When did the Whitman Publishing Co from Racine WI close?

The Whitman Publishing Co began in 1915 as the result of the acquistion of publisher Hammerung-Whitman Publishing Co by Western Publishing Co. Mattel bought Western Publishing (the parent company of Whitman Publishing) in 1982, then sold it off in 1984. Under new ownership, it renamed itself "Golden Books Family Entertainment" and tried to focus on Children's Books. It sold off the adult books (Golden Guide) to St. Martin's Press in 1999, and later the H.E. Harris coin company would buy Whitman Coin Products from St. Martin's Press in 2003 and rename as Whitman Publishing. By 1997, Western Publishing was absorbed into the name Golden Books Publishing Company. Golden Books Family Entertainment was acquired by Classic Media Inc. and Random House in a bankruptcy court auction for $84.4 million on August 16, 2001.