Daunt warns of job losses if irresponsible Brexit prevails

Waterstones boss James Daunt has sent a stark email to employees warning that if the UK leaves Europe, the “brutal reality" is that the retailer would be forced to axe jobs. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: August 5, 2014

Louise Braverman has been named director of publicity for Penguin Books and Penguin Classics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: August 4, 2014

Lucy Danziger, most recently editor-in-chief of "SELF" magazine, is joining Ballantine Bantam Dell in the newly created position of editor-at-large. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 31, 2014

Stephanie Wong has been promoted to lifestyle marketing and publicity manager at Chronicle Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 29, 2014

Yvonne Hunter, former v-p, publicity and marketing at Penguin Group Canada, will be heading up literary, cultural and special events programming at the Toronto Public Library. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 28, 2014

At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Bridgett Paradise has been named senior v-p of human resources and chief people officer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 25, 2014

Abigail Naqvi has joined Bloomsbury as the head of academic marketing for the Americas. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson Cutting 4,000 Jobs as First-Half Sales Decline

Pearson Plc (PSON), the publisher of the Financial Times, said today it will have cut a total of about 4,000 jobs in the two years through 2014 and reported a sales decline of 6.5 percent for the first half. The cuts are equivalent to about 10 perc ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Loss for Amazon

Amazon sales in the second quarter rose 23%, to $19.34 billion, in line with analysts' expectations, but the net loss of $126 million was deeper than expected. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 24, 2014

After over nine years years at Penguin, Beth Parker, associate publicity director of Gotham and Avery books, has left the company to start her own company, Beth Parker PR. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 23, 2014

At Portfolio, Sentinel, and Current, Jacquelynn Burke and Margot Stamas have been promoted to senior publicist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 22, 2014

Marie Florio has been promoted to director of subsidiary rights for the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 21, 2014

Jenna Pocius has joined little bee books as associate editor. Pocius was previously assistant editor at Bloomsbury Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Moves: July 18, 2014

Penny Makras will be joining the Harper marketing team on July 21 as a senior marketing manager. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp and media union warn over crackdown on spy reporting

Publisher says it would fight any measure that restricted free speech amid furore over new security lawsAustralias biggest newspaper publisher and the media union have warned the government against elements of a planned new national security bill that could allow journalists to be jailed for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-14 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

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-09 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

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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