Larry Hughes, Longtime William Morrow Chief, Dies at 98

Larry Hughes, who began his publishing career as an assistant editor at Pocket Books in 1949 and rose to become chairman of the Hearst Trade Book Group some 40 years later, died on November 14. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-11-28 05:00:00 UTC ]

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Lit Hub Daily: May 29, 2025

On a cultural obsession with Patty Hearst and the fine line between writing other people’s traumas and exploiting them. | Lit Hub Criticism Rebecca Solnit shares some of her favorite objects: “Your whole life is a research expedition, collecting specimens and building your pattern-recognition... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-05-29 10:30:22 UTC ]
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On Morals, Ethics, and Writing a Novel Inspired by a Story Ripped-From-the-Headlines

When I was seventeen, my friend—the kind of person who always finds hidden gems in used bookstores—leant me Every Secret Thing, Patricia Hearst’s memoir about being kidnapped and forcibly radicalized by an urban guerrilla group. Hearst spent nearly all of 1974 on the run with the Symbionese... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2025-05-29 07:28:27 UTC ]
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Scholastic Combines Its Trade, Fairs, and Clubs Businesses

A day after Ellie Berger announced plans to step down as president of Scholastic Trade Publishing, the publisher has announced the integration of its trade publishing, book fairs, and books clubs businesses into the Scholastic Children’s Book Group under Sasha Quinton as president and Jackie De... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2025-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Meteorologist Laura Huckabee Back at KHBS KHOG in Arkansas

Huckabee worked at the Hearst owned ABC affiliate for nearly ten years before leaving in 2021. Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2025-05-12 16:17:29 UTC ]
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Hearst Names Shawn Oswald GM of WISN in Milwaukee

Longtime Hearst Television executive Shawn Oswald has been named president and general manager of Hearst Television's Milwaukee, Wisconsin ABC affiliate WISN. He will take over for Jan Wade, who is retiring at the end of the year. This is a return to WISN for Oswald, who... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-12-04 14:08:26 UTC ]
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Jan Wade to Retire from WISN in Milwaukee

Jan Wade will retire as the president and general manager of WISN, Hearst Television's ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the end of this year. Wade joined WISN in 2007. "Leveraging her deep industry experience, Jan has led WISN to a consistent level of excellence... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-11-20 12:01:33 UTC ]
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Revenue is up across our list of New York's largest privately held companies

Crain’s exclusive list of the largest privately held companies in New York is back, featuring 100 businesses ranked by 2023 revenue.On average, these companies saw revenue jump 15% from 2022 to 2023. Last year’s median revenue likewise increased about 15%, up to nearly $660 million.Combined,... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-11-18 11:03:10 UTC ]
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Sunday Express editor David Wooding departs Reach amid further job cuts

Wooding left as part of a move to dismantle the remaining dedicated Sunday Express editorial team to create a seven-day operationThe Sunday Express editor, David Wooding, has become the latest top editorial executive to depart Reach, as the national and regional newspaper publisher embarks on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-11-16 14:19:24 UTC ]
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John Humphries to Retire as GM of WYFF

John L. Humphries, a veteran of 18 years at Hearst Television and more than four decades in broadcast TV, will retire later this year from his current post of president and general manager of WYFF in Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina and Asheville, North... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-10-15 20:00:19 UTC ]
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OpenAI partners with Cosmopolitan and Elle publisher Hearst

Hearst has become the latest major US publisher to sign an agreement to license its content to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. As part of a partnership announced on Tuesday, content from more than 60 Hearst-owned publications will appear in ChatGPT and other OpenAI products. Some of the publisher’s more... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-10-08 18:05:17 UTC ]
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PW Star Watch 2024 Finalist: Asia Harden

In her three years at FSG, Harden, an assistant editor at Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers, has become a highly respected and well-liked member of the Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group editorial team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Names Derek Schnell Regional Director of News

Derek Schnell has been promoted to regional director of news for Hearst Television. Schnell has been the news director at KCRA and KQCA in Sacramento since 2018. He will continue to serve as KCRA/KQCA news director. In his new position, Schnell will have management... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-10-01 18:28:35 UTC ]
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How Hearst Magazines is maintaining signal strength amid the shift from deterministic to probabilistic modeling

The publisher has adopted thresholds for how many users and impressions can serve as the deterministic basis and for how many categories can be in its contextual taxonomy. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2024-09-25 04:01:00 UTC ]
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How ‘Taylor Swift (Spotlight on a Legend)’ Got Made

An inside look at the publication process for the new Taylor Swift book from Hearst Home. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Jovanovich, Influential Publishing Scion, Dies at 75

Son of one of the founders of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, the scion carved out his own publishing career, leading three of the country's largest educational publishers over a 32-year span. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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