Simon & Schuster evp and the company’s first “digital publisher” Mark Gompertz “has decided to leave” the company, as of March 15. CEO Carolyn Reidy writes that he “has decided it is time to use both his newly-acquired digital skills and his expertise in traditional publishing in a new arena” with “the requirements for digital publishing now incorporated into our day-to-day life here at S&S.” Gompertz joined the company in 1993, as publisher of Touchstone Fireside. Reidy notes that “under his leadership, the imprint doubled in size and expanded into hardcover publishing.” VP and publisher of Howard Books Jonathan Merkh will […]