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58-702: BLACK GIRLS ROCK! was founded by celebrity DJ and model Beverly Bond in 2006. The inaugural BLACK GIRLS ROCK! AWARDS ceremony honored rapper MC Lyte and DJ Jazzy Joyce at powerHouse Arena, an art gallery and powerHouse Books location in DUMBO, Brooklyn. For the second annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Awards the organization honored Missy Elliott , Sylvia Rhone , and DJ Diamond Kuts at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City with actress Regina King as its host. The organization continued to independently produce its annual award show in New York City until 2009. In 2008 Regina King hosted

116-536: A blog published in the Times of Israel , Bachman recounted his surprise at the event being cancelled; confirmed that Hayes was the one who had cancelled the event, rather than the publicist; and announced the event would be rescheduled for the next week. This article about a United States publishing company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Simon %26 Schuster Simon & Schuster LLC ( / ˈ ʃ uː s t ər / , SHOO -stər )

174-668: A booklaunch event for "Thug Kitchen," which was criticized for racism when its anonymous authors were revealed to be a white couple living in Hollywood . Owner Daniel Power defended the event in an email to Gawker , writing, "Asserting a clever book of parody of being a ringing endorsement of racism and police brutality is not going to convince the people you need to your side. Come to the event tonight and voice your opinion, and try to convince others. You’ll be able to do that because it won’t be banned." In 2017, PowerHouse Books published " War Is Beautiful: The New York Times Pictoral Guide to

232-406: A federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims, in which Simon & Schuster and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price-fixing. In 2014, Simon & Schuster signed a partnership deal with Amazon over ebooks and also launched a new speculative fiction imprint. On October 21, 2014, Simon & Schuster signed

290-526: A heart attack; six years later, Max Schuster retired and sold his half of Simon & Schuster to Leon Shimkin. Shimkin then merged Simon & Schuster with Pocket Books under the name of Simon & Schuster. In 1968, editor-in-chief Robert Gottlieb , who worked at Simon & Schuster since 1955 and edited several bestsellers including Joseph Heller 's Catch-22 , left abruptly to work at competitor Knopf , taking other influential S&S employees, Nina Bourne , and Tony Schulte. Simon & Schuster

348-528: A literary imprint for "millennial fiction and non-fiction" called Archway Editions with Chris Molnar (of The Writer's Block ) and Nicodemus Nicoludis , which has or will publish work by Ishmael Reed , John Farris , Masha Tupitsyn , Paul Schrader , Mike Sacks , Stacy Szymaszek , Blake Butler , Alice Notley , and more, including anthologies from cokemachineglow as well as the Unpublishable and Archways reading series. In 2014, PowerHouse Arena hosted

406-418: A multi-book and co-publishing deal with Glenn Beck which fell over many of its imprints and included adult non-fiction, fiction, children, and YA literature as well as e-book and audiobook originals. As part of CBS, Simon & Schuster has been the primary publisher for books related to various media franchises owned by and/or aired on CBS such as CSI . The company has also held a license to publish books in

464-431: A multi-year partnership deal with Amazon.com in negotiations concerning the price of e-books. Simon & Schuster also launched a new science fiction imprint called Simon451 that would publish titles across science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on ebooks and online communities. The name of the imprint was inspired by Ray Bradbury 's book Fahrenheit 451 (the temperature at which books burn). Bradbury's classic

522-482: A new literary fiction imprint under Gallery Books Group. They also launched North Star Way, a platform-based program to provide authors with services beyond publishing including brand management, online courses, sponsorship, and business partnerships. Also as of 2016, Simon & Schuster had more than 18k e-books available for sale and signed a deal to distribute Start Publishing LLC, a catalog of 7,000 e-book titles. In 2019, CBS and Viacom reunited to form ViacomCBS. As

