In her first major move since taking over as ceo of Penguin Random House US in April, Madeline McIntosh announced “significant news” to staff on Thursday: The Crown Publishing Group is being put together with Random House in a “newly-combined division” under the direction of president and publisher Gina Centrello. For now the new division will simply be called Random House, but a company spokesperson notes “this is an exploratory time with open dialogue among all appropriate parties, and the group name might be among the topics under review.” Regardless, McIntosh writes that “Random House and Crown will retain their distinct editorial […]
