Doubleday Canada is an imprint of the publishing company
Penguin Random House Canada. The company used to be known as Forboys. It was incorporated in 1936, and since 1945 it has been known as Doubleday Canada Limited. In 1986 parent company
Doubleday was acquired by
Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA () is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates, and is also active in the service sector and ...
. Due to Canadian policy at the time, majority control of Doubleday Canada was sold to
Anna Porter. Porter sold her shares to Winnipeg businessman Abraham Simkin in 1991.
Random House of Canada
Random House of Canada was the Canadian distributor for Random House, Inc. from 1944 until 2013. On July 1, 2013, it amalgamated with Penguin Canada to become Penguin Random House Canada.
Company history
Random House of Canada was established i ...
, which has just been acquired by Bertelsmann, acquired Doubleday Canada in 1999.
In 2013, Random House of Canada and Penguin Canada merged to form Penguin Random House Canada.
See also
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Doubleday (publisher)
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References
Book publishing companies of Canada
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