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<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><b>Penguin Random House</b></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">(PRH) is a company formed by the merger of book publishers</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Random House</a>, (owned by</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann" title="Bertelsmann" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Bertelsmann</a>), and</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Group" title="Penguin Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Penguin Group</a>(owned by</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_PLC" title="Pearson PLC" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Pearson PLC</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_1-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#cite_note-NPR-1" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AP_2-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#cite_note-AP-2" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a></sup></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Penguin Random House markets itself as "the world's first truly global trade book" publisher. It was formed on July 1, 2013, upon the completion of an agreement between Bertelsmann and Pearson to merge their respective trade publishing companies,</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Random House</a></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">and<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Group" title="Penguin Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Penguin</a>, with the parent companies owning 53% and 47%, respectively.</span></span>

<span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Penguin Random House comprises the adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print and digital trade book publishing businesses of Penguin and Random House in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and India; Penguin’s trade publishing activity in Asia and South Africa; Dorling Kindersley worldwide; and Random House’s companies in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, and Chile.</span></span>

<span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Penguin Random House employs more than 10,000 people globally across five continents. It comprises almost 250 editorially and creatively independent imprints and publishing houses that collectively publish more than 15,000 new titles annually. Its publishing lists include more than 70 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Press_Release_3-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#cite_note-Press_Release-3" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">[3]</span></span></a></sup><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span>

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<span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span class="toctoggle" style=" -webkit-user-select: none;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#" id="togglelink" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hide</a>]&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></div>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#History" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">1</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">History</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Divisions_and_imprints" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Divisions and imprints</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#DK" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.1</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">DK</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Crown_Publishing_Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.2</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Crown Publishing Group</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Knopf_Doubleday_Publishing_Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.3</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Penguin_Publishing_Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.4</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Penguin Publishing Group</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Penguin_Young_Readers_Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.5</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Penguin Young Readers Group</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Random_House_Publishing_Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.6</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Random House Publishing Group</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Random_House_Children.27s_Books" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.7</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Random House Children's Books</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#RH_Digital_Publishing_Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.8</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">RH Digital Publishing Group</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#RH_International" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">2.9</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">RH International</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Book_Country" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">3</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Book Country</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#Notes_and_references" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">4</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Notes and references</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#External_links" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="tocnumber" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">5</span></span></span><span class="toctext" style=" display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">External links</span></span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></li>

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<h2 style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 1.5em; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="History"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">History</span></span></span><span class="mw-editsection" style=" -webkit-user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; display: inline-block; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style=" margin-right: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">[</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penguin_Random_House&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">edit</a></span></span><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style=" margin-left: 0.25em; color: rgb(85, 85, 85);"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">]</span></span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></h2>

<p style=" margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: 22.4px; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Penguin Random House was formed on July 1, 2013, upon the completion of an agreement between <b>Bertelsmann</b> and Pearson to merge their respective trade publishing companies,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Random House</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Group" title="Penguin Group" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Penguin</a>.</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"> The creation of the company has been referred to as the publishing industry's response to the increasing dominance of</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com" title="Amazon.com" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Amazon.com</a></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">in the book market.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#cite_note-4" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">PRH relaunched Book Country, Penguin's languishing online unit in July 2013.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-frb_5-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#cite_note-frb-5" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">[5]</span></span></a><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"></span></span></sup>

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<span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">In September 2014,</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_House_Studio" title="Random House Studio" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Random House Studio</a></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">signed a</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_look_deal" title="First look deal" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">first look</a></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">production deal with</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Pictures" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Universal Pictures</a>, under which Random House would be producer on the projects developed and filmed based on Penguin Random House books. This buttresses the existing Universal subsidiary Focus Features' deal with Random House Films.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#cite_note-6" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">Having spearhead the creative on PRH Children's</span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_Rock" title="Puffin Rock" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Puffin Rock</a></i></span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">animation, Richard Haines to head up PHR Children's TV development strategy with the assistance of licensing publishing and TV development executive Emily Campan. Haines would report to PRH Children’s managing director, Francesca Dow.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House#cite_note-7" style=" text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); white-space: nowrap; background: none;"><span style=" font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style=" font-size: medium;">[7]</span></span></a></sup></p>