Joerg Pfuhl, CEO of Verlagsgruppe Random House, will step down from that position at the end of the year, Random CEO Markus Dohle announced to employees today. Pfuhl has been with Bertelsmann since 1994 and held various executive positions at Random House before being named to head Random’s Germany division in 2002. Pfuhl will be succeeded by Frank Sambeth, currently COO at the publisher.