Liz Gorinsky is leaving her position as a senior editor at Tor Books on February 2. She will continue to handle some of her authors as a consulting editor at Tor and edit short fiction at Tor.com. Alissa Nigro has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as associate marketing manager. She was most recently marketing associate at Random House Children’s. Elias Altman will join Massie & McQuilkin as an agent starting February 1. He has been with Aevitas Creative Management for three years Michael O. Campbell will join The University of Washington Press as sales director starting February 6. He was most recently […]
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At Penguin Random House Audio, Kelly Atkinson has been promoted to managing editor and Ruby Liu has been promoted to project management coordinator. Heather Job has joined as associate publicist. She was previously publicity assistant at Macmillan Children’s. Kate Rados has been promoted to vice president, consumer platforms at Penguin Random House’s corporate consumer development group. Kristen Fritz moved up to vice president, executive editor, content marketing. Ann Marie LaCasha joined Sourcebooks as director of brand marketing. She was previously senior product manager, global marketing at Abbott. Brianna Yamashita joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as director of marketing, lifestyle and business. She was previously associate publisher, executive director of […]
More Talk of A CBS-Viacom Merger; Waterstones’ Sale Near and Daunt Would Like to Stay
Shari Redstone is once again looking seriously at merging CBS and Viacom back together, multiple “insiders” told TheWrap in a report Friday afternoon that lifted shares of both companies. (CBS continues to gain in early Tuesday trading.) She “has concluded that a bigger footprint is necessary for the companies to thrive,” the article says, as “three individuals with knowledge of the companies said that Redstone is actively moving in that direction [of a merger.]” Those insiders say that CBS chairman Les Moonves “is now open to the possibility,” and an individual close to Moonves told TheWrap: “He’s having active discussions with […]
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Sarah Murphy will join Flatiron Books as senior editor on January 26. Previously she was an editor at Harper Wave. Amber Hoover has joined Perseus Books as director of subsidiary rights. Previously she was foreign rights manager at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Allegra Green has joined Macmillan Children’s as associate marketing manager. She was most recently assistant manager of brand and licensed marketing at Little, Brown Children’s. In addition, Morgan Rath has joined as associate publicist. Previously she was an assistant publicist at BookSparks. Maria Whelan has joined Dutton as a senior publicist. She was previously a publicist at Other Press. Heather […]
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At Random House, Caitlin McKenna and Anna Pitoniak have both been promoted to senior editor, while Emma Caruso moves up to assistant editor. Stephanie Doig has been promoted to associate editor at Harlequin. Michelle Meade has been promoted to the associate editor at Mira Books. At Graywolf Press, Casey O’Neil has been promoted to sales director. Caroline Nitz has been promoted to senior publicity manager. Mary Anne Thompson Associates has been appointed US scout for Greek publisher Metaichimio. In the UK, Jenny Savill has joined the board of directors at Andrew Nurnberg Associates. Picks Books-A-Million named Matt Haig’s novel How to Stop Time as its […]
Updates: Avedon Book, Milo’s Manuscript, and Book World’s Final Days
The NYT looked at the controversy over Norma Stevens and Steven Aronson’s Avedon: Something Personal, which we covered before the break. Publisher Spiegel & Grau adds to their earlier statement, now denying the Avedon Foundation’s claim that the book was mistakenly based in part on an unfinished autobiographical novel Avedon had worked on: “Norma Stevens did not copy or use a Richard Avedon novel in any way in writing Avedon: Something Personal. The Avedon Foundation has made loose, unsubstantiated allegations of copyright infringement without presenting any documented instances of substantial similarity between our book and another work.” But no one else seems to […]