John Makinson, currently chairman and chief executive of Penguin, will be chairman of Penguin Random House and Markus Dohle, currently chief executive of Random House, will be its chief executive.

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Random House CEO Markus Dohle, who will be CEO of the combined firm, sent a letter to literary agents today, reassuring them that the merger was a good thing for them and their clients (authors).

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Markus Dohle, the chairman and C.

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