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HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
[est. 1817, merged 1990] J. & J. Harper of New York City [1817-1833]
William Collins, Sons of Glasgow, Scotland [founded 1819, merged 1990]
Harper & Brothers [renamed 1833, merged 1962]
Row, Peterson & Company [founded 1910, merged 1962]
became Harper & Row [merger 1962, acquired by NewsCorp in 1987, merged 1990]
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HarperCollins Workers Are Demanding Murdoch’s News Corp Pay Them a Living Wage HarperCollins workers, who are demanding a living wage, have been without a contract since April. On November 10, 2022, they began an open-ended strike, building off the one-day strike that they held on July 20, 2022 - The workers, who are represented by United Auto Workers Local 2110, are demanding that their contract include a living wage which accounts for inflation, and union security provisions. UAW 2110 represents some 250 HarperCollins employees.
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Primary Divisions
past & current divisions/imprints include:
romance publisher Avon Books [founded 1941, sold 1959 to Hearst, purch 1999]
Thomas Y. Crowell Co. [founded 1834, renamed 1876, purch 1978, merged 1980]
romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises [purch 2014] of Canada
HarperCollins College Publishing [founded ??, sold 1996 to Pearson]
religious publisher HarperOne in SFO
educational publisher Letts & Lonsdale [purch March 2010]
J.B. Lippincott & Co. [founded 1836, purch 1878, sold 1990]
Marshall Pickering
educational publisher Scott, Foresman [founded 1896, purch 1989, sold 1996 to Pearson]
religious publisher Thomas Nelson [Scotland 1798, USA 1854, USA sold 1969, purch 7/2012]
John Wiley & Son [est. 1807, purch 2012] of Canada
William Morrow & Company [sold 1981 to Hearst, purch 1999]
religious publisher Zondervan [founded 1931, purch 1988]
Subsidiaries
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Other Services
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Works About HarperCollins
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HarperCollins Executives
Jane Friedman, pres/CEO, HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide
Image Gallery
L i n k s
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