Yes, the NYT foray into the wilds of Brooklyn is comedy gold, but we’ll leave the wisecracks up to individual readers. On the straight-faced side, take note that David Black managed to get the city to provide tax incentives of $3,000 per employee per year for the next 12 years to relocate from Manhattan.NYT Children’s publishing veteran Lori Benton has been named vp, publisher for the Scholastic Trade Publishing division, overseeing all imprints and reporting to president Ellie Berger. Benteon starts January 3. Most recently she was general manager and publisher of the fiction division of Capstone Publishers, and is […]
Personnel
People, Awards, Etc.
At Abrams, Susan Van Metre has been promoted to svp and publisher and will now oversee all comic arts books in addition to Abrams Children’s and Amulet Books. Charles Kochman is promoted to editorial director for Abrams ComicArts, adding oversight of children’s comics and graphic novels, reporting to Van Metre. Chad Beckerman moves up to creative director and oversee design for all comic arts books, Abrams Children’s and Amulet. Lindley Boegehold is promoted to editorial director for calendars, licenses and custom publishing. Jennifer Levesque is promoted to editorial director for Stewart, Tabori & Chang and Abrams Image (though Abrams Image […]
People
Lisa Faith Phillips has joined Hachette Book Group as director of digital strategy and development, reporting to Maja Thomas. Most recently she was a digital marketing consultant with Flip Global Marketing; previously she worked at Random House Direct as vp and general manager. Canongate digital editor Dan Franklin is moving to Random House UK where he will hold the same position, working across the group. Starting January 4, he will report to editorial director for ebooks and audio Zoe Willis. Group digital director Fionnuala Duggan says “part of his remit will be to help widen our focus to include direct […]
It’s Official: Rosenthal to Start Imprint at Penguin in 2011
Former publisher of the Simon & Schuster imprint David Rosenthal will indeed join Penguin, where he will set up a new, unnamed general trade imprint. He will start there on January 10, reporting to president Susan Petersen Kennedy. Launching in fall 2011, the imprint will comprise “an eclectic mix” of hardcover fiction and nonfiction, including suspense fiction, popular biography, literary novels, humor, music, and contemporary politics. The goal is to l “ultimately publish between 24 and 36 original titles per year.” How many of those will be former Simon & Schuster authors? Kennedy says to the NYT, “he has a […]
People, Etc.
San Francisco-based Curtis Brown agent Nathan Bransford announced via his popular writers blog on Friday that he is leaving agenting to work for CNet, where he will help coordinate social media strategy. He says the blog and its forums will continue. At Oxford University Press, Pam Sutherland moves over to the newly-created role of group chief information officer (CIO), overseeing group-wide digital and IT infrastructure and reported to ceo Nigel Portwood. She was operations director for Oxford Journals. Casper Grathwohl recently became online and reference publisher in Oxford’s Global Academic Business, and Ernst Kallus was appointed digital media director for […]
Weber to Leave Random House, and More
Random House svp operations & technology Andrew Weber has decided to leave the company at the end of the year after 16 years there, “to find a new set of challenges outside our doors.” His team will now report to president, sales operations and digital Madeline McIntosh. She writes: “Andrew is the gold standard for operational leadership in our industry. Most of the operational building blocks on which we run the company today were designed and put in place by him when he successfully led the integration of Random House with Bantam Doubleday Dell and the creation of Random House […]