The up-and-down year at Canadian book retailer Indigo took a new twist on Thursday as newly minted CEO Peter Ruis abruptly resigned. Continue reading at 'CBC'
[ CBC | 2023-09-07 13:48:13 UTC ]
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Steve Piersanti, president and CEO of Berrett-Koehler, is moving away from his managerial role at the publisher into a full-time editorial position. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter James is best known for his police procedurals featuring Roy Grace, but his latest standalone thriller tackles one of the biggest questions. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Questex, the Newton, Mass.-based publisher and trade show producer serving the travel-hospitality and technology spaces, among others, has been acquired by private equity firm MidOcean Partners from Shamrock Capital, which had owned the company since 2014. Financial terms were not disclosed. As... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adam Miller is the new president and CEO of Joseph-Beth Booksellers. He comes to the company from Ricoh and plans to focus on improving online sales and expanding into smaller locations. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A late-summer standoff has flared with the US publishing industry's largest–and longest-struggling–brick-and-mortar retail chain. Its former CEO is suing for defamation. The company, in response, alleges sexual harassment. The post Barnes & Noble’s Former CEO, Demos Parneros, Launches... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Praised for his handling of Trump's attempt to 'intimidate a publisher', Macmillan CEO John Sargent will speak at the Frankfurter Buchmesse this year. The post Macmillan’s John Sargent Is Featured at Frankfurter Buchmesse’s CEO Talk appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actor Hugh Bonneville is voicing the audiobook of Peter James' upcoming new thriller Absolute Proof. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Usborne and his daughter and deputy m.d., Nicola Usborne, are speaking at this year’s The Bookseller Children’s Conference on 24th September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investments in Indigo’s Canadian retail network led to an increase in the company’s losses, which rose to C$15.4 million last quarter. CEO Heather Reisman said the investments will position the book chain for future growth. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jack Dorsey refuses to follow Apple, Facebook and YouTube in banning Jones, saying he will be guided by principles rather than pressureTwitter founder Jack Dorsey has defended his company’s decision to continue publishing the controversial tweets of the American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Overlook Press, cofounded by Peter Mayer, the former chair and CEO of the Penguin Group, in 1971, has been acquired by illustrated book publisher Abrams. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IDW founder and longtime CEO Ted Adams is stepping down and will be replaced by Kerry McCluggage, a former TV executive and current member of the IDW board of directors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app.What people are talking about today: On Saturday, Fiat Chrysler... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Buel will step down as publisher of the Oakland-based alt-weekly East Bay Express and sell its parent company following a "brief transition period," he announced this week after apologizing for using a racial slur in a June staff meeting. After reading associate editor Azucena... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Everyone who has seen 'The Social Network' knows the story of Facebook's founding," Adam Fisher writes at the start of "Sex, Beer, and Coding: Inside Facebook's Wild Early Days" in Wired. The article sets up an excerpt from "Valley of Genius: The Uncensored History of Silicon Valley," Fisher's... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Miriam Sontz, CEO of the indie Oregon bookstore chainlet, will step down in January 2019. Emily Powell, president and owner, and John Kingsbury, COO, will assume Sontz's responsibilities after her departure. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Parneros’s firing, publishers offer ideas for what characteristics they would like to see in B&N’s next leader—who would be its fifth in five years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble's sudden firing of its CEO after only 14 months on the job dealt another setback to the embattled book seller as it struggles against stiffer competition from Amazon.The sudden vacancy at the top leaves Barnes & Noble treading water while it looks for a new leader, says... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble has fired CEO Demos Parneros for violating company policies and said he'll exit the post without severance.A spokeswoman declined to say why he'd been terminated. It was "not due to any disagreement with the company regarding its financial reporting, policies or practices or... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a brief statement released late Tuesday afternoon, B&N said CEO Demos Parneros was terminated for “violations of the Company’s policies." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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