the atomic bomb to Sweden . In: Free Press . December 19, 2013, p. 2 .
  31. ↑ Doris Kraus: Life, one big fun . In: The press . May 1, 2016, p. 32 .
  32. ↑ Random House and Penguin merge to become a mega book publisher. In: sueddeutsche.de. July 1, 2013, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  33. ^ A penguin for Gütersloh. In: taz.de. October 29, 2012, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  34. ↑ Fusion: Bertelsmann creates the world's largest book publisher. In: spiegel.de. July 1, 2013, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  35. ↑ Bertelsmann Random House and Penguin Group merge. In: welt.de. October 29, 2012, accessed August 10, 2016 .
  36. ↑ Annual Report 2015. (PDF) In: bertelsmann.de. P. 5 , accessed on August 10, 2016 (2.2 MB).
  37. ↑ Random House founds German-language Penguin Verlag. In: Focus Online. May 21, 2015, accessed July 18, 2016 .
  38. ↑ Random House founds German-language Penguin Verlag under the direction of Thomas Rathnow. In: buchmarkt.de. May 21, 2015, accessed July 18, 2016 .
  39. ^ Translation dispute : Open letter to Random House , Börsenblatt.net, March 27, 2013

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