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Western Publishing controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1967

    Children’s-book library-edition price-fixing case

    The U.S. Justice Department charged Golden Press and seventeen other publishers with illegally fixing prices for library editions of children’s books. The companies accepted a consent judgment barring rigged bids and collusion with wholesalers in sales to schools, libraries, and government agencies.