Current DK ceo Carsten Coesfeld continues to move up the ranks at Bertelsmann, leaving the publisher on June 1 to become ceo of Bertelsmann Investments, reporting to Bertelsmann ceo Thomas Rabe. Coesfeld also joins Bertelsmann’s group management committee, which advises and supports the executive board. A grandson of the late Reinhard Mohn, who built Bertelsmann into a media conglomerate, Coesfeld already sits on the Bertelsmann Foundation board, and has been touted in German media as the Mohn family member who “could one day lead the media giant.” Penguin Random House ceo Markus Dohle said in the announcement, “Under Carsten’s tenure, […]
Archives for April 2022
Duke Once Again Appeals DUP Union
Duke University has filed yet another appeal challenging the Duke University Press Union election, the union said on Twitter. The union was certified in March, and this marks the third time the university has contested the organization with the National Labor Relations Board. According to the union, they remain certified and members hold union rights during the appeals process, unless the NLRB issues a stay or reverses course to uphold the university’s arguments. The union wrote on Twitter, “This is an appeal to what is essentially the Supreme Court of labor disputes—making the same arguments that the NLRB has rejected […]
Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction
The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine (Grove Atlantic) won the 2022 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
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April Book Club Picks
This month’s GMA Book Club pick is Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.
Distribution: Union Square & Co.
Pinnacle Booksales will distribute Union Square & Co. books in the UK starting July 1. Pinnacle will also oversee distribution in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia via its partnership with SaltWay Global.