News Briefs 1. Hyperion executive editor since 1998 Mary Ellen O’Neill will join Collins as vp, publisher of Wellness and Lifestyle. Reporting to O’Neill are executive editors Kathy Huck and Toni Sciarra and editor Greg Chaput. The line publishes approximately 75 titles annually. 2. Per yesterday’s story, this morning Random House estimates that they sold over 425,000 copies of Christopher Paolini’s ELDEST in the first week on sale, a record for the children’s division. Reprints totaling 500,000 copies have been ordered. 3. Last Friday, Page Six reported that Thomas Mesereau, Michael Jackson’s defense attorney, has chosen Esther Newberg at ICM […]