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Penguin to buy Simon & Schuster, create publishing giant

by Frank JordansHillel Italie
| November 25, 2020 12:08 PM

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

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