HMH Restructuring Begins

Suffering from a downturn in the educational market, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has confirmed that it began a series of organizational changes last week that have resulted in, among other things, layoffs in its educational division as well as its trade division. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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