{"id":14167,"date":"2026-04-08T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=14167"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:54:17","slug":"paramount-back-to-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2026\/04\/08\/paramount-back-to-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Back To Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/paramount-launches-book-publishing-imprint-1236784682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Deadline<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Paramount Launches Publishing Imprint, Looking To Boost Established Franchises And Develop Original IP<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/author\/dade-hayes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dade Hayes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1600950922.jpg?w=681&amp;h=383&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Paramount Global headquarters NY\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Paramount Global headquarters in NY<\/strong> Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/paramount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paramount<\/a>\u00a0is launching a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/publishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">publishing<\/a>\u00a0imprint, saying it will help boost established franchises and brands and develop original IP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dubbed Paramount Global Publishing, the imprint will start in the U.S. and Canada, with other international markets to follow in the future. Projects will span print, digital and audio, aiming for a wide range of audiences, from kids and families to adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many years before its 2025 merger with Skydance, Paramount and its predecessor companies had major publishing house Simon &amp; Schuster in their corporate portfolio. In 2023, Paramount Global\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2023\/10\/paramount-closes-simon-and-schuster-investment-firm-kkr-book-publishing-1235587618\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sold the publisher to private equity firm KKR<\/a>\u00a0for $1.62 billion. An earlier, richer sale to rival Penguin Random House was blocked by a judge over monopoly concerns and potential harm to authors and consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/paramount-launches-book-publishing-imprint-1236784682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Deadline<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Deadline Paramount Launches Publishing Imprint, Looking To Boost Established Franchises And Develop Original IP By\u00a0Dade Hayes Paramount\u00a0is launching a\u00a0publishing\u00a0imprint, saying it will help boost established franchises and brands and develop original IP. Dubbed Paramount Global Publishing, the imprint will start in the U.S. and Canada, with other international markets to follow in the future. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-art","category-literary-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14170,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14167\/revisions\/14170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}