This is the original publisher and manufacturer of Golden Books/Little Golden Books and Dell/Gold Key Comics. It was restructured as Golden Books Family Entertainment in 1996 (with Western's publishing operations renamed as Golden Books Publishing Company in 1997), which was jointly acquired by Random House in 1998, and later Classic Media in 2000.
19??–1972
1972–1997
Part of Bertelsmann
Predecessors: UK publishers: USA publishers: Canadian publishers: Other assets: |
Main assets: Penguin Random House | RTL Group UFA Gruner + Jahr Arvato Bertelsmann Education Group Other assets Former/Defunct properties Notes |