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Report: Bertelsmann Names Industrial Engineering and Econ Major ...
The Wall Street Journal has the story: Peter Olson's successor at Random House Inc. has been selected, and it's a German guy whom none of the publishers in New York have ever heard of. The name is Markus Dohle, and he comes from Arvato, ...

Markus Dohle: Panic At Random House
The Post's Keith Kelly reports on how the literati at Random House are reacting to their new German technocrat overlord.

Markus Dohle, 39, Random House CEO, Drops Into L.A. Bash | The New ...
Los Angeles – Markus Dohle looked happy to be there, he really did. Clean-shaven and dressed in a stripey, light-gray suit, the sunny but intense 39-year-old walked around and smiled broadly at every person who shook his hand, ...

Markus Dohle to Replace Olson at Random - 5/20/2008 7:45:00 AM ...
Random House made it official this morning, naming Markus Dohle to succeed Peter Olson as chairman of Random House's worldwide operations. The announcement was released to the staff in a memo this morning from Bertelsmann chairman ...

Enter Markus Dohle: Random House Has a Green and Smiley New CEO ...
Random House has a new CEO today. Markus Dohle, 39, officially started this morning after a weekend spent at the Book Expo in Los Angeles. Mr. Dohle has already spent some time here in New York since being appointed to his new position ...

Steve Rubin Says Doubleday Dismissals Were Self-Inflicted
Rubin's new boss, Random House CEO Markus Dohle, had had nothing to do with initiating the unpleasantness. In an interview with a trade reporter the morning after the affected employees—including six from editorial and the rest from ...

New Random House C.E.O. Markus Dohle to Staff: 'I Just Couldn't ...
39-year-old Markus Dohle was installed as the new CEO of Random House yesterday morning; today, he sent a letter to his staff affirming his excitement and declaring his intention to preserve the company's "longstanding support for the.

Everything's Pietschy At Lean and Mean Little, Brown
Olson, whom Bertelsmann replaced late last spring with a much younger, more German man named Markus Dohle. MR. DOHLE, who at 40 years old has never worked in publishing before but had previously managed a large printing company, ...

The Random House Mix, 2008
Ever since Markus Dohle took over as chairman of Random House, there has been much speculation about his plans for the nation's largest trade publisher. To date, the only significant change has been the resignation of vice chairman Ed ...

Morsels From New York Magazine's Publishing Article
The best bit of reporting in the piece comes on page four, where we get a peek inside a Knopf editorial meeting attended by new Random House CEO Markus Dohle. Knopf's staff didn't know Mr. Dohle was coming until their fearless leader ...