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The Big Number: $1.62 Billion

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The deal, brokered this past week with Simon & Schuster’s owner, Paramount, significantly expands private equity’s presence in the literary world. Over the years, financial firms have owned literary agencies, publishing houses and the retailer Barnes & Noble.

This latest deal puts KKR in control of a major cultural touchstone and a home to authors like Stephen King and Bob Woodward.

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