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| Charles Gaylord | Charles Gaylord founded his printing and publishing firm in Boston around 1830. The firm went out of existence around 1840. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 174. | 2009 |
| Charles Griffin | The firm of Charles Griffin was purchased by Hodder & Stoughton from Book Publishing Development in July 1988. Hodder & Stoughton is now part of the Hachette group. See www.hodderheadline.co.uk. | 2007 |
| Christy & Moore | Christy & Moore was a literary agency founded in 1912. It is now part of Sheil Land Associates Ltd. | 2006 |
| Contact Publications | Contact Publications was founded by George Weidenfeld around 1944, and published the magazine 'Contact' and a number of books. From 1949 it was absorbed into Weidenfeld & Nicolson, which is now part of the Orion Group. See the Weidenfeld & Nicolson entry in FOB and www.orionbooks.co.uk. | 2006 |
| Coward-McCann Publishing Company | Coward-McCann Publishing Company was founded in New York in 1928 by Thomas R. Coward and James A. McCann. In 1936 the firm became an autonomous subsidiary of G. P. Putnam's Sons (later Putnam Berkley). John Geoghegan joined the firm in 1956, and in 1971 it was renamed Coward, McCann and Geoghegan. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 96-99, and the obituary of John Geoghegan, 'New York Times', 30 December 1999. The firm's autonomy declined after Geoghegan's resignation in 1981, and Putnam Berkley ceased using the Coward-McCann name around 1984. See the FOB entry for G. P. Putnam's Sons, which indicates that the firm is now part of the Penguin Group, and owned by Pearson. | 2008 |
| Crown Books | Crown Books (also known as the Crown Publishing Group and Crown Publishers) was founded as an imprint of the Outlet Book Company. See the FOB entry for Outlet Book Company, which indicates that in 1988 the firm was bought by Random House. Random House is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/crown and www.bertelsmann.com. | 2008 |
| Cummings and Hilliard | The publishing firm of Cummings and Hilliard was founded in Boston in 1812 by Jacob Abbott Cummings and William Hilliard. From 1823 the firm was known as Cummings, Hilliard and Company. Cummings died in 1823. In 1827 Harrison Gray became a partner and the firm was renamed Hilliard, Gray and Company. In 1843 the firm was dissolved and most of its assets were acquired by James Munroe and Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), pp. 110 & 203, and see the FOB entry for James Munroe and Company. | 2009 |
| Duffield and Green | The publishing firm of Duffield and Green began as Fox, Duffield and Company (q.v.) in New York in 1903. On the retirement of Rector Fox in 1906, the firm became known as Duffield and Company. After Horace Green became company president in 1926, the firm changed its name again to Duffield and Green. In 1934 Duffield and Green was purchased by Dodd, Mead and Company. See the FOB entry for Dodd, Mead and Company and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), p. 131. | 2008 |
| Farrar, Straus & Giroux | The publishing firm of Farrar, Straus & Company was founded by John Farrar and Roger Straus in 1946. The firm was renamed Farrar, Straus & Young and then Farrar, Straus & Cudahy before becoming Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1964. In 1994 Farrar, Straus & Giroux was purchased by the Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck and became part of Macmillan. See www.holtzbrinck.com and us.macmillan.com. | 2008 |
| Films Media Group | In 2007 Films Media Group was acquired by Infobase Publishing. See www.infobasepublishing.com. | 2008 |
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