The Justice Department could block two of the country’s biggest publishers from joining forces, as a trial kicks off Monday to determine whether Penguin Random House should be allowed to buy Simon & ...

The Justice Department sued to block Penguin Random House‘s proposed merger with Simon & Schuster, arguing that the transaction would create a behemoth publisher likely to drive down payments to ...

The Department of Justice thinks a proposed deal for Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House to buy fellow heavyweight publisher Simon & Schuster will unfairly skew the publishing market and is suing to ...

The Justice Department is suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would have reshaped the industry, saying consolidation would hurt authors and, ultimately, readers. PATAGONIA IS ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued to block Penguin Random House parent company Bertelsmann’s proposed acquisition of Viacom CBS subsidiary Simon & Schuster, arguing that it “would result in ...

The US Department of Justice has announced it is suing to block a two billion dollar deal over German media giant Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the world, buying US ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil antitrust lawsuit seeking to prevent book publisher Penguin Random House’s proposed acquisition of its rival Simon & Schuster, a ViacomCBS Inc ...

(RTTNews) - The U.S. Department of Justice said it filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block Penguin Random House's proposed acquisition of its close competitor, Simon & Schuster. The lawsuit, which ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed a major antitrust lawsuit seeking to block a proposed merger of the publishing giants Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. Attorney General ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The Justice Department is suing to block a proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster by Penguin Random House. The DOJ argues it would give Penguin Random House "outsized ...