Random House President Harold Evans on Thursday named Peter Bernstein, a son of the former chairman, to be publisher of the Times Books division.
Bernstein, 45, an editor at U.S. News & World Report since 1989 and a co-editor of reference books, is a son of Robert L. Bernstein, who led Random House for 23 years, until he abruptly stepped down in 1989 following a dispute with S.I. Newhouse Jr., whose family owns the company.
