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- 04-11-12
- Statement from John Makinson, Chairman and CEO of Penguin Group, on the US Department of Justice
- 03-19-12
- Neil Young to Appear at Bookexpo America
- 02-27-12
- Penguin Announces 2011 Results
- 02-21-12
- Penguin Group (USA) Launches Twitter Book Club
- 02-07-12
- Penguin Group (USA) Launches Read For The Heart™ Initiative In Honor of American Heart Month
- 01-09-12
- Penguin Inks Two-Book Deal With Writer Discovered On Book Country Writing Community
- 12-06-11
- Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) Announce Fifth Annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest
- 12-05-11
- David Shanks, CEO of Penguin Group (USA), Named U.S. Book Publishing "Person of the Year"
- 11-16-11
- Book Country Launches Self Publishing Service
- 10-11-11
- Penguin Group (USA) Heads To Frankfurt Bookfair To Capture Attention For New Books
- 09-20-11
- Neil Young's Memoir To Be Published By Blue Rider Press
- 07-29-11
- Penguin Announces Half-Year Results
- 06-13-11
- Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Name Gregory Hill and Jill Baguchinsky Winners of Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
- 06-07-11
- Penguin Remembers Lilian Jackson Braun
- 05-24-11
- Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Reveal Finalists for Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
- 05-17-11
- David Rosenthal Names New Imprint Blue Rider Press
- 05-10-11
- The Penguin Press Appoints Scott Moyers Publisher
- 02-28-11
- Penguin Announces Record Results
- 01-11-11
- Penguin Group (USA) Launches New In-House TV and Radio Satellite Media Tours Department
- 11-30-10
- Patricia Cornwell, #1 New York Times-Bestselling Author, Gives Back To Our American Veterans, In An Effort To Help America Address A National Crisis That Has Left Thousands Of Vets In Need Of Our Support
- 11-22-10
- Patricia Cornwell, #1 Bestselling Author, Launches "America For Vets," A National Campaign That Will Deliver Everyday Supplies To Veterans In Need Through Veterans Village Of San Diego (VVSD)
- 11-09-10
- David Rosenthal to Join Penguin Group (USA) as President and Publisher of a Major Start-Up
- 11-08-10
- Tom Clancy, #1 International Bestselling Author, is spearheading a "Send A Message To An American Hero" Program that will deliver personal messages from people nationwide to veterans and active duty soldiers currently under care at the Walter Reed Medical Facility
- 08-18-10
- Betty White, Award-Winning Film And Television Actress, Beloved Worldwide, To Write Two Books For G. P. Putnam's Sons
- 07-26-10
- Penguin Group Reports Record Half-Year Results
- 07-20-10
- Penguin Group (USA) and Starz Launch Groundbreaking Amplified Edition of Ken Follett's No. 1 Bestseller "The Pillars of the Earth"
- 06-14-10
- Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Name Patricia Mcardle And Amy Ackley Winners Of Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
- 05-19-10
- Penguin Books Celebrates 75 Years
- 04-20-10
- Penguin Group and the Pearson Foundation Launch We Give Books to Help Donate One Million Books to Leading Literacy Campaigns Worldwide
- 04-07-10
- Tom Clancy, #1 International Bestselling Author, To Be Published By Penguin Group In The U.S. And U.K. On December 7, 2010
- 03-10-10
- Penguin Group (USA) To Launch A New Science Imprint Called Current
- 03-01-10
- Penguin Group Announces Strong 2009 Results
- 01-29-10
- G. P. Putnam's Sons Appoints Marysue Rucci Editorial Director
- 01-18-10
- Robert B. Parker
- 12-09-09
- Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) Announce Third Annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Competition
- 11-24-09
- Penguin Young Readers Group First U.S. Publisher To Launch Augmented Reality Book Campaign
- 11-16-09
- Penguin Group (USA) Launches Second Annual "What to Give & What to Get," with World-Class Authors Offering Their Book Recommendations for the 2009 Holiday Season
- 09-30-09
- Lottie the Otter Joins Pooh and Friends in Winnie-the-Pooh Sequel
