Emmanuel Roman, the c.e.o. of the Man Group, sponsor of the Man Booker Prize, has joined the board of directors of Penguin Random House. Roman will act as an independent director. He has served as c.e.o. of the London-based Man Group since 2013. As well as a career in investment, Roman has also been involved in a range of philanthropic organisations. He is a trustee of the Paris Review of Books, the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the Tate Foundation, and the University of Chicago. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Connie Glynn, the YouTuber behind the ‘Noodlerella’ channel, has signed a three-book deal with Penguin Random House (PRH Children’s). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) is conducting a public consultation in response to Times Publishing's proposed acquisition of Penguin Singapore and Penguin Malaysia. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Offering employment to existing US Nielsen Book employees, the Nielsen Book practice becomes NPD Book in the new acquisition. The post Industry Changes: Nielsen Book’s US Services Sold to NPD Group appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actor Jim Broadbent has joined publishers Hodder Children’s Books and Penguin Random House (PRH Children’s) in paying tribute to the “irrepressible” author Babette Cole, who died at the weekend. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anne Perry is set to join Simon & Schuster UK as editorial director of adult fiction from her role as commissioning editor at Hodder. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Susan Ruszala joins the nascent marketing technology services company as v-p of sales, said CEO and founding partner Evan Schnittman. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has cancelled sales of What the (Bleep) Just Happened by the incoming senior White House staffer, following accusations of extensive copying A book by a close ally of incoming US president Donald Trump has been withdrawn by publisher HarperCollins after accusations of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thérèse Coen, formerly rights agent at Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency, is joining Hardman & Swainson today (9th January) in the newly-created role of rights director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH has signed a conditional agreement to sell Penguin Singapore and Penguin Malaysia to Times Publishing, an Asia-Pacific media group owned by parent company Fraser and Neave. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hannah Davies has been appointed account manager at Four Colman Getty as the company turns 30. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Coalition Against Censorship has issued a statement in defense of Simon & Schuster after the book deal with Milo Yiannopoulos received widespread backlash and threats of boycotts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the face of pressure for Simon & Schuster to drop the far-right star’s book Dangerous in the US, campaigners say that stifling him will have ‘a chilling effect’A boycott of far-right controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos’s publisher Simon & Schuster will have “a chilling effect” on... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Broadcaster Jonathan Fryer and columnist and human rights campaigner Joan Smith have been re-elected to the board of the Authors’ Licensing and Collections Society (ALCS). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Internet is filled with outrage over the $250,000 advance from Simon and Schuster to alt-right writer Milo Yiannopolous Continue reading at HuffPost
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PRH division Transworld has said it is "deeply shocked and saddened" by the death of writer and actor Carrie Fisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has backtracked on its derecognition of the National Union of Journalists and Unite. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book People’s group buying and merchandising director Sarah Walden has been appointed to the company’s board. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK c.e.o. Tom Weldon has confirmed to staff that the company’s redundancy terms across its London sites are four weeks’ pay per year of service. The confirmation was given in a note to employees, alongside a Q&A intended to address concerns expressed by staffers over... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Sarah Hall is to judge the 2017 Man Booker Prize for Fiction alongside travel writer Colin Thubron, literary critic Lila Azam Zanganeh, and artist Tom Phillips. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the fall-out from Penguin Random House’s derecognition of its unions continues, PRH UK c.e.o. Tom Weldon has written to the company’s staff claiming “factual inaccuracies” in the NUJ and Unite’s version of events. He also urged staffers to be aware of all the implications of the unions’ plan... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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