Founded as the Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897. Merged with the George H. Doran Company in 1927, creating Doubleday, Doran. Renamed to Doubleday and Company In 1946. Sold to Bertelsmann in 1986. In 2009, Doubleday merged with Knopf Publishing Group to form the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, which, as of 2018, is part of Penguin Random House. [Wikipedia]