B&N Pursues 'Risky' Move Against Fired CEO

At a brief conference on Monday, B&N attorneys said the company will move for summary judgment on the most contentious and potentially costly claims in the wrongful termination suit filed against the retailer by former CEO Demos Parneros. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Job Moves: July 16, 2014

Kelli Chipponeri has been promoted to editorial director, children's, at Chronicle Books Children’s Publishing. Chipponeri joined the company in 2010 as executive editor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 14, 2014

Cambridge University Press has appointed Mandy Hill as the new managing director of academic publishing, taking over for Richard Fisher, who will be leaving in December after 30 years at the Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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People on the Move | 7.10.14

Emmis Publishing named Brian Sweany editor-in-chief of Texas Monthly. He has worked at the magazine since 1996, most recently as senior executive editor. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 10 2014

Teresa Zampino has joined Penguin Random House International Sales & Marketing as Penguin Group marketing manager, international. She was previously at Hachette Book Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 9, 2014

At Norton, Elizabeth Riley has been promoted to senior publicity director. Rachel Salzman and Erin Lovett have also been promoted to publicity directors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Oceano Moves Into Ebooks, Mines Smaller Spanish Markets

Oceano, one of the largest Spanish-language publishers, has finally launched a line of ebook titles out of its Mexico subsidiary aimed at Latin America. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 8, 2014

Becky Green has been promoted to v-p, director, children’s retail sales, Random House Children’s Books. She was previously the division's v-p. national accounts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 7, 2014

Ann Lawson has been appointed head of Publishing Technology’s ingentaconnect division. Prior to joining Publishing Technology, Lawson spent seven years at EBSCO Information Services where she served most recently as senior director. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YP CEO: We Were 'Mobile First' Before It Was Cool

David Krantz took the reins as YP CEO in 2012, when the listings directory spun away from AT&T Interactive, which was his former employer and the brand's former parent. Since then, he's been busy pushing what consumers for more than 125 years called the Yellow Pages—which rebranded to its... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Job Moves: June 27, 2014

Sandra Bishop, v-p of MacGregor Literary, is leaving the company to become an independent agent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: June 26, 2014

Tom Cox has been appointed v-p, adult mass merchandise and distributor sales at Penguin Random House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: June 24, 2014

Patrick Janson-Smith has joined London-based digital publisher Apostrophe Books as editor-at-large. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Open Road Fires Back at HarperCollins in Copyright Case

Open Road attorneys called HarperCollins' $1.1 million request for attorneys fees "shocking," and argued that such an award would universally harm authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: June 23, 2014

Pat Strachan is no longer at Little, Brown and Company, where she had been a senior editor since 2002. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Hastings Merger Can Move Forward

A Texas court has cleared the way for Hastings to move ahead with its merger with companies controlled by Joel Weinshanker. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: June 20, 2014

Heather Fain has been appointed senior v-p, director of marketing strategy, a new central marketing function within HBG. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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The real 'fire' in Amazon's smartphone? A shopping spree

You’d be forgiven for thinking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wants to compete with other phone makers with his company’s new Fire smartphone. But forget the multiple cameras and pretty 3-D-like effects, the device is really about selling more stuff.The Fire comes with close ties to Amazon’s online... Continue reading at PC World

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