‘This must be stopped’: US begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger - The Guardian


8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Guardian staff reporter

The justice department is seeking to block the $2.2bn merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The government and publishing titan Penguin Random House exchanged opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial Monday as the US seeks to block the biggest US book publisher from absorbing rival Simon… [+3270 chars]

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