Random House CEO Markus Dohle announced today that Crown Publishing Group will be broken into two distinct groups. Crown Publishing Group publisher Jenny Frost is leaving the company. Doubleday Canada's executive publisher Maya Mavjee will take over as publisher of the restructured Crown Publishing Group.

In a memo Random House CEO Markus Dohle summarized the changes: "After an extensive review, we believe that both our overall publishing interests and those of our respective imprints, authors, and our colleagues, will now be best served...