PRH hires two more for Ladybird’s licensing team

Penguin Random House has hired Lou Grosart and Ned Hartley as part of its Ladybird licensing team. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]

Other Publishing stories related to: 'PRH hires two more for Ladybird’s licensing team'


PRH Employees Unite for Company Week

In what may have been the industry's biggest-ever team-building program, more than 1,400 Penguin Random House employees took part in PRH’s first Company Week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


HCG signs Dreamworks licensing deal

Hodder Children’s Books, part of Hachette Children’s Group (HCG), has bought English language publishing rights to three DreamWorld licences: Noddy Toyland Detective, Dinotrux and How to Train Your Dragon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hodder children #hachette children #group hcg


Freedom of Expression: Authors Guild Teams With LitNet in ‘Not Normal Times’

Asserting the value of 'the voices of refugees, writers, and translators from the Arab world,' the author-advocacy organization speaks out. The post Freedom of Expression: Authors Guild Teams With LitNet in ‘Not Normal Times’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #post freedom #normal times #arab world


Orion unveils restructured group marketing team

Orion Publishing Group has restructured its group marketing team, hiring several new people as part of a drive to deliver "more integrated" support for its individual imprints and authors.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


The Ladybird Book of The Do-Gooder released for Comic Relief

Penguin Random House is set to publish The Ladybird Book of The Do-Gooder, a new pocket-sized guide devoted to what people get up to in the name of charity to coincide with Comic Relief. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ladybird book #comic relief


Fighting ire with hire: Tech firms say immigration boosts employment

U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to channel populist anger to stem immigration, but tech companies want him to know that hiring immigrants is necessary for the country's economy and boosts overall employment.Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet are said to be writing Trump a... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #tech companies #tech firms #media outlets


Licensing Hotline: January 2017

Candlewick Entertainment has acquired world rights to three novels tied to 'Ride,' a live-action TV series that debuted on Nickelodeon on January 30. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #licensing hotline #candlewick entertainment


Scale and agility: Inside Scandinavian publisher Schibsted’s 250-person product team

Scandinavian publishing giant Schibsted has been centralizing its 250-strong product team over the last year. Currently, the biggest challenge the product team faces it how to give readers the right information to make informed decisions but telling it in ways that feel more personal to readers.... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #give readers #post scale #biggest challenge #product management


YouTuber Connie Glynn lands book deal with PRH

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 ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #three-book deal


Singapore's competition commission probes PRH deal

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 ]
More news stories like this |


Pan Mac strengthens comms team with two senior appointments

Pan Macmillan is strengthening its fiction communications team with two senior appointments, separating out commercial fiction and brands from literature and partnerships. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #senior appointments


Prince Charles pens climate change book for new Ladybird Expert series

Prince Charles has written a book on climate change as part of a new Ladybird Expert series, set to be published later this month. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has written The Ladybird Expert Book on Climate Change, outlining its challenges and possible solutions, along with former... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #prince charles #climate change #royal highness


Monica Crowley accused of plagiarism as she joins Trump team

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 ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publisher harpercollins #digital editions #monica crowley


Waddington made PRH group sales director as Symons resigns

Rob Waddington has been appointed group sales director for Penguin Random House UK following the resignation of Mike Symons from the role. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #mike symons


PRH to sell Penguin Singapore and Malaysia for £4.5m

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 ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #conditional agreement


Facebook hires former news anchor to help its relationships with media outlets

Facebook has hired former NBC and CNN anchor Campbell Brown to help with its ties to news outlets, which has been a point of friction. Brown will be the Menlo Park company’s head of news partnerships, she wrote in a Facebook post on Friday. “I will be working directly with our partners to help... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #facebook post #media outlets #news outlets #news partnerships #working directly


Lerner Publishing Hires Andy Cummings as Editor-in-Chief

The Wiley's Dummies brand veteran will oversee LPG's 14 imprints and divisions serving the school/library and trade markets, effective January 20. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


PRH to resume talks with unions

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 ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #national union


Weldon seeks to reassure PRH staff on redundancy terms

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 ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #tom weldon


'Bewilderment' among staff as PRH derecognises unions

Penguin Random House has derecognised the National Union of Journalists and Unite for collective bargaining with its management. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #national union #collective bargaining