Katie Ziga will move over from her position as svp, executive director, business operations at what was the Crown Publishing Group to serve as svp, strategy and finance at the Penguin Publishing Group, reporting to Allison Dobson, in January. VP, business management Tina McCormick and director, strategy and finance Liz Ichniowski will report to Ziga. She has worked for Random House since 1998. Fareeda Bullert has been promoted to senior marketing manager at Berkley. At Sourcebooks, Mallory Hyde has joined as marketing specialist for children’s books. Jaclyn Puccini has joined in the newly created role of social media specialist for Sourcebooks Fire. Liz […]
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Crown Reorganization Sees Drake Advance, Stern Depart, Blake Hired and More
Following October’s merger of the Crown Publishing Group with the Random House Publishing Group, under the direction of president and publisher Gina Centrello, she has announced further realignments at the Crown publishing units. Also, the combined division will officially be known as Random House. SVP, publisher, Crown, Molly Stern will be leaving the company as a result of those additional changes, while Gillian Blake is moving over from Holt as svp, editor-in-chief, Crown Trade, starting January 22. Centrello writes in a separate memo that, “Molly’s commitment to publishing excellence and editorial leadership, and her passionate advocacy for our authors’ works, […]
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At Scholastic Trade, Liza Baker has been promoted to vp, associate publisher of Cartwheel Books, Orchard Books and Acorn and Branches; Katie Carella to executive editor of Acorn and Branches; Jessica Tice-Gilbert moves up to associate art director of Cartwheel Books and Orchard Books; Yaffa Jaskoll is now executive art director, trade fiction; Celia Lee to senior editor of Cartwheel Books and Orchard Books; and Alexis Lassiter is sales associate. Scholastic also announced a number of new hires. Angie Mason has joined as senior designer, trade creative services. She was previously at Alex Brands. Ingrid Paredes moves over to trade team from the education division, becoming publishing special projects manager. Katie Fitch has joined […]
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Jaime Noven has joined Celadon as marketing manager, reporting to associate publisher Rachel Chou. Previously she worked in marketing and publicity at Princeton Architectural Press and The Monacelli Press. Alison Petersen has joined Chronicle as managing editor, entertainment. Previously she was at Stanford University Hoover’s Institute as book production manager and editorial manager. Gwydion Suilebhan has been named the executive director of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, starting January 15. Suilebhan is currently director of brand and marketing for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, and he is also a playwright, screenwriter, and poet. Meghan O’Rourke will take over as the new editor of The Yale […]
Grand Central to Close Life & Style
On Wednesday, Grand Central publisher Ben Sevier announced internally some “changes to the publishing strategy” of the group that will eliminate “several” jobs, though a spokesperson confirmed to us that only three positions were eliminated. (A much more significant reorganization of nonfiction publishing and Hachette Nashville in November had resulted in approximately 25 job cuts.) Grand Central’s Life & Style imprint will be closed at the end of year, but the division will continue to publish books on health, wellness, self-help, inspiration, and food and cooking as part of the main Grand Central list. “Several specialist positions in editorial and publicity” will […]
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Arcadia Publishing coo Paul Raffle has stepped down from his position, succeeded by former Perseus Books Group coo Charles Gallagher. Lezen Acquisition bought the company back in May and Raffle had agreed to stay on through the transition, and he will consult on a part-time basis going forward. Gallagher has been consulting for Arcadia for six months, and has relocated to Charleston, SC. Arcadia ceo (and former Perseus ceo alongside Gallagher) David Steinberger said in a letter to staff, “Paul has been true to his word, and over the past months has worked very hard and very effectively to position Arcadia […]