As a corporate connection to Saudi Arabia becomes untenable in the eyes of many, Endeavor Content is now reported to be working on a deal to buyback the $400 million investment made in the talent and entertainment company by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund earlier in the year. “Sources say paperwork is being drawn up…
Briefs: Obama Picks, BuzzFeed Book Club, New Kindle, And More
Picks Barack Obama published a few pre-election reading recommendations. They include How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt and The Broken Ladder by Keith Payne, in addition to magazine pieces by Matthew Desmond and Yoni Appelbaum. BuzzFeed has finally launched the monthly book club, they have been talking about for a while. Family Trust by Kathy Wang is the inaugural…
People, Etc.
Alessandra Bastagli has joined Dey Street Books as executive editor. She was previously editorial director of Nation Books. Warren Bass will leave Penguin Press after almost a year to return to the Wall Street Journal’s weekend Review section, “with a nicely tailored portfolio of commissioning and editing big essays that’ll include lots of ongoing interface with the publishing…
People, Etc.
Zachary Knoll has been promoted to associate editor at Simon & Schuster. Jeff Li joins Serial Box as chief operating officer. Most recently he led the ventures team at NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Networks. Awards The New Academy prize, formed to fill the gap left by the Swedish Academy’s decision to not award a Nobel for literature…
Stephen Elliott Files Lawsuit Against Media Men List Creator Moira Donegan
Author and former editor of literary website The Rumpus Stephen Elliott filed a lawsuit in New York’s Eastern District against Moira Donegan, the creator of the S—-y Media Men list on Wednesday. Elliot alleges “libelous communication of knowingly false statements” in the private Google spreadsheet that became very public, along with intentional infliction of emotional…
Braithwaite Tops November Library Reads
Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, The Serial Killer is the top pick for November’s Library Reads list. The rest of the list: The Adults, Caroline Hulse The Best Bad Things, by Katrina Carrasco The Colors of All the Cattle, by Alexander McCall Smith Empire of Sand, by Tasha Suri How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?, by N. K. Jemisin…