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Putnam Media	Putnam Media was founded by Colonel Russell L. Putnam in Illinois in the 1930s as a food processing publisher. Since 1973 it has been run by members of the Cappelletti family. Putnam Media has no connection with the firms of G. P. Putnam, Putnam Berkley or Penguin Putnam. See www.putnam.net.	2008
Pyramid Books	The publishing firm of Pyramid Books was founded by Alfred R. Plaine and Matthew Huttner in 1949. In 1975 the firm was acquired by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and its name changed to Jove Books. In 1979 Jove Books was purchased from Harcourt Brace Jovanovich by the Putnam Berkley Group. See the FOB entry for the Putnam Berkley Group, which indicates that the firm was acquired by Penguin in 1997, and is now part of the Pearson Group. See us.penguingroup.com.	2008
R. S. Peale and Company	R. S. Peale and Company was one of several publishing houses which merged in 1892 to form the Werner Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 49 (1986), p. 480 and see the FOB entry for the Werner Company.	2009
Rabbit Ears	The firm of Rabbit Ears Productions was founded by Mark Sottnick in 1985. The firm passed through various management arrangements, including a distribution agreement with Simon & Schuster and ownership by Microleague Multimedia, before it was purchased in 2006 by Listening Library, the children's division of Random House Audio, which is owned by Bertelsmann. See www.randomhouse.com/audio.	2008
Rainbird Publishing Group	Rainbird was bought by Penguin UK in March 1985. Penguin UK is part of Pearson plc. See www.pearson.com.	2008
Regnery Publishing	Regnery Publishing was founded as a new firm in 1977 by Henry Regnery, shortly after he had sold the Henry Regnery Company (q.v.). The new firm was briefly known as Regnery Gateway. In 1993 the firm was acquired by Eagle Publishing. See www.regnery.com/eagle.html.	2008
Reilly and Britton Publishing Company	The Madison Book Company was founded in Chicago in 1902 by Frank K. Reilly and Sumner C. Britton. In 1904 the firm's name was changed to Reilly and Britton Publishing Company. Britton left the firm in 1916, and from 1919 William F. Lee became a full partner and the firm became Reilly and Lee Publishing Company. See 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 315-316, and see the FOB entry for Reilly and Lee, which indicates that the successor firms now belong to McGraw-Hill (www.mcgraw-hill.com).	2008
Reilly and Lee Publishing Company	Reilly and Lee Publishing Company was formed in 1919 as the successor company to Reilly and Britton (q.v.). In 1957 Reilly and Lee was acquired by the Henry Regnier Company, which became known as Contemporary Books from 1977. Contemporary Books was acquired by the Tribune Company in 1993, and in 1996 became part of NTC/Contemporary. NTC/Contemporary was acquired by McGraw-Hill in 2000 as part of its purchase of Tribune Education. See www.mcgraw-hill.com.	2008
Reiman Publications LLC	Reiman Publications LLC was established as a publisher of books on cooking, gardening and lifestyle subjects. In 2002 the firm was acquired by Reader's Digest Association. In 2007 Reader's Digest Association was purchased by the private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC. See www.rd.com.	2008
Republic of Texas Press	Republic of Texas Press was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Group in 2002 and now forms part of Taylor Trade Publishing. See www.rlpgtrade.com.	2008

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