PEOPLE Jon Yaged has been named successor to Don Weisberg as CEO of Macmillan. Weisberg will leave the company at the end of the year. At Celadon, critic and professor Jabari Asim joins as Literary Acquisitions Advisor on June 20. Brian Scharp joins Nelson Books as VP of Marketing. He worked in the past as…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Jennifer Besser will become SVP and Publishing Director of Roaring Brook Press, Farrar, Straus & Giroux Children’s, and First Second on October 30, following the retirement of Simon Boughton. She is currently President and Publisher of Putnam Children’s. At Candlewick Press, Karen Walsh joins as Executive Director of Publicity for brands and key titles….Continue Reading
