The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, September 15, 1994           TAG: 9409150579
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D2   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: Staff report 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   21 lines

DEL REY BOOKS AND LEGEND ENTERTAINMENT FORM ALLIANCE

Del Rey Books, a division of the Ballantine Publishing Group, formed a major alliance with Legend Entertainment Company, a Chantilly-based leading niche producer of personal computer games and multimedia CD-ROM based products. The arrangement includes a significant equity stake in Legend Entertainment Company by Random House Inc., parent company of Ballantine. Del Rey Books is the world's leading publisher of science fiction and fantasy. Random House is the largest general trade book publisher in the English-speaking world. by CNB