Sarah Stein has joined Harper as senior editor. Previously she was senior editor at Penguin Books. Lori Dunbar has been named vice president, application services for Ingram Content Group. Previously she was the chief technology officer at GE Healthcare. Mary Kate Skehan has joined Portfolio/Sentinel as assistant marketing manager. She was most recently at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates as a senior literary scout. Harassment Files On Friday, CBS ceo Les Moonves was accused of sexual aggression by multiple women in a New Yorker article by Ronan Farrow. Some of the allegations, such as those of actor Illeana Douglas, date back to […]
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Barnes & Noble chief digital officer Fred Argir will retire from the company on August 3. Chief information officer Bill Wood will move up to chief digital officer, working “side by side” with chief merchandising officer Tim Mantel “to market and merchandise the website.” (Before joining BN in 2015, Argir was at Toys R Us and Sports Authority.) Cristopher Garrido has joined Harper Christian as vice president and publisher for its Spanish publishing program. Previously he developed and directed a Spanish publishing program at Lifeway Christian Resources. Melinda Merino has been promoted to editorial director and associate publisher of Harvard Business […]
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At the Penguin Random House US Finance Group, Justine LeCates has been appointed vice president, director of US finance. In the newly created position, she’ll be responsible for overseeing the US division’s financial planning & reporting, analysis and financial Systems. Yvonne Ricciuti has been promoted to senior director of financial systems. In the Random House Publishing Group publicity department, Jennifer Garza has been promoted to director of publicity, Ballantine Bantam Dell; Greg Kubie becomes associate director of publicity; and Dhara Parikh moves up to senior publicist. Emily Ritter has joined Simon & Schuster Children’s as digital & social marketing manager. She was most recently marketing manager at […]
Another Reshuffling: Bonnier’s UK Publishing Will be Just Bonnier Books UK, Under Existing CEO Mann
Five months after the dismissal of Bonnier Publishing group ceo Richard Johnson, the company has decided to eliminate his position entirely. The UK-based book publishing group is renaming and rebranding the troubled division Bonnier Books UK. Perminder Mann, who was already ceo of the operating units, continues as ceo with the group now reporting straight to Bonnier Books in Sweden. Parent company Bonnier cfo Jim Zetterlund, who had been interim ceo after Johnson’s departure, will serve as chairman of Bonnier Books UK. Previously the Bonnier Publishing group had included units in the US and Australia. Now Bonnier Publishing USA will report to […]
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Mitchell Ivers is leaving Simon & Schuster on August 31 after more than 21 years at the company, most recently as vp, editorial director of Threshold Editions (though the imprint is not mentioned in the announcement), to write a book “inspired by his recent trip to Israel and Palestine” and to explore publishing opportunities. Ivers joined Simon & Schuster in 1997. In a note to staff, Jonathan Karp remarked on Ivers’ years of “major bestsellers and consummate professionalism” and his “his open-mindedness and courageous support of writers of all voices.” Including, though also not mentioned, the ill-fated Milo Yiannopoulos project. That […]
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Kristin Fassler is joining Atria Publishing Group in the newly created position of vice president, director of integrated marketing on August 1. She was most recently vice president, director of marketing at Random House, overseeing the Ballantine Bantam Dell imprint. Dana Trocker, director of marketing, will move to Atria from the Simon & Schuster trade imprint, reporting to Fassler. Also reporting to Fassler will be Atria’s two deputy directors of publicity, David Brown and Lisa Sciambra; associate director of publicity Yona Deshommes; and assistant director of publicity Ariele Fredman. Paul Olsewski, vice president, director of publicity, will be leaving Atria, and the role […]