580-452: A result, Simon & Schuster became part of the newly formed ViacomCBS. Since February 15, 2022, ViacomCBS is known as Paramount Global . In March 2020, ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish announced the company's intention to sell the Simon & Schuster division, as it "does not have significant connection for our broader business." Bakish expected the sale to close in 2020, a date that was delayed by

638-464: A software publisher in partnership with Davidson & Associates named Simon & Schuster Interactive. The studio published video games such as Outlaw Golf , Deer Avenger , I.M. Meen , Chill Manor , EVE Online , and games based on Richard Scarry 's characters. S&S Interactive shut down in 2003. In 1998, Viacom sold Simon & Schuster's educational operations (including Prentice Hall, Macmillan, and Jossey-Bass) to Pearson plc ,

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696-558: Is a Zionist and we don't want a Zionist on our stage," and "He is a Zionist… Please leave my store." The incident received widespread media coverage. Daniel Power, owner of both PowerHouse Books and PowerHouse Arena, told the New York Jewish Week , "It's hideous, it's uncalled for, and it was completely unauthorized," that he had terminated Hayes, and that Leifer and Bachman were invited back "anytime." Power initially told journalists at The Forward that Hayes told him she had asked

754-417: Is also published by Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster expanded beyond book publishing in 2015 by offering a new business model and additional services for authors. In 2015, Simon & Schuster announced the creation of a new publishing unit and imprint called North Star Way. The imprint would publish non-fiction titles such as self-improvement, inspirational and mind-body-spirit titles. In addition,

812-529: Is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster . Along with Penguin Random House , Hachette , HarperCollins and Macmillan Publishers , Simon & Schuster is considered one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers. As of 2017 , Simon & Schuster was the third largest publisher in

870-654: Is closely affiliated with Powerhouse Bookstores, a chain of independent bookstores also owned by Daniel Power, with its flagship location on the waterfront of DUMBO in The PowerHouse Arena at 28 Adams Street. Powerhouse Books also operates a children's' publishing division, "POW!" Founded in 1995 by Daniel Power from his apartment on the Lower East Side, PowerHouse Books is known for its "Image Driven" publishing, particularly in street culture, popular culture, fashion, politics and fine arts. Its first best-seller

928-454: The Chicago Sun , purchased Simon & Schuster and Pocket Books. The company was sold back to Simon and Schuster following his death in 1957 for $ 1 million. In the 1950s and 1960s, many publishers including Simon & Schuster turned toward educational publishing due to the baby boom market. Pocket Books focused on paperbacks for the educational market instead of textbooks and started

986-758: The Star Trek franchise under Pocket Books . In 2011, Simon & Schuster signed a number of co-publishing deals. Glenn Beck signed a new co-publishing deal with Simon & Schuster for his own imprint, Mercury Ink . Under Atria, Simon & Schuster also launched a publishing venture with Cash Money Records called Cash Money Content. On April 11, 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed United States v. Apple Inc. , naming Apple , Simon & Schuster, and four other major publishers as defendants. The suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e-books , and weaken Amazon.com 's position in

1044-487: The COVID-19 pandemic . In September 2020, German media group Bertelsmann , which owns Penguin Random House , announced that it was interested in acquiring Simon & Schuster. According to Bertelsmann chief executive and chairman Thomas Rabe , "We've been the most active player on the consolidation of the book publishing market in the last 10 years. We combined Penguin and Random House very successfully to create by far

1102-667: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC , BLACK GIRLS ROCK! hosted BGR!Fest . The three-day celebration was timed to coincide with International Women's Day, and included a dance party and a weekend of music performances. A second BGR!Fest was held in 2020, The Kennedy Center announced that the BGR!FEST will return in March 2022 and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! is currently collaborating with

1160-701: The National Symphony Orchestra to produce another event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts . BLACK GIRLS ROCK! also holds an annual BLACK GIRLS LEAD conference for girls and hosts educational STEM programs through its platform Girls Rock Tech! Each year, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! celebrants are recognized in categories including, but not limited to, "The Rock Star", "Social Humanitarian", "Who Got Next?", "Living Legend", "Shot Caller", "Trailblazer", "Motivator", "Young, Gifted & Black", "Star Power", "Icon" or "Visionary" award. The program features musical performances by female recording artists in

