Book Publisher Joins Zuckerman Group

After seven years as the most high-profile book publisher in the country, Harold Evans announced he is stepping down from his post at Random House to be editorial director of Mortimer Zuckerman’s media properties. Zuckerman, a real estate developer, owns the New York Daily News, U.S. News & World Report, Atlantic Monthly and Fast Co. Random House has named Ann Godoff, who had risen to become No. 2 to Evans, to assume Evans’ post. Random House is one of the flagship imprints of Random House Inc., the country’s largest general-interest book publisher.