While official communications on the integration of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt into Harper Collins made only modest mention of the layoffs “as a result of the changes,” multiple sources tells us that they expect over 50 people from HMH will lose their jobs by the end of this year, including most of the sales force and […]
Personnel
Prior to Take Over As CEO of Pan Macmillan
Longtime managing director of Penguin General Books in the UK Joanna Prior has been named the new ceo of Pan Macmillan. Longtime ceo Anthony Forbes Watson “decided that the time has come for him to make room for a fresh pair of eyes and to give him time to pursue other interests” and will step […]
Planeta Hires Pera to Lead US Office in Miami
Grupo Planeta has hired Cristóbal Pera as vp and publisher, “to reinforce and revitalize the Group’s editorial presence in the US market,” leading an office in Miami that will reopen in January 2022. The company will “consolidate its operations in the United States and Puerto Rico” there and plans to “focus its editorial program on […]
Publishing Workers Feel the Burn Out
Princeton University Press recently announced their U.S. and U.K. offices would close the week of Aug. 30. “This has been a year of extraordinary new endeavors and collaborations, as well as unprecedented new challenges,” the company wrote on their website. “The risk of burnout is high and so are the August temperatures. Looking ahead to […]
International: Fest and Schieder to Leave Rowohlt for DTV
Alexander Fest, long-serving publisher at Germany’s Rowohlt until stepping down in 2014 to work as editor at large, is leaving the company at the end of January 2022 after more than 20 years, to join DTV as consulting publisher in spring 2022. Buchmarket observes that, “With this, the traditional company is losing a piece of […]
Most ViacomCBS Employees Won’t Return to Offices Until At Least Mid-October
ViacomCBS ceo Bob Bakish told employees on Wednesday that most staffers will not start returning to the office until October 18 “at the very earliest,” as the company monitors the Delta variant. Bakish wrote that their broader “green phase,” when most of the employees are expected to resume some office presence, would start in late […]