[caption id="attachment_162587" align="alignright" width="150"] Zach Seward[/caption] On Monday, Quartz announced multiple transitions in leadership, including co-founder Zach Seward's promotion from chief product officer and executive editor to CEO. Former co-CEO and publisher Jay Lauf will now serve as chairman, a new role at the global business news platform; and former co-CEO and editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney will stay on as an advisor. Additionally, chief commercial officer Katie Weber was promoted to president. The moves, announced in a staff memo, come a little over a year after the brand was sold by Atlantic Media to the Tokyo-based media company Uzabase. “As planning for 2020 accelerated, it was both clear and confidence-inspiring to see how central a role Zach [Seward] has played in driving the strategy, from the pending release of an exciting new Quartz experience to the distinct vision for membership," wrote Lauf and Delaney in the memo. "All of these things presented a logical and seamless moment for the next chapter to begin.” [caption id="attachment_172065" align="alignright" width="150"] Katie Weber[/caption] Seward joined Quartz early, as its second employee. His vision on product innovation has garnered awards, and recently he led the launch of the brand's premium membership program. Prior to joining Quartz in 2012, Seward previously worked at the Wall Street Journal and Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. Weber joined Quartz in 2014, originally as senior... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Random House Children's Books and Andersen Press are making some changes to their editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper has scored two of the eight spots in Richard & Judy's Spring Book Club, with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple reportedly has hired Adobe exec Todd Teresi to lead its mobile iAd program. Teresi led the advertising and publishing teams at Adobe, according to his LinkedIn profile. Previous jobs include chief revenue officer at Quantcast and senior vp at Yahoo, where he ran the company's publisher... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over 90% of the e-readers bought over Christmas were Kindles, according to research released... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weldon Owen, the children's illustrated reference publisher owned by Bonnier Publishing, will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The potential for digital to grow readership and increase revenue has been seriously called into... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has appointed a new commissioning editor for crime and thriller fiction. Jade Chandler,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook will "imminently" launch a plugin for publishers and public figures to ask their readers to subscribe on Facebook directly from their own Web sites. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2011-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith has backed rival retailer Asda's move to join WHS in selling Kobo e-readers. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Novelist Nicholas Royle has moved to Jonathan Cape and Vintage for his seventh novel, titled,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Martins First World War novel The Somme Stations (Faber) has won this years... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books has made Brigid Nelson its divisional sales director, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 15/11/2011 - 09:40 Dawson Books has begun consulting with employees after announcing major head office departments will move to Bertrams site in Norwich. Dawson recently merged with the Norwich-based book wholesaler after Bertrams parent... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 12:34 Michael Joseph has appointed Sam Humphreys to the role of publisher, in a move that will see Humphreys depart the post of publisher at Serpent's Tail just months after taking it up in March. Humphreys will report to MJ... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 12:34 Michael Joseph has appointed Sam Humphreys to the role of publisher, in a move that will see Humphreys depart the post of publisher at Serpent's Tail just months after taking it up in March. Humphreys will report to MJ... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 09:15 Australias publishers have moved to compromise in the battle to protect their industry from parallel importing. According to a report from Inside Retail, the Book Industry Strategy Group (BISG) has made a recommendation to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wrights Media announced an agreement with Penton Media; this agreement gives Wrights Media the opportunity to provide exclusive reprint and content licensing services to Penton Media. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 14:00 Crime thriller writer Neil White has moved to Sphere from Avon with a new series set to make use of the author's expertise as a criminal prosecutor. Sphere associate publisher Daniel Mallory bought UK and Commonwealth rights... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 04/11/2011 - 15:21 Independent bookseller Ron Johns is moving into childrens fiction publishing, following a number of successes as a publisher of picture books and coffee-table books under the Mabecron Books imprint. Johns, who owns bookshops... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 08:30 Independent bookseller Ron Johns is moving into childrens fiction publishing, following a number of successes as a publisher of picture books and coffee-table books under the Mabecron Books imprint. Johns, who owns bookshops... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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