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Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle attends the 2018 PEN Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in New York. Dohle is stepping down, effective at the end of the year. It comes just weeks after a federal judge blocked the company’s attempt to buy rival Simon &amp; Schuster. Dohle is also leaving his seat on the Bertelsmann executive board. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle is stepping down

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Author Stephen King arrives at federal court before testifying for the Department of Justice as it bids to block the proposed merger of two of the world's biggest publishers, Penguin Random House and Simon &amp; Schuster, Aug. 2, 2022, in Washington. Through the first week of trial, top publishing executives at Penguin Random House, Simon &amp; Schuster and elsewhere, along with agents and such authors as Stephen King have shared opinions, relived disappointments and revealed numbers they otherwise would have preferred to discuss privately or confide on background with reporters. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Antitrust trial puts book publishing industry in the dock

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