Investment firm KKR has acquired audiobook powerhouse RBmedia (previously known as Recorded Books) from Shamrock Capital. The financial details of the sale were not disclosed, though as one of the largest private equity firms with assets under management of over $150 billion, KKR focuses on investments of scale. With a catalog of 35,000 published audiobook…
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Taneli Ruda has joined Wiley as evp, chief strategy officer, where he will help to define and accelerate the next phase of the company’s growth. Ruda most recently served as head of corporate strategy at Thomson Reuters, with responsibility for defining the company’s portfolio and growth strategies, and driving company-wide M&A. “Taneli is an exceptional…
Listening to Worries About Barnes & Noble, Audible’s Growing Ambitions
The WSJ uses Book Expo to remind their readership that publishers are forever worried about the future of Barnes & Noble: “Permeating the industry is a sense of foreboding about struggling bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc., a sentiment that was palpable in recent days at the annual book show in New York…. The retailer’s continuing…
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Annette Pollert-Morgan has been promoted to editorial director of Sourcebooks Fire. Dave Horvath, senior marketing manager for Rowman & Littlefield, is retiring on March 30 after 41 years in publishing. Chris Artis has joined Shreve Williams Public Relations as affiliated publicist. Previously he was head of editorial communications at Reuters. Correcting yesterday’s item, the new vice president of sales…
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Trisha de Guzman has joined Farrar, Straus Children’s as associate editor. Previously she worked at Rodale. At Scholastic Trade, Emily Clement has been promoted to executive editor, Harry Potter, Wizarding World and special projects. Amanda Shih has joined as associate editor, nonfiction; she was previously at Tarcher Perigee. Rachel Weinert has moved over as rights and co-edition manager; she was with…
Now Tracking: Audio Dealmakers
We’ve made another adjustment to our big catalog of Dealmakers — tracking about 4,400 agents; 2,000 agencies; 11,000 editors; and 9,000 imprints over time on individual web pages of their transactions. We are now cataloging audio rights buyers — both individual editors and their companies — in Dealmakers lists and individual pages. The new feature includes…