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Neil Strong joins as chief operating officer on January 2, reporting to Jon Yaged. He has been vp of supply chain and customer service at Barnes & Noble, overseeing the distribution center, and was previously vp of ecommerce at the chain.

Strong will oversee the fulfillment centers in the US and UK in addition to the following teams: Platform and Development, Publishing Operations and Technology, Machine Learning, Facilities and Real Estate, Business Systems, and Inventory Management. He fills a vacant position, that was held briefly by Ajay Roy.

Scott Shannon has been promoted to president, reporting to RHPG president Sanyu Dillon.

Jennifer Hart and Benjamin Steinberg have been promoted to deputy publisher, overseeing publishing strategy and operations. Hart will guide the fiction program and branded fiction properties and Steinberg will steer the nonfiction publishing programs.

Sonja Flancher is promoted to marketing associate.

Ariane Moore has joined as senior podcast publicist.  Most recently, she was assistant manager, satellite tours at Penguin Publishing Group.