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In late 2008 and early 2009, the Doubleday imprint merged with Knopf Publishing Group to form the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. [26] In October 2008, Doubleday laid off about 10% of its staff (16 people) across all departments. [27] The Broadway, Doubleday Business, Doubleday Religion, and WaterBrook Multnomah divisions were moved to Crown Publishing Group. [28] Presidents [ edit ] Shakeups hit Random House, other publishers | Crain's New York Business". crainsnewyork.com. December 3, 2008 . Retrieved December 15, 2016. Storch, Charles (June 5, 1987). "47% OF STAFF AT LAIDLAW GET THE AX". chicagotribune.com . Retrieved November 10, 2019. Freeman, Kim (March 1, 1986). "Doubleday Dumping Its Last 3 Outlets". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.10–. ISSN 0006-2510. In 1988, portions of the firm became part of the Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, which in turn became a division of Random House in 1998. [21] Doubleday was combined in a group with Broadway Books, Anchor Books was combined with Vintage Books as a division of Knopf, while Bantam and Dell became a separate group. [22]

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Sales slowed in the early 1980s and earnings fell precipitously. Doubleday Jr., brought James McLaughlin over (from subsidiary Dell) to help streamline and downsize. McLaughlin went on to succeed Doubleday Jr., as president and CEO, with Doubleday Jr., becoming chairman of the board. [15] Fargnoli, A. Nicholas; Golay, Michael (2009). Critical Companion to William Faulkner. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438108599.Hodowanec, George V., ed. (1979). "THE MAY MASSEE COLLECTION" (PDF). Emporia State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 12, 2019 . Retrieved October 30, 2018.

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