Does this sort of news affect new writers?

McClelland & Stewart is now 100% owned by Random House of Canada. They used to own only 25%, with the rest owned by the University of Toronto. Click the link for the full story from The National Post.
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/01/10/random-house-becomes-full-owner-of-mcclelland-stewart/

What does this mean to a writer like me? A writer like you? Writers in general?