Egmont restructures licensing business

Egmont Publishing has created two global divisions for its licensed content business across books and magazines: Global Licensing Management and Global Content Development. The new Global Licensing Management team will acquire global licenses and sell international rights for intellectual property. It will be led by Italy-based Silvia Figini, who has been promoted to the role of vice president of the division from her previous position of vice president of Global Disney at Egmont and m.d. of the Egmont Creative Center. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]

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