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KKR to acquire Simon & Schuster from Paramount Global for $1.62 billion

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  1. specwill
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    This is such unfortunate news. That the government blocked the sale of S&S to PRH to protect authors and readers, only to have it handed over to KKR to be Toys R' Used, just sucks Also, after that...

    This is such unfortunate news. That the government blocked the sale of S&S to PRH to protect authors and readers, only to have it handed over to KKR to be Toys R' Used, just sucks

    Also, after that recent story about KKR enshittifying Overdrive, I wonder how this all is going to play out for libraries.

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  2. tomf
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    that's one way to get dibs on Stephen King's work.

    that's one way to get dibs on Stephen King's work.

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