After 27 years, Jeff Bezos, the entrepreneur who turned an online bookstore into one of the most powerful companies in the world, announced his plans to step down as Amazon CEO. In an email to employees on Tuesday, Bezos said the transition will come in Q3, at which point he will become... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2021-02-02 21:43:59 UTC ]
Publisher Frances Pinter has taken a newly created role as executive chair of the Central European University Press in Budapest, Hungary. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 08:37:20 UTC ]
Tim Godfray, chief executive of the U.K.-based Booksellers Association (BA) since 1984, is stepping back his day-to-day management responsibilities. Meryl Halls is moving is becoming managing director, while Godfray transitions into the role of executive chair of the BA Group. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dulwich Books has been bought by Susie Nicklin, executive chair and co-founder of The Marsh Agency, for an undisclosed sum. The deal came about Dulwich Books’ former owner Sheila O’Reilly told The Bookseller that she was looking for a business partner to help expand the company in multiple... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
He leaves media arm of Thomson Reuters to join international publishing, events and electronic information group which is owned by DMGTAndrew Rashbass, chief executive of Thomson Reuters media arm Reuters, is leaving the company to become executive chairman of DMGT-owned Euromoney.Reuters... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]