Peter Joseph will join Harlequin on November 14 as editorial director, overseeing the launch and build of a new, yet-to-be-named imprint. (In March 2017 they named it Hanover Square Press, set to launch in 2018.) He spent the past twelve years at Thomas Dunne Books, most recently as executive editor. Gaby Salpeter has joined Macmillan Children’s as marketing coordinator. previously, she was web manager and events coordinator at Books of Wonder. With employee buyouts and layoffs hitting the Wall Street Journal staff, books reporter Jennifer Maloney posted on Twitter, “After five amazing years at WSJ, I’m looking for something new.” […]
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Penguin Random House Audio announced a number of recent promotions. Catherine Bucaria has been promoted to senior acquisitions editor, while Emily Parliman moves up to editor, Listening Library. Megan Mills is promoted to assistant acquisitions editor, while Renee Watson moves up to coordinator, digital operations. At Little, Brown, Zea Moscone is promoted to publicity manager, handling all cookbooks and lifestyle title. She will work remotely from San Francisco. Tony Forde has joined Viking and Penguin as senior publicist. He was most recently a publicist at PublicAffairs/Nation Books. In addition, Alison Klooster also joins as senior publicist. She was most recently […]
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Robby Imfeld joins Random House Children’s Books licensed & proprietary brand marketing team as associate marketing manager. He previously worked in marketing at Abrams. Former chairman of the William Morris Agency Norman Brokaw, 89, died on Saturday in Beverly Hills of complications from pneumonia. Brokaw started working in the WMA mailroom in 1943, when he was 15 — hired by his uncle Johnny Hyde. (As the NYT reminds us, “William Morris” himself was an immigrant born with the name Moses Zelman.)
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Radhika Jones has joined the New York Times as editorial director, books, reporting to Pamela Paul. Previously Jones was at Time Magazine, the last three years as deputy managing editor. In her new role, Jones will oversee all review coverage in The Times, both from The Times’s staff critics, and in the pages of the NYTBR. She will also be working on features, news and overall digital strategy in conjunction with Paul, who said in the announcement: “I’ve admired Radhika Jones for years for her intelligence, literary acumen, keen news sensibility and entrepreneurial approach to journalism. She is not only […]
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Katrin Hagerty has joined Insight Editions as foreign rights salesperson, and Alison Corn has joined the company as assistant design manager. Former managing director of Palgrave Macmillan in the UK Jaime Marshall is launching a literary agency, focused on upmarket nonfiction and popular economics, psychology, and business. Marshall will work in partnership with A M Heath. In his first public remarks on being named the Nobel laureate for literature, Bob Dylan told a reporter for the Telegraph he is “absolutely” planning on attending the Nobel ceremony in Sweden on December 10, “if it’s at all possible.” He says the honor is “amazing, incredible. […]
New York City Council Passes Freelance Rules
With new Federal rules on overtime pay set to go into effect on December 1, New York City-based companies are facing the likelihood of still more record-keeping and pay requirements, now with respect to freelance workers. The New York City Council unanimously approved the Freelance Isn’t Free Act last Thursday, which goes to Mayor Bill Di Blasio to sign it into law. The act would take effect 180 days after signing. Under the potential new law, any freelance relationship that pays more than $800 over a four-month period requires a written contract. The act also mandates timely payment for freelancers, with stiff […]