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PW Notables 2023: Jonathan Karp
Jonathan Karp took over as CEO of Simon & Schuster in May 2020 under the most challenging conditions. He has risen to the occasion—and then some.
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PW Notables 2023: Mitchell Kaplan
An influential fixture in publishing since he founded the bookstore chain Books & Books in Miami in 1982, Kaplan has spent much of his year working as an activist, fighting against Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s Stop WOKE Act.
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PW Editorial Director Jim Milliot Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Jim Milliot, PW’s outgoing editorial director, has been awarded the first-ever Frederic G. Melcher Lifetime Achievement Award for his decades of work covering the publishing industry.
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PW’s 2023 People of the Year: Valerie Koehler and Charley Rejsek
'Publishers Weekly' is proud to recognize Valerie Koehler, owner of Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston, and Charley Rejsek, CEO of BookPeople in Austin, as our 2023 People of the Year.
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Little, Brown's Judy Clain Is Moving to S&S to Relaunch Summit Books
In its first major move since being acquired by KKR, Simon & Schuster has announced that longtime Little, Brown editor-in-chief Judy Clain will join S&S as senior v-p and publisher of Summit Books, with a mandate to revive and refocus the imprint.
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Richard Sarnoff, Madeline McIntosh Among New Simon & Schuster Board Members
Following the purchase of Simon & Schuster by private equity firm KKR, the publisher has named its new board of directors, which includes S&S CEO Jonathan Karp, industry veteran Richard Sarnoff, and former Penguin Random House US CEO Madeline McIntosh.
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Neil Strong Named COO of Macmillan
Strong joins Macmillan from Barnes & Noble, where he most recently served as v-p of supply chain and customer service. He will fill the previously vacant chief operating officer position effective January 2.
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Tracy Behar Moves to Avery, Michael Szczerban Up at Little, Brown
Tracy Behar, founding publisher of Little, Brown Spark, has been named senior v-p and publisher at Avery and TarcherPerigee, effective next year, succeeding Megan Newman. At Little, Brown, Michael Szczerban has been named v-p and publisher of Voracious and Spark.
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Andrew Miller Tapped to Lead Henry Holt
Miller has been named president and publisher of Henry Holt, effective mid-January 2024, succeeding Amy Einhorn, who left Holt this summer to lead the Crown fiction program.
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Jaimee Callaway Succeeds Bill Newlin at Avalon
Bill Newlin, longtime v-p and publisher of Avalon Travel, will retire on June 30, 2024, to be succeeded by associate publisher Jaimee Callaway.
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Hidden Pigeon Fills Out Exec Ranks
Hidden Pigeon Company, launched earlier this year to expand the reach of children’s book author Mo Willems’s portfolio, has named four new executives to its management team, including publishing veterans Carol Roeder and Jennifer Levine.
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Manuel Sansigre, Divya Sawhney Up at Penguin Random House
Sansigre has been named chief financial officer at Penguin Random House, effective January 1, succeeding Jim Thompson, who will retire next year. Sawhney has been promoted to chief strategy officer, effective immediately.
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PEN America Will Open an Office in Florida
PEN America intends to expand its presence in Florida amid growing book banning and other censorship efforts in the state, and has appointed ACLU veteran Katie Blankenship director of a new Florida office.
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Liz Gough Will Run DK's New Adult Books Program
DK has named Hodder & Stoughton executive publisher Liz Gough to the newly created role of managing director of DK Adult. In the position, Gough is charged with growing and diversifying the publisher's adult publishing program.
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Jaci Updike Is Penguin Random House's First Chief Revenue Officer
The PRH sales veteran has been promoted to the newly created position of chief revenue officer, from president of sales and marketing, at Penguin Random House U.S. The division's Jeff Weber and Michael Rotondo also received promotions.
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Clive Chiu to Retire as PW Art Director
Publishers Weekly’s longtime art director, Clive Chiu, will retire at the end of the year. Chiu joined PW in 2000, when it was owned by Reed Business Information, and made the move to PW’s current owner, PWxyz, in 2010.
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Brian Napack Out as Wiley CEO
Napack has stepped down as president and CEO of Wiley, and has been replaced on an interim basis by Matthew Kissner, former Wiley group executive and board chair.
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PW Star Watch 2023: Publishing’s Brightest
Welcome to the ninth edition of Star Watch, our annual program dedicated to recognizing and honoring rising talent in the publishing and bookselling businesses.
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PW Star Watch 2023: Honorees
A closer look at the PW Star Watch 2023 honorees.
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Madison Jacobs Named PW Star Watch Superstar of 2023
It has been a remarkable ride for Madison Jacobs, who ascended to associate publisher at the Crown Publishing Group in just five years, and is the 2023 PW Star Watch Superstar.
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