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Watson-Guptill

Watson-Guptill

American publisher

Watson-Guptill is an American publisher of instructional books in the arts.[1]

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History

The company was founded in 1937 by Ernest Watson, Ralph Reinhold, and Arthur L. Guptill.[2] They also published the magazine American Artist.[3] Their headquarters are at 1745 Broadway, New York City, Random House Tower.[4]

Billboard Publications acquired Watson-Guptill in 1962.[citation needed] The Dutch publisher VNU (later renamed the Nielsen Company) acquired Billboard in 1993.[5] Random House acquired Watson-Guptill from Nielsen in 2008.[6] Five years later, Random House, which was owned by Bertelsmann and the Penguin Group, owned by Pearson PLC, merged to form the Penguin Random House company.[7][8] Watson-Guptill became an imprint of Ten Speed Press in 2013.[9]

Imprints

  • Amphoto Books

References

  1. [1]
    "Watson-Guptill – The Crown Publishing Group". CrownPublishing.com. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  2. [2]
    "Ernest W. Watson Biography". ernestwwatson.com. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  3. [3]
    American Artist (Journal, magazine, 1940). WorldCat.org. OCLC 1479320.
  4. [4]
    "Watson-Guptill Publications – Publisher Contact". JacketFlap.com. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  5. [5]
    "Company News – Dutch Buyer Acquires BPI". NY Times. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  6. [6]
    "A Down Year for Random House". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  7. [7]
    Calamur, Krishnadev (29 October 2012). "Penguin, Random House Announce Merger". NPR, 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  8. [8]
    "Penguin and Random House Merge, Saying Change Will Come Slowly". NY Times. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
  9. [9]
    "Crown Shifts Watson-Guptill, Amphoto, Potter Craft". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2018-11-22.


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