Welcome to Muppet Wiki!
MuzikJunky (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (15 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | [[Image:Sesamestorybook.JPG|thumb|300px]] |
||
| − | '''Random House''' is the largest English-language book publisher in the world. It is owned by the German media giant Bertelsmann AG. |
+ | '''Random House''' is the largest English-language book publisher in the world. It is currently part of Penguin Random House, jointly owned by the German media giant Bertelsmann AG and the British publishing company Pearson PLC. The company has published many [[:Category:Sesame Street Books|Sesame Street]] and [[:Category:Muppet Books|Muppet books]], and it is the current owner of [[Golden Books]]. |
| − | [[Michael K. Frith]] worked as an Art Director at Random House before joining [[The Jim Henson Company|Henson Associates]] in 1975. [[Christopher Cerf]] was a senior editor at Random House in the 1960s. His father, [[Bennett Cerf]], co-founded the publisher. |
+ | [[Michael K. Frith]] worked as an Art Director at Random House before joining [[The Jim Henson Company|Henson Associates]] in 1975. [[Christopher Cerf]] was a senior editor at Random House in the 1960s. His father, [[Bennett Cerf]], co-founded the publisher. |
| − | Random House also |
+ | Random House also had its own video label, [[Random House Home Video]], that released ''[[Sesame Street]]'' videos from [[1986]] to [[1994]]. CTW Books was an imprint of Random House. |
| − | |||
| − | CTW Books was an imprint of Random House. |
||
==External links== |
==External links== |
||
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/sesame/ Sesame Street Books] on randomhouse.com |
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/sesame/ Sesame Street Books] on randomhouse.com |
||
| + | *[http://www.sesameworkshop.org/our-blog/2012/05/07/the-book-on-books-the-history-of-sesame-street-and-random-house/ The Book on Books: the History of Sesame Street and Random House] at sesameworkshop.org |
||
| + | {{wikipedia}} |
||
[[Category:Publishers]] |
[[Category:Publishers]] |
||
Revision as of 09:13, 12 October 2013
Random House is the largest English-language book publisher in the world. It is currently part of Penguin Random House, jointly owned by the German media giant Bertelsmann AG and the British publishing company Pearson PLC. The company has published many Sesame Street and Muppet books, and it is the current owner of Golden Books.
Michael K. Frith worked as an Art Director at Random House before joining Henson Associates in 1975. Christopher Cerf was a senior editor at Random House in the 1960s. His father, Bennett Cerf, co-founded the publisher.
Random House also had its own video label, Random House Home Video, that released Sesame Street videos from 1986 to 1994. CTW Books was an imprint of Random House.
External links
- Sesame Street Books on randomhouse.com
- The Book on Books: the History of Sesame Street and Random House at sesameworkshop.org