Madeline McIntosh will step down as ceo of Penguin Random House US after a transition period, she announced to staff in a memo on Tuesday. She wrote: “I am stepping down from my position as your U.S. CEO. I’m not leaving right away; instead, Nihar [Malaviya] and I are working very closely together to determine […]
Antitrust Trial
EU Finalizes Amazon Antitrust Settlements
As previewed earlier in the month, the European Union announced the final “commitments” made by Amazon to avoid further enforcement action, including fines. As indicated earlier, within the EU Amazon will make the Buy Box more competitive, allow third-party merchants to participate in Prime while using outside logistics providers, and block Amazon from using internal […]
Top of the List
When our friends at Ingram encouraged us to max out the capabilities of print-on-demand with the big keepsake, case-bound edition of our book memorializing THE TRIAL, we never imagined we would find ourselves as the No. 1 new release in antitrust law! (And that’s ahead of both Ian Walden’s Telecommunications Law and Regulation and Conor […]
The Trial Under (Or Instead of?) The Tree
It takes a while for the metadata for our impressively fat, 6.7 pound printed hardcover edition of THE TRIAL: The DOJ’s Suit to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Simon & Schuster to populate throughout the retail chain — but we’re happy to report some mainstream alternatives to our own Aerio-powered storefront. Prime members can […]
The Big Book, Now Final
Just in time for the holidays is this unique gift for publishing junkies or the perfect memento for your shelves of the year’s major event: Our comprehensive record of THE TRIAL: The DOJ’s Suit to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Simon & Schuster is now available in print as well. With the encouragement and […]
Now Officially Not: Paramount Terminates Simon & Schuster Sale to Bertelsmann, Will Collect $200 (Million) and Pass Go to Other Suitors
On Monday afternoon after the close of the stock market in the US, Paramount Global confirmed in an SEC filing that they have terminated the agreement to sell Simon & Schuster to Bertelsmann, following the enjoining of the sale on antitrust grounds by Judge Florence Pan. The company says, “On November 21, 2022, Paramount terminated […]