Grimes, William (June 18, 2015). "Nelson Doubleday Jr., Publisher Who Owned the Mets, Dies at 81". The New York Times . Retrieved October 31, 2018. Doubleday's son-in-law John Sargent was president and CEO from 1963 to 1978. In 1964, Doubleday acquired the educational publisher Laidlaw. [10] 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. 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] Krebs, Albin (April 30, 1976). "It's Official: Doubleday Acquires Dell". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved October 14, 2019.

This article is about the U.S. publisher. For other divisions of Penguin Random House, see Doubleday (disambiguation). In 1996, Doubleday founded the Christian publisher WaterBrook Press. [23] WaterBrook acquired Harold Shaw Publishers in 2000 and Multnomah Publishers in 2006. [24] [25] Shakeups hit Random House, other publishers | Crain's New York Business". crainsnewyork.com. December 3, 2008 . Retrieved December 15, 2016.Company history". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014 . Retrieved April 8, 2021. Rich, Motoko (December 3, 2008). "Major Reorganization at Random House". ArtsBeat . Retrieved October 14, 2019. a b McDowell, Edwin (December 18, 1986). "German Firm Completes Acquisition of Doubleday". The New York Times. joint venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.

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 ] Grimes, William (June 17, 2015). "Nelson Doubleday Jr., Publisher and Mets Buyer, Dies at 81". The New York Times . Retrieved June 18, 2015. Our strategy offers us a platform for growth and maximised profit, building on what we’re famous for at a discipline, brand and country level – being Customer Led, People Powered and Insight Driven. TV M6 W9 6ter Paris Première Téva Série Club [j] M6 Music Gulli Tiji Canal J MCM MCM Top La Chaîne du Père Noël RFM TV Catchup and Video on Demand 6play Salto [k] Radio RTL RTL2 Fun RadioNan A. Talese/Doubleday, a literary imprint established in 1990. Talese, the imprint's publisher and editorial director, is a senior vice president of Doubleday. Sloane, Leonard (March 11, 1981). "BUSINESS PEOPLE; Doubleday Appoints New Dell President". The New York Times.

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] Carvajal, Doreen (May 28, 1999). "Bertelsmann Is Reorganizing Random House". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved October 14, 2019.

West German-based firm buys Doubleday and Co". Tri City Herald. Associated Press. September 28, 1986 . Retrieved March 24, 2010. [ permanent dead link] Milliot, Jim (November 19, 2001). "New President, Publisher For WaterBrook Press". PublishersWeekly.com . Retrieved October 14, 2019. joint venture with Leonine Holding, The Walt Disney Company, Bauer Media Group and Hubert Burda Media. Sandomir, Richard (August 14, 2002). "Baseball; Owners Of Mets Make A Deal". The New York Times . Retrieved March 24, 2010.