1218-735: The R&;B and Soul music genres. Notable speakers have included Michelle Obama (2015) and Hillary Clinton (2016). Since its first televised ceremony on Nov 7, 2010, Black Girls Rock! has become an annually televised event on BET and BET Her . That year the ceremony was hosted by actress Nia Long and featured recognitions and musical performances by SWV , Coko , Raven-Symoné , Keke Palmer , Ruby Dee , Teresa Clarke , Marcelite J. Harris , Iyanla Vanzant , Kelly Price , VV Brown , Keyshia Cole , Marsha Ambrosius , Jill Scott , Ledisi , Keri Hilson , Ciara , and Missy Elliott . The 2013 show garnered over 2.7 million television viewers. Since 2015,

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1276-549: The United States Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to block Penguin Random House's proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster. The lawsuit argues that the acquisition would create a publisher with too much influence over books and author payments. A federal judge sided with the plaintiff, leading Paramount to nullify the deal in November 2022. In 2022, Simon & Schuster employee Filippo Bernardini

1334-403: The "nucleus of S&S's educational and informational business." Three California educational companies were also purchased between 1988 and 1990 – Quercus, Fearon Education and Janus Book Publishers. In all, Simon & Schuster spent more than $ 1 billion in acquisitions between 1983 and 1991. In the 1980s, Snyder also made an unsuccessful bid toward video publishing which

1392-601: The 1930s, the publisher moved to what has been referred to as "Publisher's Row" on Park Avenue in Manhattan , New York. In 1939, Simon & Schuster backed Robert Fair de Graff to found Pocket Books , America's first paperback publisher. In 1942, Simon & Schuster and Western Publishing launched the Little Golden Books series in cooperation with the Artists and Writers Guild. In 1944, Marshall Field III , owner of

1450-1052: The Bureau of Business Practice was sold to Wolters Kluwer . Subsequently, Macmillan Library Reference's children's imprints (Silver Burdett Press, Dillon Press, Crestwood House, Silver Press, New Discovery and Julian Messner ) were closed. Then, Gale acquired Macmillan Library Reference (Charles Scribner's Sons Reference, Macmillan Reference, Thorndike Press, G.K. Hall , Twayne Publishers and Schirmer Books). Finally, IDG Books acquired Macmillan General Reference (including Frommer's , J.K. Lasser , Betty Crocker Cookbooks, Weight Watchers Dieting and Cookbooks and Howell House Pet Books but excluding Complete Idiot's Guides , which Pearson later transferred to Macmillan Computer Publishing under Alpha Books and currently part of Penguin Random House under Dorling Kindersley ). In 2002, Simon & Schuster acquired its Canadian distributor Distican. Simon & Schuster began publishing in Canada in 2013. At

1508-580: The Glamour of Armed Conflict* (in which the author explains why he no longer reads The New York Times) ," by David Shields. Shields had licensed photography from the Times to support his book's thesis that the Times over-glamorized conflict, especially the Iraq War , promoting popular support for the war and elongating the conflict. Although the photos had been properly licensed, The Times invoiced PowerHouse Books $ 19,000 for

1566-552: The Netherlands and Belgium, as well as its sister companies, the audiobook producer Thinium , and Bookchoice , a subscription-based platform for e-books and audiobooks. This is the first expansion of Simon & Schuster into a non-English market. In September 2024, it was announced that Simon & Schuster Australia had entered an agreement to acquire publisher Affirm Press . Simon & Schuster has published thousands of books from thousands of authors. This list represents some of

1624-459: The S&;S Video division never took off. Simon & Schuster launched its audiobook division in 1985. According to Korda, audiobooks were a major business for Simon & Schuster by the 1990s. In 1989, Gulf and Western Inc., owner of Simon & Schuster, changed its name to Paramount Communications Inc. In 1990, The New York Times described Simon & Schuster as the largest book publisher in

