10 美国监管机构起诉阻止企鹅兰登书屋与西蒙舒斯特的合并

US regulators have sued to block the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon &Schuster, which would have created a mega-publisher in the US books market.

美国监管机构已提起诉讼，试图阻止企鹅兰登书屋与西蒙舒斯特的合并。如果合并成功，将会在美国图书市场创造出一家超大型出版商。

Bertelsmann, which owns Penguin Random House, last November struck a $2.2bn deal to acquire Simon & Schuster from ViacomCBS. It aimed to merge some of the world’s most popular authors, from EL James and Stephen King to George Orwell and F Scott Fitzgerald.

拥有企鹅兰登书屋的贝塔斯曼去年11月达成了一项22亿美元的交易，从维亚康姆哥伦比亚广播公司手中收购西蒙与舒斯特公司。该交易旨在合并一些世界上最受欢迎的作家，从EL·詹姆斯和斯蒂芬·金到乔治·奥威尔和菲茨杰拉德。

The publishers said in a joint statement: “We will fight this lawsuit vigorously and look forward to PRH serving as the steward for this storied publishing house in the years to come.”

两家出版商在一份联合声明中表示：“我们将积极抗击这场诉讼，并期待企鹅兰登书屋在未来几年能称为这家传奇出版社的管理者。”