If They Do It As you surely know by now, the NYT’s man in Frankfurt Mark Landler has echoed — without attribution — the story last month from Germany’s Manager Magazine (which is partially owned by Bertelsmann’s Gruner + Jahr) that we cited here previously suggesting that Peter Olson will step down as ceo of Random House shortly. The Times puts the timetable at “in the next few weeks,” with one unnamed executive saying “It’s just a question of working out his deal.” A source for the WSJ “cautioned that no final decision had been made but said Mr. Olson […]
