Personnel News Chronicle Books has hired Bill Boedeker for the new position of children’s publishing director, following Victoria Rock’s transition to editor-at-large and founding publisher earlier this year. Boedeker was most recently vp of marketing and associate publisher at Little, Brown Children’s. Former Literary Group agent Ian Kleinert will lead a new management and production company, Objective Entertainment, formed by Mudd Jeans founder Marty Weisfeld and veteran music manager and television producer Jarred Weisfeld. Objective will have agents to represent clients in book publishing, dramatic writing, and talent, and will develop and produce properties for television and film. As of […]