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.” […]
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Michael Signorelli, formerly senior editor at Holt, has joined Gotham Ghostwriters as managing director of the Bookwriting Group. Ingram Content Group chief content officer Phil Ollila will be the honoree at the Goddard Riverside Book Fair Gala on October 30. Amanda R. Cecil has been promoted to director, digital content & social media marketing for Barnes & Noble. Erica Stone has joined Random House Children’s as school & library marketing coordinator. She was previously the school partnership & offsite sales assistant at Greenlight Bookstore Former chief executive of Bonnier Publishing Richard Johnson‘s memoir releases Saturday in the UK, and the Bookseller has an advance […]
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Jennifer Schuster has left Crown Archetype, where she was an executive editor, to launch Jen Schuster Editorial Services, providing developmental editing, ghostwriting, proposal development, and consulting services. In an update to our report on Folio Literary Management acquiring Harold Ober Associates, Phyllis Westberg and Craig Tenney are retiring, and other Ober personnel will join Folio. Bookselling Laurel Book Store in Oakland closed on Friday, after a relocation downtown four years ago caused financial troubles. Last July, owner Luan Stauss asked customers to help raise $30,000 she needed to catch up in rent. She wrote in a final newsletter to customers, […]
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Founder of Blue Rider Press (and longtime publisher at Simon & Schuster before that) David Rosenthal has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt as editor at large. Svp and publisher Bruce Nichols said, “I have known and admired David for many years, and I am thrilled that he will bring his creativity, keen editorial eye, and astonishing list of contacts to HMH.” Simon & Schuster has restructured its sales division, including the following promotions and hires: Paula Amendolara has been promoted to vp, director of national accounts, adding responsibility for sales to mass market retailers and airports, as well as the key distributors […]
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Rebecca Smart will join DK in January in the new role role of managing director, publishing, overseeing design, UK marketing and PR, publishing operations and Alpha Books in Indianapolis. She has been managing director at Ebury for the past 4 years. DK ceo Ian Hudson said in the announcement, “Rebecca’s appointment is an important step for the company…. With her mix of strategic leadership and commercial experience, combined with her vision, creativity and passion, she will lead the evolution of our global publishing, and seek out new digital and business development opportunities.” Claire Payne joins Sourcebooks as director of sales, […]
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Hasan Altaf joins the Paris Review as managing editor next Tuesday. Most recently, he was the managing editor at Harper’s Magazine. Fiction writer, poet, and musician Christian Keifer takes the new role of West Coast editor. Additionally, an expanded roster of advisory editors incorporates former poetry editor Robyn Creswell, plus Saskia Hamilton and Christopher Merrill. At Milkweed Editions, Joanna R. Demkiewicz has been promoted to marketing director. Jordan Bascom moves up to publicist. Former John Murray publishing director Eleanor Birne joins David Godwin Associates as an agent on September 3. The MacDowell Colony announced 87 recipients of fall-winter fellowships, including […]