HarperCollins

HarperCollins is one of the world's largest publishing companies. Headquartered in New York City, the company is a subsidiary of News Corporation. The company name is a combination of Harper & Row, an American publishing company acquired in 1987, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers (founded 1817) and Row, Peterson & Company; and UK publishing company William Collins, Sons (founded 1819), acquired in 1990. The worldwide CEO... More

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