Barnes & Noble’s Nook division has eliminated an unspecified number of jobs as the company continues to manage costs in anticipation of a spinoff of Nook Media (or parts thereof) some time next year. The layoffs include three executives: Longtime team member Theresa Horner, vp, digital content and general manager of Nook Press, and one of the founding executives of Nook after joining Barnes & Noble in 2008; David Rowland, vp, ecommerce and Nook.com; and Jonathan Shar, vp, new media, who oversaw newsstand and video. Responding to our query on Wednesday, Barnes & Noble spokesperson Mary Ellen Keating confirmed by email: “We made […]