Retired PRH Fulfillment Exec Phyllis Mandel Dies at 75

Phyllis Mandel, retired senior v-p of fulfillment at Bantam, BDD, and Penguin Random House distribution facilities, died on May 20 in Cape Cod—the day after her 75th birthday. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Ghostwriter Rebecca Farnworth dies

Arrow has paid tribute to Rebecca Farnworth, best known for ghostwriting Katie Price’s bestselling books, who has passed away at the age of 49. Farnworth, who died on 24th November from cancer, wrote three romantic novels under her own name, all with Cornerstone imprint Arrow, and started... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veteran Time Inc. Exec Jed Hartman Heading to Bezos's Washington Post

Time Inc., the nation's the largest magazine publisher, is losing one of its top business-side execs to The Washington Post. The executive, Jed Hartman, who is group publisher of news and business at Time Inc., is joining the Post as its chief revenue officer.The departure costs Time Inc. an... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Publishing Exec Pam Byers, 67

Pam McLucas Byers, a veteran publishing executive on both coasts, died on October 27 after a long illness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coffee House Founding Publisher Allan Kornblum Dies

Coffee House founding publisher Allan Kornblum died at his home in St. Paul, Minn. on Sunday morning of complications from Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow, Profile and PRH among FutureBook's innovation winners

Nosy Crow m.d. Kate Wilson has been named most inspiring digital publishing person at the FutureBook Innovation Awards. Wilson was named as the winner at a ceremony held at the FutureBook Conference in central London this afternoon (14th November), beating a shortlist that also included Unbound... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackman unveils teenage fan fiction project backed by PRH

Children’s laureate Malorie Blackman has launched a fan fiction-inspired project to find the best teen writers and creatives.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff Restructuring at PRH Canada

Yesterday, the publisher announced that Lynn Henry, who has been with Doubleday Canada since 2010, will take on the newly created role of publishing director of Knopf Canada, now reporting to PRH Canada publisher Anne Collins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Execs Talk Translation at Sharjah Book Fair

At the Sharjah International Book Fair, currently happening in the United Arab Emirates, a panel about translated books saw execs from various countries talking about the difficulties of getting titles that do not originate in English into the Western markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Media Buying Has Stabilized, Agency Execs Say, But Change is Still the Watchword

The most dominant story in magazine media over the last decade-the decline in print as digital media surges-may be changing, according to an all-star panel of ad agency executives at a min breakfast Thursday. There was general consensus on the panel of four that the decline has stopped and... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lets get over the whole 'newspapers are dying' thing

Dividing the digital publishing industry into legacy and new media falsely undermines newspapers capacity for innovation Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH to close French and German offices

Penguin Random House UK is to close its Penguin Benelux and France and Penguin Germany offices, putting up to six roles at risk of redundancy, as part of a restructure of its international and group companies’ sales teams. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two S&S Canada Execs Depart

Simon & Schuster Canada has confirmed that Martha Sharpe, editorial director, and Alison Clark, associate publisher, have left the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH UK Proposes International Sales Restructure

Penguin Random House UK has announced a proposed restructure of its international sales with Dean Chance heading up the export team and Rob Waddington in charge of the group team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Canada Cancels Ghomeshi's Book

Penguin Random House Canada has canceled the forthcoming book by former CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi, who is currently embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kent Leaving HC Canada Amid Fulfillment Changes

HarperCollins Canada president and CEO David Kent will leave the company at the end of the year following the decision to move fulfillment of HC Canada's titles in Canada to R.R. Donnelley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liz Sich to retire at the end of 2014

Four Colman Getty’s managing director Liz Sich will retire at the end of 2014 after 18 years at the company.  She will continue her association with the agency on a consultancy basis.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Danielle Steel Strikes Ten-Book Deal with PRH

Perennial bestseller Danielle Steel has signed a ten-book deal with Penguin Random House's Ballantine Bantanm Dell imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH's Black Crown project to go offline

Penguin Random House is to take its interactive narrative gaming experience Black Crown offline at the end of this week, with creator Rob Sherman conceding that "the economics do not stand up". The online narrative gaming project, with Sherman's story set in the shady Widsith Institute,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zalaznick joins PRH board

Penguin Random House has appointed entertainment industry executive Lauren Zalaznick as the first independent board member of the company. Zalaznick spent 12 years at NBCUniversal in a series of positions and currently publishes the LZ Sunday Paper, a newsletter about women in business, media... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will 'King of Magazines' Spin Off Print Unit? Execs 'Not Opposed'

Media companies have been streamlining their businesses by cleaving off underperforming print units from more lucrative TV, film and digital businesses. Just this year, Time Warner spun off magazine division Time Inc., Tribune Company split apart its TV and newspaper businesses and Gannett... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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