Legal news this year was dominated by the Penguin Random House antitrust trial, with the bulk of our reporting on the case running from July through October. The biggest publishing story of the year, which tracked the government’s (successful) attempt to block PRH from merging with Simon & Schuster, began with the entire industry learning the term monopsony and ended with the resignation of PRH ceo Markus Dohle. In between, we heard testimony from experts, PRH executives, and industry insiders about how in-house competition works and witnessed the coining of a new term–Anticipated Top Best Sellers. Judge Florence Pan presided, […]