1682-467: The United States with sales of $ 1.3 billion the previous year. That same year, Simon & Schuster acquired the children's publisher Green Tiger Press. In 1993, Simon & Schuster bought Macmillan (including Scribner's , Free Press , and Jossey-Bass), and changed its name to Paramount Publishing. Viacom then bought Paramount in 1994 and changed the name back to Simon & Schuster. Macmillan

1740-406: The United States, publishing 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints . In 1924, Richard Simon 's aunt, a crossword puzzle enthusiast, asked whether there was a book of New York World crossword puzzles, which were popular at the time. After discovering that none had been published, Simon and Max Schuster decided to launch a company to exploit the opportunity. At the time, Simon

1798-566: The Washington Square Press imprint in 1959. By 1964 it had published over 200 titles and was expected to put out another 400 by the end of that year. Books published under the imprint included classic reprints such as Lorna Doone , Ivanhoe , Tom Sawyer , Huckleberry Finn , and Robinson Crusoe . In 1967, Simon & Schuster acquired Monarch Press Publishing, Inc., along with its extensive line of college and high school study guides published. In 1960, Richard Simon died of

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1856-596: The annual ceremony has been produced from Newark 's New Jersey Performing Arts Center . The 2019 event was hosted by actress Niecy Nash on August 25, 2019 and aired on September 8, 2019 on BET. The award show has won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Variety in the Series of Special category three times (2013, 2017, 2019) and been nominated five times. In February 2018, Simon & Schuster published Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth. The book

1914-503: The award show again and in 2009 the award show was co-hosted by Regina King and Tracee Ellis Ross . In 2010 BLACK GIRLS ROCK! collaborated with BET to bring its annual award ceremony to television. The award show aired on BET from 2010 through 2019. In 2021, Beverly Bond, launched BGR!TV Networks, which streams original content celebrating Black women and girls including the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Awards. The BGR!TV Networks first program

1972-414: The book's inside back cover, which featured 64 thumbnails depicting the photos on the front page of the Times. When PowerHouse refused to pay, the Times sued to collect. PowerHouse sued Shields for claiming that the thumbnails were covered under fair use , but defended the book, claiming that the Times was attempting to chill free speech. The Daily Beast reported that the Times had initially wanted change

2030-433: The book's publicist to replace the moderator because she believed that Bachman would be inflammatory, and that the book's publicist had chosen to cancel the event in response. On August 22, PowerHouse issued a statement on their X account apologizing for the incident. The statement said that the manager had "unilaterally derail[ed]" the event and called it a "case study in the shocking re-emergence of anti-Semitic hostility." In

2088-421: The book's subtitle and insert a disclaimer making clear the book wasn't affiliated with the Times, but that PowerHouse refused to do so. On August 20, 2024, store manager Hannah Hayes cancelled an event at PowerHouse Arena featuring Progressive Jewish American author Joshua Leifer in conversation with Reform Rabbi Andy Bachman. Leifer recorded Hayes saying "The moderator that your publishing team sourced

2146-529: The end of 2005, Viacom split into two companies: CBS Corporation (which inherited S&S and Paramount Parks ), and the other retaining the Viacom name. Also in 2005, Simon & Schuster acquired Strebor Books International, which was founded in 1999 by author Kristina Laferne Roberts, who has written under the pseudonym "Zane". A year later, in 2006, Simon & Schuster launched the conservative imprint Threshold Editions . In 2009, Simon & Schuster signed

2204-549: The first hip hop film. Visual artists published include John Lurie , Francesco Clemente , Richard Prince , Kehinde Wiley , and George Condo . Actors and filmmakers published include Diane Keaton , Jeff Bridges , Richard Lewis , Jessica Lange , David Lynch , and Brett Ratner . Musicians include Richard Hell , DJ Stretch Armstrong , Mike McCready , KRS-One , Gene Simmons , and The Beastie Boys . PowerHouse Books launched, "POW! Kids Books" in 2013, which it described as "a woke kids' book line" In 2020 it established

