Following longtime chairman and editor-in-chief Sonny Mehta’s death on December 30, Penguin Randon House US ceo Madeline McIntosh wrote to Knopf Doubleday staff the next day: To everyone at Knopf Doubleday, As much as today’s loss is one for publishing as a whole, I know that this is a deep and personal loss for many of you. Sonny was unique. He was an exceptional editor and publisher. And I recognize all of you felt not only safe under his leadership, but something more: you felt like you were part of a family. The longevity and stability of your group, along […]