- 09-30-09
- Penguin Group (USA)'s "From The Publisher's Office" Rolls Out Its Second Season With Online Programming For Readers Of All Ages
- 07-30-09
- NBC's Today Show selects Newbery Honor Winner Savvy for next Al Roker Book Club
- 07-27-09
- Penguin Group Reports a Good Performance for the First Half of 2009
- 06-30-09
- Unique Collaboration Between Nonprofit And Publisher Will Make Interactive Book Accessible To Millions Of Americans For Free
- 06-16-09
- Penguin Group (USA) Launches Its Own Network Of Online Programming With Three Channels Featuring Nine Series Of Book Entertainment For Adults, Young Adults And Children
- 05-27-09
- Amazon and Penguin Group (USA) Name James King Winner of Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
- 03-02-09
- Penguin Group Announces Record 2008 Profits
- 02-09-09
- Penguin Enriched Ebook Classics Celebrates Black History Month With Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
- 01-12-09
- Winnie the Pooh makes a welcome return in the first authorized sequel to The House at Pooh Corner on October 5th. Penguin Young Readers Group to publish Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
- 12-22-08
- OBAMA: The Historic Journey, A New Groundbreaking Book, To Be Published By Callaway Arts & Entertainment And The New York Times In Collaboration With Riverhead Books On Presidents' Day 2009
- 12-08-08
- Penguin Group (USA) Launches New Digital Program, Penguin 2.0, Featuring Penguin Personalized And Penguin Mobile
- 11-25-08
- Penguin Group (USA) Launches "What To Give & What To Get," A Chance For Readers To Find Out Which Books Their Favorite Authors Will Give This Holiday Season
- 11-19-08
- Penguin Group (USA) Builds A School For Children In War-Torn Afghanistan, Partnering With The United Nations Refugee Agency In This Pioneering Venture
- 11-13-08
- Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) Announce Second Annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Competition
- 10-01-08
- The Winter of Our Discontent Is the Twelfth Steinbeck Work to be Published as a Penguin eBook
- 09-29-08
- The Friday Night Knitting Club, The #1 New York Times Bestselling Novel, To Be Followed By A Sequel, Knit Two, From G. P. Putnam's Sons On November 25, 2008
- 08-08-08
- New "eSpecials" from Penguin Marks a First in eBook Publishing
- 08-01-08
- Daniel Silva, #1 New York Times-Bestselling Author, Tops National Bestseller Lists with His New Novel, Moscow Rules, from G. P. Putnam's Sons
- 07-28-08
- Penguin Group Achieves Strong Sales and Profits in First Half of 2008
- 05-14-08
- Don Weisberg Appointed President of Penguin Young Readers Group. Barbara Marcus Named Strategic Advisor for Penguin Young Readers Group
- 05-14-08
- Penguin Group (USA) Appoints Doug Whiteman Executive Vice President, Business Operations
- 03-03-08
- Penguin Group Delivers Strong Results In 2007
- 02-29-08
- Oprah's first-ever live interactive webcast class enrollment for the #1 bestselling A New Earth surpasses half a million in four weeks
- 07-30-07
- Penguin Group Reports 2007 First-Half Operating Results
- 02-26-07
- Penguin Group Announces 2006 Results
- 07-31-06
- Penguin Group Reports 2006 First-Half Operating Results
- 02-27-06
- Penguin Group Announces 2005 Results
- 01-25-06
- Geoffrey Kloske named Vice President and Publisher of Riverhead Books
- 09-27-05
- Patricia Cornwell Launches a Unique All-New Website in Anticipation of Predator, Her Latest Novel Featuring Dr. Kay Scarpetta
- 07-25-05
- Penguin Group Reports 2005 First Half Operating Results
- 06-21-05
- Penguin Group (USA) Corporate Statement On The Truth About Hillary by Edward Klein
- 03-29-05
- Ivan Held Named President of G.P. Putnam's Sons
- 02-28-05
- Penguin Group Announces 2004 Results
- 08-06-04
- Plume Re-titles Book by Katie Tarbox A Girl's Life Online
- 07-26-04
- Penguin Group Reports 2004 First Half Operating Results
- 04-06-04
- Carlo DeVito, Publishing Industry Innovator, Names New Penguin Group (USA) Division Chamberlain Bros.
