It may be a surprise to dyed-in-the-wool book publicists, but increasingly in recent years, many of their free-wheeling, generalist peers have been staking out a specific patch of industry turf. Driven by big publishers’ dwindling budgets for outside PR muscle, more and more publicity shops are honing their skills in certain areas—everything from cookbooks to…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Random House has offered a “Voluntary Retirement Window of Opportunity” to “most” employees who have been with the company at least five years, and are 50 years old or older. The email offer was made on March 19 and employees must notify HR by mid-May. Many people clicked the Delete button before reading the…Continue Reading
PEOPLE John Kilcullen, previously CEO of Hungry Minds, has been named President of VNU’s Music and Literary Group and Publisher of Billboard. He will also oversee Bookseller and Kirkus Reviews, Music & Media, and Airplay Monitor. As dissected daily in the NYT, Daniel Menaker was named SVP and Editor-in-Chief of the Random House editorial imprints….Continue Reading
