[caption id="attachment_126319" align="alignright" width="150"] Linda Thomas Brooks[/caption] Just two months after concluding her four-year term as president and CEO of MPA, The Association of Magazine Media, Linda Thomas Brooks is taking on a new role: interim managing director of Connectiv, the division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) that represents the B2B side of the media industry. Filling a vacancy left by the departure of former managing director Michael Marchesano—who stepped down in January after six years to take over as president of analytics advisory firm Outsell, Inc.—Connectiv says Brooks will lead day-to-day operations, identify potential acquisition targets and oversee the Jesse H. Neal Awards, its flagship awards program honoring business journalism, as well as the annual three-day Connectiv Executive Summit. After several years on the agency side of the industry, including as managing director of GM Mediaworks and president of the Martin Agency's Ingenuity Media Group, Brooks joined the MPA at the start of 2016, navigating the association through a period of unprecedented consolidation among its largest members and, in outreach to advertisers, emphasizing the scale and devotion of consumer magazines' audiences across the totality of their channels: print, digital, video and social media. She stepped down as president and CEO at the end of last year, after the MPA's board of directors voted to concentrate the association's... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Martin Casimir, managing director at Bloomsbury Professional, has left the company to work at UK-based Singapore maths publisher Maths - No Problem! as managing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s will continue to supply print and ebooks to the NHS after striking a new deal with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hubert Boehle, who has served as CEO of Bauer Media Group USA since 2005, will leave the magazine publisher and be succeeded by Steven Kotok, the company will announce Monday.Mr. Boehle, a Bauer employee since 1986, is departing "to try new things," he said in a company statement. He will stay... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Geographic is popular on Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram, and while the company is increasingly focusing on how social plays a role in building its brand and business, it’s not reliant on platforms as some distributed publishers are. Part of this is because of a diversified legacy... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The honorees for the program's eleventh year include Brit Bennett, Yaa Gyasi, Greg Jackson, S. Li, and Thomas Pierce. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Athens learns it's UNESCO's World Book Capital 2018 and that its largest bookstore, the 118-year-old Eleftheroudakis, is going under. The post Athens Named World Book Capital as 118-Year-Old Bookstore Closes appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Linda Zecher has resigned as CEO of the educational and trade book publisher after a five-year run. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children’s is set to publish a new novel from Elizabeth Wein, telling the story of Julie Beaufort-Stuart, the main character from her novel Code Name Verity, before the Second World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brian O'Leary, a well-known industry consultant who heads up Magellan Media Partners, has been named the new executive director of the Book Industry Study Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Athens has been named World Book Capital 2018 by the director general of UNESCO, Irina Bokova. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze has signed a "cosy crime" debut from Tilly Bagshawe, writing under the pen-name M B Shaw. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book business hasn't experienced disruption as dramatic as that of industries, says Jacob Dalborg. The 'core publishing activities of acquiring, editing and publishing stories' are resilient. The post Bonnier Books CEO Jacob Dalborg: ‘Digitization Is Not Necessarily Evil’ appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following three years of nearly frenzied activity aimed at turning the No. 1 magazine publisher into a digital innovator, Joe Ripp has been replaced as chief executive of Time Inc. Relative newcomer... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Describe your role I work closely with the shop managers to plan and maintain promotional spaces across our flagship store in Charing Cross Road. I spend most of my time picking titles for displays, installing and merchandising them, organising signage and planning future promotions with staff... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Additionally, Women's Health publisher Laura Frerer-Schmidt promoted to oversee corporate sales. The post Rodale Names Beth Buehler Chief Operating Officer appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MPA Next will cater to junior-level, non-editorial staffers with networking events, workshops, and more. The post MPA Creates Community for Emerging Magazine Professionals appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michele Promaulayko returns to take the reins at Cosmopolitan and Seventeen. The post Joanna Coles Named Hearst Magazines Chief Content Officer appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines on Tuesday promoted Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles to the newly created post of chief content officer. A few hours later, the company named her successor: Michele Promaulayko.Ms. Promaulayko is a Cosmo veteran, having served as executive editor from 2000 to 2008. She also... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has established its own sales team to sell and market its books to independent and high street booksellers across the UK from the beginning of September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Supply chain executive Joe D'Onofrio has been named director of the Chicago Distribution Center, effective September 12. He replaces Don Linn, who left the organization in May. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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