Watson-Guptill
{{short description|American publisher}}
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| parent = Ten Speed Press (Crown Publishing Group (Penguin Random House)
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| founded = 1937
| founder = Ernest Watson and Arthur L. Guptill
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| country = United States
| headquarters = 1745 Broadway, New York City (Random House Tower)
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| publications = Books
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| imprints = Amphoto Books
Back Stage Books
Billboard Books
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| url = {{URL|www.crownpublishing.com/archives/imprint/watson-guptill}}
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Watson-Guptill is an American publisher of instructional books in the arts.{{cite web|url=http://www.crownpublishing.com/imprint/wats |title=Watson-Guptill – The Crown Publishing Group |publisher=CrownPublishing.com |access-date=2015-08-15}}
History
The company was founded in 1937 by Ernest William Watson, Ralph Reinhold, and Arthur L. Guptill.{{cite web|url=http://www.ernestwwatson.com/pages/Biography/Biography.html |title=Ernest W. Watson Biography |publisher=ernestwwatson.com |access-date=2015-08-15}} They also published the magazine American Artist.{{cite book|title=American Artist (Journal, magazine, 1940) |publisher=WorldCat.org |oclc = 1479320}} Their headquarters are at 1745 Broadway, New York City, Random House Tower.{{cite web|url=http://www.jacketflap.com/watson-guptill-publications-publisher-7218 |title=Watson-Guptill Publications – Publisher Contact |publisher=JacketFlap.com |access-date=2015-08-15}}
Billboard Publications acquired Watson-Guptill in 1962.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} The Dutch publisher VNU (later renamed the Nielsen Company) acquired Billboard in 1993.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/15/business/company-news-dutch-buyer-acquires-bpi.html |title=Company News – Dutch Buyer Acquires BPI |newspaper=NY Times |access-date=2015-08-15}} Random House acquired Watson-Guptill from Nielsen in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/6204-a-down-year-for-random-house.html |title=A Down Year for Random House |publisher=PublishersWeekly.com |access-date=2015-08-15}} 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.Calamur, Krishnadev (29 October 2012). [https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/10/29/163898792/penguin-random-house-announce-merger "Penguin, Random House Announce Merger"]. NPR, 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/business/media/merger-of-penguin-and-random-house-is-completed.html?_r=0 |title=Penguin and Random House Merge, Saying Change Will Come Slowly |newspaper=NY Times |access-date=2015-08-15}} Watson-Guptill became an imprint of Ten Speed Press in 2013.{{Cite web| title = Crown Shifts Watson-Guptill, Amphoto, Potter Craft| work = Publishers Weekly | access-date = 2018-11-22| url = https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/57697-crown-shifts-watson-guptill-amphoto-potter-craft.html}}
Imprints
- Amphoto Books
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20230115155345/http://crownpublishing.com/archives/imprint/watson-guptill}}
- [http://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/imprints/WG/watson-guptill/books Penguin Random House Canada page]
- [http://thomasadwatson.com/Pages/Biography/Biography.html Watson Biography]
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Category:Book publishing companies based in New York (state)
Category:Publishing companies established in 1937
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