Keith Fox will join Phaidon Press as chief executive officer, based in the company’s New York offices. Previously he was president of McGraw-Hill’s construction division, which included Architectural Record and Engineering News Record. In a statement Phaidon owners Debra & Leon Black said: “We are delighted that Keith has joined Phaidon. He brings a unique combination of his personal appreciation of the arts coupled with a proven history of leading and advancing successful global brands.” Fox added: “I am honored to be joining Phaidon and humbled by the trust the Black family has placed in me. I look forward to […]
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Devin Kirk will join Macmillan on April 14 as vp, international sales and marketing, succeeding Judy Sisko, who is retiring next month after more than 46 years in publishing and 22 years at Macmillan. Kirk was previously senior director, international sales for Penguin Random House. At Penguin Random House, Kim Shannon has been appointed to newly created position of vp, director, adult retail sales, Random House. Adult retail sales at Penguin continue to be overseen by John Lawton and Norman Lidofsky. At Sterling Lord Literistic, Caitlin McDonald and Mary Krienke have been promoted to associate agents, while Nadyne Pike moves […]
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Former Literature Director at the National Endowment of the Arts Ira Silverberg will join Open Road Integrated Media on April 22 as strategic advisor, author brands, reporting to Tina Pohlman. In his new role, Silverberg will focus primarily on backlist acquisitions for “a wide range of authors.” Jane Friedman, co-founder and ceo of Open Road said in the announcement: “Ira’s broad range of experience has given him a deep understanding of all aspects of the publishing industry and he will make an incredible addition to Open Road.” Silverberg added: “Joining Open Road allows me to get back to the very […]
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Tiffany Tomlin has been promoted to executive director of the newly aligned Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. At Chronicle Books, Liz Marotte has been promoted to senior client account manager. In addition, Lara Starr has been promoted to senior publicist, children’s publishing. At Workman, John Jenkinson has been promoted to senior publicist, while Margaret Rogalski has been named publicist, moving over from Gotham Books. At Disney-Hyperion, Lisa Yoskowitz has been promoted to senior editor, and Laura Schreiber moves up to associate editor. Liz Usuriello has been promoted to publishing coordinator; Joann Hill is now senior manager, design; and Maria Elias […]
People: NYT’s Julie Bosman Leaves Publishing Beat As Paper’s Midwest Correspondent, and More
After four years of covering publishing at the New York Times, Julie Bosman is rotating to her “dream job” of working as a Midwest correspondent for the paper in April, based in their Chicago office. (Bosman grew up in Wisconsin.) The memo from national editor Alison Mitchell and deputy national editor Ethan Bronner, reproduced by Capital New York, does not indicate who will take over the publishing beat. In other personnel news, Readerlink svp, marketing and inventory Tara Catogge is moving to Quarto Publishing Group USA as vp, sales director, Publishing Trends reports. Shimul Tolia has been named president of Bonnier […]
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Nathan Rostron has joined Restless Books as director of marketing. Previously he was an editor at Bookish. Former Bertelsmann ceo Thomas Middelhoff is leaving the board of the New York Times Company, where he has served as a director since 2003. The late Ali Gunn’s company Gunn Media said in a statement, “We intend to keep her business well cared for, as she would have expected. Any current contracts with Gunn Media will be treated as business as usual, whilst outstanding negotiations will be put on hold, for the time being.” The Bookseller says that queries should be directed to Douglas […]