PEOPLE Announced this morning, John Sargent will depart as CEO of Macmillan and Executive VP of Holtzbrinck on January 1. Don Weisberg, President of Macmillan US Trade, will succeed him as CEO of Macmillan Publishers, while Susan Winslow, General Manager of Macmillan Learning, will head that division as President. Also at Macmillan, LaToya Rose has…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Andrew Smith is now SVP, Children’s Publisher at Abrams. He was most recently SVP, Deputy Publisher at Hachette’s Children. Abrams Publisher Susan Van Metre will transition to VP, Editor-in-Chief, Children’s Books and Editorial Director of Amulet, reporting to Smith. Annette Thomas will leave her position as Chief Science Officer and Board Member at Springer…Continue Reading
With 50 talks over three days and close to 300 exhibitors, ad:tech New York is one of the world’s largest Interactive Marketing conferences. On the first day social media strategist Lynne d. Johnson invoked one of its main themes with a slide with one stark acronym: “SoLoMo”— a mashup of social, local, and mobile. They’re…Continue Reading
