Havas has named new executive client and strategy leaders in its Chicago office heading into 2021, hiring Lilia Arroyo Flores as chief strategy officer and Maisha Pearson as chief client officer. "Our clients' business needs are constantly changing--now more than ever--with strategy and... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-12-17 15:30:20 UTC ]
Pearson has committed to tackling gender bias and stereotyping in education, unrolling "first of its kind" gender equality guidelines for the resources it produces. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-23 00:36:36 UTC ]
Pearson has created a new direct-to-consumer division, hiring senior talent from Warner Bros to help lead it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-18 06:07:40 UTC ]
Leaders from 2U, Global Citizen Year, Minerva, and Pearson reveal which elements of the higher-ed ecosystem are getting stronger and which are poised to collapse. For Fast Company’s Shape of Tomorrow series, we’re asking business leaders to share their inside perspective on how the COVID-19 era... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-10-27 07:00:15 UTC ]
The Publishers Association and Pearson are to sit in on the Creative Industries Advisory Group, to assist in steering "ongoing and upcoming trade negotiations" in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-01 06:08:05 UTC ]
Pearson has appointed Andy Bird, most recently president and chairman of Walt Disney International, to be Pearson's new chief executive. He will start on 19th October, subject to shareholder approval, with outgoing boss John Fallon remaining in the role until that date. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 08:02:27 UTC ]
Pearson pulled its BTEC results last night (19th August), the evening before they were to be released, saying it is regrading them in line with GCSEs and A-Levels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-20 00:37:53 UTC ]
Pearson has reported revenue fell 17% in the first half of 2020 as the result of “significant disruption” caused by Covid-19. However, the company has said “things are improving”, citing better sales in June. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-24 08:05:58 UTC ]
Publishers are divided on when staff should return to office buildings, with some back at their desks already but others—including Pearson and Taylor & Francis—planning to keep some staff at home until next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-19 14:53:46 UTC ]
The biggest airport in Canada is eliminating 500 jobs because of the dramatic reduction in demand for air travel due to COVID-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2020-07-14 14:02:27 UTC ]
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was seen at a departure gate at Toronto’s Pearson Airport today without a mask on — an apparent contravention of the rules that apply to travellers passing through the terminal. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2020-07-07 20:47:39 UTC ]
The New York Times Magazine was the top winner at this year's National Magazine Awards (commonly referred to as the "Ellies"), which were held as a virtual ceremony Thursday evening after the annual gala, originally set for Brooklyn in mid-March, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-05-29 01:15:13 UTC ]
The bosses of two Omnicom stablemates, Tammy Einav of Adam & Eve/DDB and Tim Pearson from OMD Group UK, have been working more closely since the virus crisis and have a blueprint for recovery. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2020-05-15 07:16:20 UTC ]
Macmillan Children’s Books has appointed Egmont's Nicole Pearson and Little Tiger's Barry Timms to new publishing director roles in its expanding Preschool, Brands and Classics division. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-05 14:15:14 UTC ]
Could the "wealth-conjuring machine" that is Canadian real estate grind to a halt after the COVID-19 crisis exposed its worst weaknesses? That's the concern many who watch a sector that makes up a bigger part of the Canadian economy than oil and... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2020-05-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson has reported it will pay its final dividend for 2019 to investors and is not furloughing any staff, despite a 5% fall in global revenues for the first quarter as a result of Covid-19. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 16:58:47 UTC ]
Long before Tinder, there was Jane Austen, warning your dates and their families that you looked nothing like your picture: in this instance, her subject was Mary Pearson, a portrait of whom has recently been discovered and acquired by Jane Austen’s House museum. Pearson, who likely inspired... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-07 15:55:45 UTC ]
San Antonio-based TrueAbility, a skills assessment software company, has signed a multiyear agreement with Minneapolis-based Pearson VUE, enhancing the global testing company's ability to administer certification exams for clients that can accurately demonstrate a test taker's competencies and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-04-04 13:27:17 UTC ]
Pearson has warned its profits will be hit, and paused its share buyback, after the Covid-19 pandemic closed testing centres and saw US state assessments postponed or waived. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-22 23:25:19 UTC ]
Pearson’s 25% stake in Penguin Random House earned the company £65 million in operating profit in 2019. Pearson has sold its 25% share of PRH to Bertelsmann in a deal expected to generated net proceeds of $675 million when the transaction closes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]