2262-464: The global publisher and then owner of Penguin and the Financial Times ; Pearson then merged the operations with Addison-Wesley Longman to form Pearson Education . Later, Pearson sold several of the acquired S&S divisions: first Appleton & Lange was divested to McGraw-Hill and Master Data Central was sold to Master Data Center . Then, Jossey-Bass was sold to John Wiley & Sons and

2320-538: The group would also serve as a platform and set of services for authors that go beyond what a traditional book publisher offers to find their audience. The services include helping authors expand their reach through online courses, seminars, workshops, mobile applications, video and audiobooks, sponsorships and business partnerships, and podcasts. North Star Way sits within the Gallery Publishing Group division. According to Michele Martin, publisher and founder,

2378-506: The ideas in the books into a variety of platforms." The name prompted Marvel Comics to attempt to register the name of their superhero Northstar in February 2015. The application was denied as Simon & Schuster had already made a trademark application for North Star Way in January. Simon & Schuster launched SimonSays.com a portal for online video courses in 2016, along with Scout Press,

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2436-579: The largest book publisher in the world, actually the only global book publisher. Given this position we would, of course, be interested in Simon & Schuster." Vivendi , which owns the French publisher Editis , and News Corp , which owns HarperCollins , were also named as contenders in acquiring Simon & Schuster. ViacomCBS expected the bids to be placed before November 26, 2020. On November 25, 2020, ViacomCBS announced it would sell Simon & Schuster to Penguin Random House for $ 2.175 billion. The deal

2494-612: The market, in violation of antitrust law . Simon & Schuster reorganized all of their imprints under four main groups in 2012. The four groups included the Atria Publishing Group, the Scribner Publishing Group, the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group and the Gallery Publishing Group. According to CEO Carolyn Reidy , the divisions were created to align imprints that complement one another and that

2552-474: The name North Star reflects their mission, "to publish books that will help readers find the path to a better life, and to be a guide for our authors, not only through publication of their books but also in the many other activities that can help their message find the widest possible audience." In an interview with Kirkus Reviews , Michele Martin expanded that North Star Way, "aims to meet consumers where they are, in whatever form of media they consume. We expand

2610-525: The publisher. Initially located at 37 Main Street, Powerhouse Arena moved to 28 Adams Street in 2015. In 2020, PowerHouse Books opened a new location in Industry City, and moved its corporate publishing headquarters there. It also publishes artists known for work in other fields. It partnered with Charlie Ahearn on Wild Style: The Sampler , a behind-the-scenes look at Ahearn's 1982 Wild Style , considered

2668-422: The structure would "lead to a sharper editorial focus for our imprints even as it takes consideration of the natural affinities among them." In 2012, Simon & Schuster launched a self-publishing arm of the company, Archway Publishing. On November 14, 2013, Simon & Schuster signed a co-publishing agreement with former New York Yankees shortstop, Derek Jeter , to launch Jeter Publishing. In December 2013,

2726-503: Was Women Before 10AM, by Veronique Vial, with a forward by Sean Penn , published in 1998. In 2011, PowerHouse published Vivian Maier : Street Photographer, which brought posthumous attention to the previously unknown photographer , including the Academy Award -nominated film Finding Vivian Maier . In 2006, powerHouse Books launched The PowerHouse Arena, a gallery, bookstore, and event space often used to promote artists working with

2784-472: Was a piano salesman and Schuster was editor of an automotive trade magazine. They pooled US$ 8,000 , equivalent to $ 142,000 today, to start a company that published crossword puzzles. The new publishing house used "fad" publishing to publish books that exploited current fads and trends. Simon called this "planned publishing". Instead of signing authors with a planned manuscript, they came up with their own ideas, and then hired writers to carry them out. In

