PEOPLE Penguin Random House, Anna Paustenbach will join Avery Publishing as executive editor on April 1st. She was previously executive editor at Harper One. Jen Schwabinger, VP and director, sales development is departing after 40 years with the company. Valerie Van Delft, SVP of logistics, will retire this August. Alison Martin is named SVP of…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Dan Schwartz has been named SVP, CFO for HarperCollins, effective January 23. He was previously CFO at Macmillan. Gina Centrello, longtime President and Publisher of the Random House Publishing Group, is retiring from her position. She will serve as a strategic advisor to the US board going forward. At Penguin Random House, Vaishali Nayak,…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Michael Jacobs, President and CEO of Abrams, will step down from that role on November 28, to be succeeded by Mary McAveney. Jacobs will become executive chair of the board and serve in an advisory capacity during the transition. McAveney has been working as Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at Open Road…Continue Reading
PEOPLE At Harmony Books, Shannon Welch, formerly Executive Editor at Harper One, joins as VP and Editorial Director. At Penguin Random House Audio, Nicole McArdle, previously Assistant Director of Marketing at Portfolio, joins as Marketing Director and Camille Copeland joins as Associate Marketing Manager. At Rodale, Elysia Lang joins as Editor. Additionally, Denise DeGennaro, Random…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Kierna Mayo joins Random House as VP and Executive Editor at One World/Roc Lit 101. Most recently she was SVP of Content for Interactive One. Stacey Barney has joined Nancy Paulsen Books as Associate Publisher. Most recently she was Executive Editor at Putnam Children’s. Caitlin Tutterow, formerly Assistant Editor at Putnam Children’s, also joins…Continue Reading
PEOPLE On June 7, Jeff Blackburn is returning to Amazon, where he had worked since 1998, as SVP, Global Media & Entertainment. He most recently spent a brief stint as Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Simon & Schuster’s new lifestyle imprint, Simon Element, will launch in Spring 2022 and be led by VP and Publisher…Continue Reading
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 On January 2, Audible founder Don Katz will turn over his position as CEO to Bob Carrigan, who was previously Chairman and CEO at Dun & Bradstreet. Katz will transition to Executive Chairman. Ken Michaels, CEO of Macmillan Learning since 2015, has resigned. At Tor, Katie Klimowicz, formerly Senior Designer at Macmillan Children’s Publishing…Continue Reading
PEOPLE Anne Messitte, EVP at Knopf Doubleday and Vintage/Anchor, will depart the company in December “amid a company restructuring,” reports the AP. Suzanne Herz, EVP, Executive Director of Publishing at Doubleday, will expand her role to succeed Messitte as Publisher of Vintage/Anchor. At Penguin Books, Kathryn Court, who has served as President and Publisher since…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
