In another memo, reproduced at GalleyCat, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ceo Linda Zecher tells staff that the company will close its Indianapolis West warehouse next spring, which services the trade and reference division. But those products won’t move far; they will be transferred to the company’s Indianapolis East warehouse. Zecher says it’s “part of the broader reduction in our workforce” that the FT said could comprise 10 percent of the company’s employees in all. On top the last week’s executive departures and division closings, Zecher writes that evp of Innovation and New Ventures Fiona O’Carroll is leaving and that team “is being […]
Personnel
People, Awards, Etc.
Molly Barton will move up to global digital director at Penguin as of December 1. She takes over from Dan Ruffino, who is returning home to Australia. At HarperCollins, Beth Silfin has been promoted to the newly created position of vp, deputy general counsel, responsible for overseeing the contracts department in working directly with literary agents on contracts and rights negotiations. As a result of the change in how the legal and contracts department is organized, vp, associate general counsel Tom Ward will leave the company after more than 15 years. In addition, Cindy DiTiberio has been promoted to senior […]
People, Etc.
Thomas LeBien will join Simon & Schuster as vp, senior editor, specializing in history and non-fiction. He was most recently at FSG, where he was publisher of the Hill & Wang and Scientific American imprints. LeBien starts at S&S on December 21 Rachel Vogel will join Mary Evans Inc. as foreign rights director and literary agent, effective November 28th, where she’ll continue to build her list of literary and upmarket fiction, narrative nonfiction and memoir. She has previously held positions at Movable Type, Lippincott Massie McQuilkin, and Maria Campbell Associates. Parhul Segal has joined NPR as digital associate editor for […]
People, Etc.
At Random House Struik in South Africa, founding managing director Stephen Johnson will step down in March 2012, the end of the unit’s fiscal year, as he reaches retirement age. Johnson will become chairman of the company’s board in April. Current managing director of London’s New Holland Publishers (and a former Struik md) Steve Connolly will return to South Africa to run Random House Struik as of April. Nicola Way will join Harper Children’s UK as marketing director in January. She was most recently a board director at Iris Nation, a UK integrated marketing agency. Sumya Ojakli has been named senior […]
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Restructure, Eliminate
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ceo Linda K. Zecher announced in an internal memo ahead of a Monday investor call that she will restructure the company’s divisions as well as its executive ranks, “for better accountability with fewer senior leaders and more focus on our customers.” The company “we will no longer have a separate Education Group” and its current president, Mike Lavelle “has made the decision to leave HMH.” Company CFO (and one-time interim ceo) Michael Muldowney has resigned, with Eric Shuman taking the roll of interim cfo. They will also eliminate the Emerging Markets division and are restructuring their corporate […]
People, Etc.
The ABA has hired publishing veteran Joy Dallanegra-Sanger for the new position of senior program officer. The organization’s ceo Oren Teicher says she will “help ABA focus on areas of particular and immediate importance to indie booksellers, especially in advancing our ongoing discussions regarding new business models and in helping to promote children’s bookselling.” Most recently, she was svp and director of marketing at Macmillan Children’s. BTW Camila Enrich Schroder in Barcelona has started scouting the Spanish-speaking territories for Cappelen Damm in Norway and Grupo Editorial Record in Brazil. Penguin has a new agreement with Quad/Graphics for short-run and print-on-demand […]