[1] The company was founded in 1937 by Ernest Watson, Ralph Reinhold, and Arthur L.

[3] Their headquarters are at 1745 Broadway, New York City, Random House Tower.

[citation needed] The Dutch publisher VNU (later renamed the Nielsen Company) acquired Billboard in 1993.

[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.

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