By Drew Grant 4/15 2:26pm

Publishing

David Zinczenko, fitness guru. (Getty Images)

Why David Zinczenko Deserves That Multimillion Dollar Book Deal With Random House Along With His Own Imprint

David Zinczenko, former Rodale Executive and EIC of Men’s Health, just signed a deal with Random House which the publisher is calling “unprecedented in scope.”

Not only will Mr. Zinczenko, BFF of Dan Abrams and author of the hugely succesful series Eat This, Not That, be penning new titles for a Random House imprint under his new contract, but will be getting his own, separate imprint as well, along with a publishing partnership for his new company’s titles, and, oh yeah, a swoonworthy amount of cash. And guess what? He’s totally worth it. Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 2/23/09 10:09pm

Ballantine Acquires Kathy Griffin Memoir For More Than $2 Million

The comedian Kathy Griffin is writing a memoir, and according to three sources with knowledge of the deal, her literary agent at Endeavor, former Dutton editor-in-chief Trena Keating, sold it at auction last week to an editor at Random House’s Ballantine imprint for more than $2 million.

Ms. Griffin, who got her start on the sitcom Suddenly Susan, stars Read More

By Joe Hagan 1/20/03 12:00am

Ann Godoff Is Out At Random House

After five years as president of Random House, Ann Godoff was dismissed on Thursday Jan. 16 by president and chief executive Peter Olson, as part of a major shake-up at the Bertelsmann-owned publisher. Random House–one of the premier imprints in American publishing, founded by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer in 1925–will be merged with Ballantine Read More