Tag Archives: Annette Hobbs Magier

People Round-Up, Early May 2022

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 Round-Up, Early February 2022

PEOPLE Jamie Raab has become Publisher-at-Large for parent company Macmillan, stepping down from her previous role as President of Celadon Books. Imprint cofounder Deb Futter, previously SVP and Co-Publisher, has consequently been named President and Publisher. Elsewhere at Macmillan, Diane Dilluvio, formerly Associate Director at Wolters Kluwer, also joins the company as Senior Production Manager,…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early April 2019

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 Round-Up, Mid-October 2017

PEOPLE Effective December 4, Brian Napack will join Wiley as President and CEO. He replaces Interim CEO Mark Allin, who resigned in May. Napack has been Senior Advisor for Providence Equity Partners since 2012 and was President of Macmillan from 2006 to 2012. David Levin is leaving his position as CEO of McGraw-Hill Education. Lloyd…Continue Reading