Harper Christian svp and group publisher David Moberg will retire at the end of the company’s fiscal year, in June 2019. SVP and publisher of Nelson Books Brian Hampton will be promoted to fill the role. Hampton will oversee all book publishing operations for both Thomas Nelson and Zondervan and the associated imprints effective immediately (except for Zondervan’s Church, Academic, Reference and Reflective publishing, and Bible publishing), reporting to president and ceo Mark Schoenwald. Moberg will “hold a leadership role within Harper Christian until his date of retirement, ensuring a seamless transition of responsibilities.” Hampton has been with the company for 27 years. […]
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People: Tauber to Launch Imprint At Chronicle
Former longtime Harper One svp and publisher Mark Tauber, who left the company at the end of 2017 “to pursue other interests,” has joined Chronicle Books as managing director of a new, to be named imprint. Launching in fall 2019 and aiming to publish 6 to 8 books a season, the line will focus “on narrative and inspirational non-fiction in subjects ranging from health, wellness, and lifestyle to creative business, sports, memoir, and reference.” Chronicle president Tyrrell Mahoney says in the announcement, “We are thrilled to welcome Mark Tauber to Chronicle Books. His extensive publishing acumen and deep experience identifying […]
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At Penguin Random House, deputy chief financial officer James Johnston has been promoted to global chief financial officer, reporting to ceo Markus Dohle. He fills officially the position vacated when Milena Alberti left the company at the end of 2017, after leading the finance group on an interim basis. Dohle writes, “With 28 years of experience at our company, Jim has been a significant and valued contributor to the development and success of Random House and Penguin Random House…. Simply stated, Jim understands inside and out how our company ticks and works, and he consistently demonstrates a considered pragmatism, natural […]
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Courtney Code has been promoted to associate editor at Abrams. Departing Orion group publisher Jon Wood will join Rogers, Coleridge and White as an agent in January. At Simon & Schuster, Allison Stegeland has been promoted to the newly created role of sales associate in the international sales channel. Henna Cho has been promoted to sales coordinator in the e-audio sales group. In Germany, Hans-Peter Ubleis, who had been publisher at Droemer Knaur for nearly 20 years, will return to Holtzbrinck in an advisory role. In the newly created position, he will focus on getting German authors published by Droemer Knaur, Kiepenheuer & […]
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Brittani Hilles and Carla Bruce-Eddings have both joined Algonquin and Algonquin Children’s as senior publicists. Hilles was most recently a publicist at St. Martin’s, while Bruce-Eddings was with Riverhead. Taylor Maccoux has been promoted to assistant editor at Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. Samantha Allen joins Chronicle Books as subsidiary rights manager. Previously she was subsidiary rights manager at Simon & Schuster Children’s. Britt Siess has joined Martin Literary & Media Management as an associate literary agent. She was in the sales division at Quarto. Jill Corcoran is leaving Transatlantic Agency to become director, published licensing sales at Smithsonian Enterprises starting October 1. Corcoran’s current clients will be represented […]
Clean Slate at CBS: Moonves Out with No Severance, Litigation Settled, New Directors Named
After the New Yorker published an article on Sunday in which they said another six women had accused Les Moonves of sexual harassment and/or assault in incidents from the 80s and 90s, his career at CBS came to quick end. Rather than the reported negotiations from late last week that Moonves could depart with $100 million in severance (down from the $180 million provided for in his contract), now he leaves with no guarantees — and Moonves and CBS will “donate $20 million to one or more organizations that support the #MeToo movement and equality for women in the workplace.” […]