Bob Munro will join Cengage as executive vice president, cfo, starting April 1 and reporting to ceo Michael Hansen. He was most recently cfo at Callcredit Information Group. Hansen said, “Having worked with Bob in a previous capacity, I am confident that his expertise in leading high-performing, strategic finance teams is the right fit for our company.” Kate Farquhar-Thomson will join Princeton University Press as head of publicity, Europe, starting March 4. She previously led the PR department for Oxford University Press’s Academic division. Andrea Levy, 62, author of Women’s Prize winning Small Island, has died.
Archives for February 2019
Downing’s My Lovely Wife Tops March Library Reads
My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing is the top pick for March’s Library Reads list. Also on the list is Annie Ward’s Beautiful Bad, excerpted and available for download in our Buzz Books 2019 Spring/Summer sampler. The rest of the picks: The Bird King, by G. Willow Wilson A Dangerous Collaboration, by Deanna Raybourn The Last Woman in the Forest, by Diane Les Becquets The Last Year of the War, by Susan Meissner The Library of Lost and Found, by Phaedra Patrick Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss, by Rajeev Balasubramanyam Queenie, by Candice Carty-Williams The River, by Peter Heller Daisy Jones […]
Simon & Schuster Finishes with Softer Sales, But Sets New Profit Record
CBS reported fourth quarter and full year 2018 results on Thursday, with sales at Simon & Schuster moderating in the final quarter to $218 million (down from $235 million a year ago), even as operating income continued to grow, at $46 million (up $1 million from a year ago). As ceo Carolyn Reidy underscored, it marks the company’s sixteenth consecutive quarter of growth in profits. Full year sales fell $5 million short of last year’s mark, at $825 million, as the company registered record operating income yet again, at $144 million. That’s up from an official $136 million for 2017 […]
Amazon Cancels Plans for New York Headquarters
Amazon announced Thursday that it has cancelled plans for its new NYC headquarters, after facing opposition from the local community. “After much thought and deliberation, we’ve decided not to move forward with our plans to build a headquarters for Amazon in Long Island City, Queens,” said the company in a statement. Long Island City was selected in November as ones of the locations for HQ2, but residents and politicians spoke out about the transit and real estate problems it could create, and criticized the $3 billion in incentives offered by New York City and state leaders. Amazon said in the […]
People, Etc.
Cassidy Sachs has been promoted to assistant editor at Dutton. At Cooke International, Hana El Niwairi has been promoted to subsidiary rights associate. Co-founder with her husband Ian Ballantine of Ballantine Books and Bantam Books Betty Ballantine, 99, died on Tuesday at home in Bearsville, NY. Random House president and publisher Gina Centrello said in a statement, “We mourn the passing of Betty Ballantine, who with her husband Ian was a trailblazing contributor to the growth and development of book publishing and to the careers of countless authors and editors. We proudly carry forward the Ballantine legacy with this eponymous imprint […]
People, Etc.
At McClelland & Stewart, Joe Lee has been promoted to assistant editor. Haley Cullingham, currently senior editor at Strange Light and Hazlitt, expands her role to acquire for M&S as editor-at-large. Jordan Ginsberg, currently editorial director at Strange Light and editor-in-chief of Hazlitt, also expands his role to acquire for M&S as editor-at-large. Nine months after the departure of former c.e.o. Daniel Houghton, Lonely Planet has a new leader in Luis Cabrera, president and c.e.o., who announced plans to reinvigorate the brand’s digital properties and “deliver our promise in many places beyond our travel guides,” such as festivals, tours and events. Previously […]