First We Had Random Penguin. Could HarperSchuster be next?

November 20, 2012

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On the heels of the announced Penguin/Random House merger, Laura Hazard Owen at PaidContent has a piece about preliminary talks between HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster. HC parent company News Corp, was reportedly ready to make a cash bid to acquire Penguin once its talks with Random House became public.

While Random Penguin was a meme goldmine, HarperSchuster doesn't seem quite as hashtag friendly.

With the vaunted "Big 6" set to become a "Big 5" and possibly a "Big 4", we expect someone, somewhere to report rumors of talks between Hachette and Macmillan in 3…2…1…

—Brian Howard

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Source: PaidContent.org

Companies Mentioned:

	CBS		HarperCollins		Pearson Company
	Simon and Schuster Inc.		The Wall Street Journal

People Mentioned:

Rupert Murdoch

Laura Hazard Owens

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