Five years after joining the company and leading it through its final restructuring and an IPO, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ceo Linda Zecher has resigned — apparently dismissed by a restless board. Current board member L. Gordon Crovitz will serve as interim ceo while a search is conducted for a new ceo. Board chair Lawrence K. Fish said in a statement, “The Board decided this was a good time to begin a search for the next CEO, who will be charged with combining strengths across the company to accelerate growth in the core business as well as in adjacent markets, while continuing […]
