Curtis Riskey Leaves as New Investor Revamps CBA

Under the new leadership of investor Edward Roush, president Curtis Riskey has stepped down from the Association for Christian Retail (CBA) in an overhaul of its staff, magazine, and all other operations. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Waterstones opens revamped York store

Waterstones has opened another new-look store in York. The York bookshop has moved from its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mahal to leave TRA

Sandeep Mahal is to leave The Reading Agency after seven years to become director of The Space, a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Completes Quercus Buy, Smith to Leave Company

Quercus CEO and cofounder Mark Smith will be leaving the company, but aiding in the transition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Widbook Revamps Interface

The Brazilian startup has released a plan that changes the way users find stories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Katie Bond leaves Bloomsbury as publisher restructures

Katie Bond is to take voluntary redundancy at Bloomsbury following a restructure of the company... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice's Shane Smith: 'Young people are angry and leaving TV in droves'

The multimedia empire's chief executive on video journalism, North Korea – and why he won't be taken over by a big rivalShane Smith stayed up late getting drunk with one of his presenters, and now he is exhausted, hungover and behind schedule. Bottles of spirits stand, taunting him, from a table... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Digital Executives Leaving Time Inc.

Fran Hauser and John Cantarella, two top digital executives at Time Inc., are leaving the company ahead of its spinoff, each said this week.Ms. Hauser has spent 10 years with the publisher, rising to digital president of Time Inc.'s Style and Entertainment Group, which included People,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Valentines revamp for S&S Books and the City

Simon & Schuster UK Ltd is giving its women’s fiction and lifestyle website Books and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Margolis Leaving HC; Will Start New Venture

Esther Margolis, who joined HarperCollins when her indie house Newmarket Press was acquired by the Big Five publisher, is launching a new venture. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hughes to leave Index on Censorship

Kirsty Hughes, chief executive of Index on Censorship, is to step down from her role. Hughes,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SpinMedia Gets New Investors, Hires New CRO

SpinMedia Group, a publisher of celebrity and entertainment sites, today announced that it's lined up new investors and hired sales vet Tom Morrissy as chief revenue officer as it attempts to put its struggling financial past behind it. The company has lately made headlines for laying off staff... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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U.K. Indie Saqi Books Seeking Investor

London-based independent publisher Saqi Books is examining its strategy as it seeks an investor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Vanessa Curtis sets up literary consultancy

Author Vanessa Curtis, whose novels include Zelah Green and The Haunting of Tabitha Grey (both... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murray Hill leaves Scholastic for Egmont

Egmont has appointed Hilary Murray Hill [pictured] as m.d. of a newly created Books division,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Woolcott leaves Waterstones

Waterstones marketing manager Jon Woolcott is leaving the chain after seven years. ... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scherer to leave Hatchards

Hatchards assistant manager Karin Scherer is to leave the bookseller after 28 years. Her last... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Duly Noted: John Oliver to leave The Daily Show (Video)

It's common practice for musical artists to create their own labels in order to dip into that part of the industry. However, even though it's, more or less, the same thing, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is taking the uncommon step of launching his own book publishing imprint, Jeter... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Executive Larry Kirshbaum to Leave Amazon

One of Amazon.com Inc.'s top book publishing executives, Laurence Kirshbaum, will leave early next year, Amazon said, a sign of the difficulties the retailer has had in establishing itself as a major book publisher. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt: sales rise at revamped Waterstones

The refurbished Waterstones stores are seeing overall sales growth of between 5%–10%, m.d.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jarvis leaves library role, replaced by Goodman

Dan Jarvis MP has left his post as shadow libraries minister as the result of a Labour party... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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