Hannah Moushabeck will join Simon & Schuster in the newly created position of independent channel marketing manager.
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ABA content director Sydney Jarrard will leave at the end of August to focus on writing YA fiction and launching Speakeasy Conscious Language Consulting , an editorial service focused on "eliminating oppressive language."
PRH To Require Masks In Office
In a note to staff, Penguin Random House announced they would require employees to wear masks “at all times and in all areas, including inside offices,” when their office reopens on September 13. They previously announced that employees must be vaccinated to use the office, which remains optional. The announcement says, “The safety of all of you remains our top priority and for now, being masked indoors is the accepted standard in areas of substantial or high transmission. We will, as always, continue to monitor and assess the situation.”
Obituary: Daniel Farrell
Art book publisher Daniel Farrell, 74, died on August 16. He brought the BBC television program Antiques Roadshow to the US and opened the US offices of Antique Collectors’ Club (now ACC Art Books) with Diana Steel in 1990. He also organized the Art Book Fair in New York.
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Talia Behrend-Wilcox has been promoted to senior manager, subsidiary rights.