When the Department of Justice sued Apple and the “Agency Five” publishers, they requested the case be presided over by Southern District Court of New York federal judge Denise Cote, since she was already hearing the proposed class action lawsuit that merged a number of actions in New York and California. We thought it might be instructive to look at some of the key cases Judge Cote has ruled on since she was appointed as a federal judge in 1994 that may provide some insight into how she might approach the ebook price fixing suits by the federal government and […]
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R. Todd Noden has joined Books-A-Million as cfo, replacing Brian White, who resigned from the company “to pursue other endeavors.” Noden was most recently cfo of Dobbs Mills and vp, accounting and financial analysis of Racetrac Petroleum. Scholastic svp, chief accounting officer Dennis Campagna will resign from the company on April 30 to pursue other opportunities, according to an SEC filing. He joined Scholastic only last December. Current evp, chief administrative officer and cfo Maureen O’Connell will once again act as chief accounting officer on an interim basis, as she did before Campagna was hired, until a permanent replacement is […]
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At the Penguin Press, Lindsay Whalen has been promoted to editor. Chul R. (Charles) Kim will join the Museum of Modern Art’s department of publications as associate publisher on May 7. He was most recently director of publications and editor in chief at the Cooper-Hewitt. Prior to that he was editorial, publicity, and rights director at Welcome Rain Publishers. Lauren Lavelle has been promoted to assistant publicity manager at Scribner. McNally Jackson Books events coordinator Michele Filgate is leaving on May 3. She will work part-time as a bookseller at the Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, Shelf Awareness reports, and spend more time on her […]
McGraw-Hill Says They Are On Track To Spin Off Education Unit By Year’s End
McGraw-Hill reported first quarter earnings Tuesday morning, with some small updates on the company’s plan to spin off the education unit and save approximately $100 million in costs by the end of the year. The IRS is reported to have agreed to tax-free status for the spinoff, and McGraw-Hill will officially file certain details of the plan “in the coming weeks.” Adjusted net income from continuing operations–the measure the company would like Wall Street to focus on (which excludes one-time charges of about $33 million relating to the spinoff)–was $144 million, up 19 percent and ahead of estimates. Sales rose […]
Bookselling: World Book Night; Curious George Reopens in Harvard Square; and More
World Book Night will take place Monday in the UK, US, Germany and Ireland, with thousands of volunteers set to give away more than a million books in those countries (in the US, as we reported, approximately 500,000 books from a list of 20 titles will be given away in more than 5,800 communities.) USA Today has a long overview of what’s planned all day in the US (including a celebratory “closing ceremonies” party at the Union Square Barnes & Noble), while WBN will host a similar event at London’s South Bank Centre. “We always hoped that World Book Night […]
People, Etc.: LAT Book Prizes Name Shakar’s Luminarium Best Novel
At Simon & Schuster, Colin Shields has been promoted to vp, director of digital sales. He will continue to have responsibility for the print business at Amazon.com, as well as digital sales for Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Sony, Kobo, and others. Ryan Doherty has been promoted to senior editor at Random House’s trade paperback unit. In addition, Kelli Fillingim moves up to associate editor. Stephanie Gorton has joined Open Road as acquisitions manager, reporting to Tina Pohlman. Previously she was an editor at Overlook Press. In addition, consulting editorial director Marjorie Braman will now become strategic advisor, author brands, […]