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Book publishing crisis: Capitalism kills culture

Publishing teeters as Random House and Penguin plan to merge. It's time for a government policy to protect the arts

Scott Timberg 39 Topics: Books, Art in Crisis, Random House, Creative class, Publishing mergers

A source claims that News Corp., the owner of HarperCollins, has made a bid to Pearson PLC for $1.6 billion

Prachi Gupta Topics: Books, Rupert Murdoch, Publishing, Random House, HarperCollins, news corp

The "Girls" creator nabbed a staggering advance for an advice book. And we wonder why big publishers struggle

Rob Spillman 20 Topics: Barney Rosset, Bossypants, Random House, book publishing, Lena Dunham, Girls, Publishing, Tina Fey, TV, HBO, Reagan Arthur