Tag Archives: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s

People Round-Up, Early May 2021

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 Round-Up, Mid-April 2021

PEOPLE Fritz Foy is retiring as President and Publisher of Tom Doherty Associates and is being succeeded by Devi Pillai effective immediately. Pillai was previously Publisher and VP for Tor Books. At Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, Ann Marie Wong joins as Editorial Director. Previously she was Senior Editorial Director at Scholastic Book Clubs….Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early April 2021

PEOPLE Amazon has named Zola Mashariki, former Head of Original Programming at BET and SVP, Production at Fox Searchlight Studios, as the new Head of Audible Studios. She will lead original content creation, oversee studio operations, and develop and implement content strategy. LaSharah S. Bunting will join the Simon & Schuster imprint as VP, Executive…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-March 2021

PEOPLE At Quirk Books, Brett Cohen is resigning as President and Publisher after twenty years with the company. Founder and owner David Borgenicht will return to his previous role as President. Jhanteigh Kupihea has been named Publisher and will lead the creative group. Monika Hewlett has also departed her position as VP, Director of Sales….Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early October 2020

PEOPLE In the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Kristin Fassler returns to Penguin Random House in the newly-created position of SVP, Director of Integrated Marketing Strategy. Most recently she was VP, Director of Integrated Marketing at Simon & Schuster. Jamia Wilson joins Random House as VP, Executive Editor, beginning January 4. She was most recently Executive…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-May 2018

PEOPLE Kristin Cochrane will take over as CEO of Random House Canada following the retirement of Brad Martin on June 30. Martin has been CEO since 2007. At Lonely Planet, CEO Daniel Houghton has stepped down. He will become CEO of marketing agency Pyxl. Brant Rumble has joined Hachette Books as Executive Editor. He was…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Mid-April 2018

PEOPLE Madeline McIntosh has become CEO of Penguin Random House USA. She had been President, Penguin Publishing Group. Allison Dobson takes over as President of Penguin Publishing Group. Libby McGuire has been named SVP, Publisher of the Atria Publishing Group, beginning April 30. She has been Literary Agent at The Gernert Company since early 2017, before…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early October 2017

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

People Round-Up, Mid-September 2017

PEOPLE Mark Warren has joined Random House as VP, Executive Editor. He was previously Editor at Esquire for two decades and is the coauthor of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s memoir, The Good Fight. At WaterBrook & Multnomah, Helen Macdonald has joined as Production Editor. Jim Dassise has left his role as West Coast…Continue Reading

People Round-Up, Early July 2017

PEOPLE Annie Callanan will take over as CEO of Taylor & Francis, succeeding Roger Horton. She was most recently CEO of the healthcare company Quantros. Benjamin Steinberg is joining Dey Street Books in the new position of Associate Publisher. He was previously Director of Partnerships and Imprint Consumer Marketing for Knopf Doubleday. Also at HarperCollins, Christopher Goff is retiring…Continue Reading