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 and Classic Media in 2001.
19??–1972
1972–1997
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