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Penguin snaps up Simon & Schuster, creating mega publisher

by Frank JordansHillel Italie
| November 25, 2020 9:09 AM

BERLIN (AP) — German media giant Bertelsmann said Wednesday that its Penguin Random House division is buying rival Simon & Schuster, in a mega deal that will likely reshape the U.S. publishing industry.

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