New Barnes & Noble ceo Demos Parneros continues to pus his mark on the company’s executive ranks with the hiring of a new vp, real estate development, James Lampassi, who starts July 31 and reports to Parneros. (BN hired a vp, stores earlier in the month.) The company calls it a new position and says Lampassi “will have responsibility for developing and executing the real estate strategy as well as lead store development and construction initiatives.” He replaces vp, development David Deason, who has had similar responsibilities and has been at BN for 27 years. Deason will serve as a […]
Archives for July 2017
People, Etc.
At Writers House, Maja Nikolic takes the new title of managing director, global licensing, continuing to oversee the international rights business. She will focus on adult fiction and non-fiction, overseeing and working closely with director of adult UK licensing Peggy Boulos Smith. Cecilia de la Campa has been promoted to the new role of executive director, global licensing and domestic partnerships, continuing to oversee the kids and YA international rights business, as well as now formally leading the agency’s expansion in domestic rights channels across their list – managing film/tv projects, theater adaptations, educational reprinting, and audio. Katie Stuart and […]
People, Etc.
Former FBI director James Comey overcame his initial reluctance to write a book and has been meeting with publishers, ahead of an auction expected this week, run by Keith Urbahn and Matt Latimer at Javelin. Latimer tells the NYT, “It’s a book about leadership and his search for truth, informed by lessons and experiences he’s had throughout his career, including his recent experiences in the Trump administration.” The paper adds, “His aim is to write candidly about his experience serving in multiple administrations, and to use moments from his career to draw lessons about ethics, decision making and leadership.” Cherise […]
Finance: BN Education Sinks, More From Bertelsmann
The stock of Barnes & Noble Education was hit hard after their fourth quarter earnings report on Wednesday morning, falling over 20 percent to a new all-time low at the end of trading on Thursday, below $8 a share — and still falling further in the first hour on Friday. (The stock was spun-off at around $13.50 a share two years ago, in August 2015.) The unit’s market capitalization has fallen almost in half, starting at just under $650 million when it was split from Barnes & Noble, Inc. and now at under $330 million. (BN’s market cap has rebounded […]
Easier Access
Following the rollout of our new PM News App, announced earlier this week, we have a few updates. Most importantly, we simplified the URL to access the app: just go https://m.publishersmarketplace.com. To answer a couple of frequent questions, adding the app’s icon to your home screen depends on the mobile browser you are using. A web search for “add icon to home screen” and your browser should give you the answer you need, though most commonly, in Safari just click the icon at the bottom of the browser window that looks like a rectangle with an arrow as its head, and […]
People
Lauren Christensen will join the books desk at the New York Times this month as a senior staff editor, editing fiction and nonfiction and overseeing visual books coverage. She was associate features editor at Harper’s Bazaar. Susan Ellingwood moves over to the group in August from the Opinion section. Susan will work on news and features, nonfiction book reviews, global books coverage and “a range of entrepreneurial efforts.” Margaret Thompson, managing directer of Penguin Random House New Zealand, will leave the company on July 28. Thereafter, publishing director Debra Millar, marketing and publicity director Siobhan Clare, and sales director Carrie Welch will all […]