Looking for an office in Manhattan? Market Partners International currently has a space available in its office near Grand Central Terminal. Total available space is approximately 350 sq. feet, plus access to a conference room. For more information, please email info@marketpartnersinternational.com. PEOPLE Harold Augenbraum will step down from his position as Executive Director of the National Book Foundation…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Catherine Makk joined HarperCollins as VP, Global Insight. She was Director, Retail and Consumer Insights at Vogue. Additionally, Allison Jarvela is now Senior Manager, Consumer insight. Previously, she was Market Research Analyst at Wiley. Laura Owen joined Nieman Journalism Lab as Deputy Editor. She was previously Managing Editor of GigaOM. Mark Kuyper was named…Continue Reading
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An update was added to the promotions section of the original post on 4/10/15. Editor’s Note: Looking for an office in Manhattan? Market Partners International currently has a space available in its office near Grand Central Terminal. For more information, please email info@marketpartnersinternational.com. PEOPLE Jeannie Mun joined Oyster as CFO. She was previously CFO at the technology company MediaMath. Additionally,…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Andrew Solomon joined PEN American Center as President after being elected for a two-year term. Karen Fink is now Deputy Director of Publicity at Grand Central Publishing. She was most recently Associate Director of Publicity at Random House. Colleen Lawrie joined PublicAffairs as Senior Editor. She was previously Editor at HarperCollins. Tony Forde is…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Anja Schmidt has joined Oxmoor House as Editorial Director. She was most recently US Publisher at Kyle Books and previously, Executive Editor at DK. Robert Riger is leaving his position as VP & Director, Pimsleur Foreign Language Programs at Simon & Schuster Audio in mid-March. Previously, he held positions at Barnes and Noble, Penguin, and Sparknotes and was a co-founder of Market Partners…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Mitchell Klipper will retire from his position as CEO, Retail of Barnes & Noble in May. He will continue to act as an advisor to the company moving forward. Michael Siglain is now Director, Creative Franchise at Lucasfilm Publishing. Formerly, he was Executive Editor at Disney Book Group. Steve Quinn joined Perseus Book Group…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Geoff Shandler joined William Morrow as VP, Editorial Director at its new unnamed imprint, handling the nonfiction side of the list, which will also feature literary fiction. He was most recently Editorial Director of Adult Trade at Little, Brown. Bob Spizer is leaving his position as Group Director of Domestic Rights at HarperCollins at…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Meredith Greenhouse will join Perseus Book Group as VP, International Sales and Marketing. She was Senior Director of International Sales at HarperCollins. Susan Reich will retire as President of Publishers Group West in March 2015. She has been president of the company for seven years. Perseus President and CEO David Steinberger said of her…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Hachette Book Group EVP, Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Evan Schnittman is leaving his position as of December 12th, after two and a half years. The position was created for him and will be eliminated when he leaves. Chris Murphy was promoted to SVP, Group Sales Director of Hachette and will join the company’s…Continue Reading