- 03-01-04
- Penguin Group Worldwide Reports Record Sales and Operating Profits in 2003
- 02-03-04
- Penguin Group (USA) Announces the Launch of a New Division To Be Led by Publishing Industry Innovator Carlo DeVito
- 02-02-04
- Susan Petersen Kennedy, President of Penguin Group (USA), to Receive 2004 Matrix Award for Books
- 01-21-04
- Penguin Group (USA) Names New Nonfiction Imprint Hudson Street Press
- 01-14-04
- G.P. Putnam's Sons Led the Publishing Industry in 2003 with 31 New York Times Hardcover Bestsellers
- 11-25-03
- New Conservative Imprint at Penguin Group (USA) to be called Sentinel
- 10-02-03
- Viking Penguin Author J.M. Coetzee Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
- 07-28-03
- Penguin Group Reports 2003 First Half Operating Results
- 04-29-03
- Laureen Rowland Appointed Publisher of New Penguin Group (USA) Imprint
- 04-23-03
- New Political Imprint Founded at Penguin Group (USA)
- 04-09-03
- Julie Grau and Celina Spiegel Promoted to Publishers of Riverhead Books
- 04-02-03
- Susan Petersen Kennedy Announces The Unprecedented Acquisition Of One of The Largest and Most Prestigious Lists of Award-Winning Authors For Ann Godoff's Penguin Group (USA) Imprint, The Penguin Press
- 03-03-03
- The Penguin Group Reports Record Sales and Operating Profits in 2002
- 03-03-03
- Madonna Signs Worldwide Publishing and Distribution Deal with Penguin Group for Illustrated Storybook Series
- 03-03-03
- Callaway to Publish a Series of Children's Books by Madonna; Signs Deal with Penguin Group
- 02-21-03
- Goldie Hawn, Academy Award-Winning Actress, to Publish Her Memoir with G.P. Putnam's Sons
- 01-27-03
- Ann Godoff Joins Penguin Group as President and Publisher of a Major Start-Up
- 01-24-03
- G.P. Putnam's Sons Acquires World Rights to Two Books by Debut Novelist Jilliane P. Hoffman
- 01-08-03
- Amy Tan to Publish her First Nonfiction Book with G. P. Putnam's Sons
- 10-22-02
- Dave Pelzer Signs New Deal with Dutton and Plume
- 09-25-02
- Penguin Putnam's William Trevor and Sarah Waters Shortlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
- 09-03-02
- Penguin Putnam Announces Joint Publishing Agreement with Grove Atlantic
- 08-12-02
- William Shinker Christens New Penguin Putnam Imprint Gotham Books and Unveils Inaugural List
- 07-29-02
- Penguin Group Reports 2002 First Half Operating Results
- 05-14-02
- Nicholas Evans, the Internationally-Acclaimed, New York Times Best Selling Author, Agrees to Publish His Next Two Novels with Penguin Putnam Inc.
- 04-26-02
- John Makinson, Penguin Group Chairman, to Become CEO
- 04-08-02
- Penguin Poet Carl Dennis Wins 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- 03-15-02
- Dutton Signs Two Book Deal with Richard Paul Evans
- 03-13-02
- Judy Blume, the Internationally-Acclaimed Author, Moves Her Entire Best Selling Fudge Series to Penguin Putnam's Books for Young Readers Division
- 03-08-02
- Penguin Putnam Inc. to Publish the Book on the World Renowned Paradoxical Commandments
- 03-04-02
- The Penguin Group Reports 2001 Operating Results
- 02-26-02
- Riverhead Books Acquires World Rights to Publish a Book Derived from Musician Kurt Cobain's Personal Journals
- 01-09-02
- Patricia Cornwell, the Internationally-Acclaimed #1 Bestselling Author, Signs New Two-Book Deal with Current Publisher, Penguin Putnam Inc.
- 01-01-02
- Introducing Firebird, A New Imprint of Penguin Putnam Inc.
