PEOPLE Nina von Moltke, President and Director of Strategic Development at Penguin Random House, is leaving the company in May. In other PRH news Marissa Secreto joins Penguin Random House Audio as Marketing Associate. At Random House Children’s, Isabelle Snyder joins as Junior Designer, Brand and Licensed. At HarperCollins, SVP, International Sales David Wolfson has…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Paula Amendolara joins Sourcebooks as SVP of Sales. She was most recently VP and Director of Sales, National Accounts at Simon & Schuster. At Sourcebooks Fire, Karen Masnica joins as Associate Director of Marketing & Publicity; she was previously Senior Marketing Manager at Simon & Schuster. At Diamond Book Distributors, Rich Johnson joins as…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Sonali Fry joins Crown Books for Young Readers as VP and Co-Publisher while continuing to serve as Publisher for Little Golden Books and Sesame Street and Publishing Liaison for Little Tiger Group. At Random House Children’s, Jamie Yee joins as Designer/Digital Artist; she was formerly Assistant Designer at Hachette Book Group. Ray Arjune, lately…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Insight Editions, Simon Fraser joins as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously VP of Finance and Operations at DK Publishing. Mike Degler, formerly General Manager at Prima Games, joins as Publishing Director of the new gaming division, Insight Gaming. Vicki Jaeger joins as Editorial Director and Acting Managing Editor overseeing the Insight Editions…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Jon Yaged has been named President at Macmillan, filling the position vacated by Don Weisberg when he became CEO last year after the surprise departure of Jon Sargent. Jeff Carroll, EVP, Marketing & Consumer Strategy, is departing the company after that position was eliminated. Meghan Leahy moves over to Macmillan as Sales Representative; she…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Lauren Wein is joining the Simon & Schuster imprint Avid Reader Press as Editorial Director on June 24. She has been working as Executive Editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Morgan Hoit also joins the imprint as Associate Marketing Manager; most recently, she was Associate at Jill Furman Productions. Leslie Mechanic, formerly Senior Designer at…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mary Ann Naples will join as VP, Publisher for Hachette Books on April 22. She was previously VP, Publisher at Disney Book Group. At JIMMY Paterson Books, T.S. Ferguson, lately Editor at Harlequin Teen/Inkyard Press, joins as Editor. Joe Davidson, lately Editor at Rizzoli, joins Black Dog & Leventhal in the same position. Annette…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Maya Mavjee joins Macmillan on March 1 as President, Publishing Strategy. She was formerly President and Publisher of the Crown Publishing Group. At Penguin Random House, Donna Passannante has joined as SVP, Marketing & Public, for the audio group. She was, until recently, VP, Executive Director at the Crown Publishing Group. Naomi Kleinberg, Editorial…Continue Reading
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PEOPLE Fritz Foy has become the new President and Publisher of Tom Doherty Associates, while Tom Doherty moves into the role of Chairman. At Holt, Michael Signorelli has left his position as Senior Editor and can be reached at signorelli.michael@gmail.com. And Holly Ingraham, formerly Editor at St. Martin’s, is leaving that role to launch Holly…Continue Reading