2842-473: Was acquired by Gulf+Western in an 8-for-1 stock swap on January 28, 1975. Four years later in 1979, Richard Snyder was named CEO of the company. Over the next several years he would help the company to grow substantially. After the death of Gulf+Western head Charles Bluhdorn on February 19, 1983, the company made the decision to diversify. Bluhdorn's successor Martin Davis told The New York Times , "Society

2900-478: Was acquired for US$ 552.8 million. Later that year, Snyder was suddenly fired from S&S and was replaced by the company's president and chief operating officer Jonathan Newcomb. Simon & Schuster then sold several peripheral assets, such as selling Charles E. Simon Co. to CDB Infotek. Gousha was sold to Rand McNally in 1996. In 1994, S&S acquired the software operations of Markt+Technik . Later that year, Simon & Schuster (through Paramount) launched

2958-411: Was arrested for the 2016–2021 literary phishing thefts . The company released a statement saying they were "shocked and horrified to learn today of the allegations of fraud and identity theft by an employee." In June 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported that HarperCollins and investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) had emerged as potential frontrunners for the company. On August 3, 2023, it

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3016-504: Was believed to have led to the company's success in the audiobook business. Snyder was dismayed to realize that Simon & Schuster did not own the video rights to Jane Fonda's Workout Book , a huge bestseller at the time and that the video company producing the VHS was making more money on the video. This prompted Snyder to ask editors to obtain video rights for every new book. Agents were often reluctant to give these up – which meant

3074-416: Was brought into the company fold in 1985 for over $ 700 million and was viewed by some executives to be a catalyst for change for the company as a whole. This acquisition was followed by Silver Burdett in 1986, mapmaker Gousha in 1987 and Charles E. Simon in 1988. Part of the acquisition included educational publisher Allyn & Bacon which, according to then editor and chief Michael Korda , became

3132-545: Was edited by Beverly Bond and features insights from nearly sixty influential Black women, including Michelle Obama, Angela Davis, Shonda Rhimes, Misty Copeland, Yara Shahidi, and Mary J. Blige. PowerHouse Books PowerHouse Books (stylized as powerHouse Books ) is an independent publisher of art and photography books founded in 1995 by Daniel Power, in Brooklyn , with its headquarters in Industry City . PowerHouse Books

3190-479: Was expected to close in 2022, but was blocked by US federal judge Florence Y. Pan on October 31, 2022. An appeal to the court ruling was announced a day later by Bertelsmann, but it was ultimately canceled on November 21. In 2021, Simon & Schuster made book deals with former Trump administration officials, such as Vice President Mike Pence and Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway . This prompted protests among Simon & Schuster staff. On November 2, 2021,

3248-409: Was reported that KKR was in "advanced talks" with Paramount Global. On August 7, 2023, Paramount Global announced that it had agreed to sell Simon & Schuster to KKR for $ 1.62 billion. The sale was completed on October 30, 2023. In May 2024, Simon & Schuster acquired Veen Bosch & Keuning (VBK), the largest Dutch book publishing company. The acquisition includes all of VBK's imprints in

3306-436: Was the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! 15th-anniversary Fundraising Gala which was headlined by Chaka Khan and featured Grammy-nominated artists Alice Smith and Maimouna Youssef , a.k.a. MuMu Fresh; D.C.'s all-woman go-go band Bela Dona; Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Tasha Cobbs Leonard ; celebrity DJ Active; and an exclusive collaboration with Chaka Khan and Def Leppard lead guitarist Phil Collen . In 2019, in collaboration with

3364-475: Was undergoing dramatic changes so that there was a greater need for textbooks, maps, and educational information. We saw the opportunity to diversify into those areas, which are more stable and more profitable than trade publishing." In 1984, Simon & Schuster with CEO Richard E. Snyder acquired educational publisher Esquire Corporation, owner of companies including Allyn & Bacon (and former owner of Esquire magazine), for $ 180 million. Prentice Hall

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