Job Moves: December 2, 2010

Courtney Young has been promoted to senior editor for Portfolio, Sentinel, and Current. Young had a solid 2010, having edited four New York Times bestsellers: Linchpin by Seth Godin, Bury My Heart At Conference Room B by Stan Slap, Win Forever by Pete Carroll, and most recently All the Devils Are Here by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera.

Job Moves: December 1, 2010

Disney Publishing Worldwide has named Emily Meehan executive editor for Disney-Hyperion Books. Meehan will acquire and edit young adult novels as well as middle grade and picture books for the Disney-Hyperion list.


Laura Mazer has been named executive editor for Soft Skull Press. Mazer will also continue in her current role as managing editor for all the Counterpoint imprints.

Eisemann Named Head of Holt's Publicity Team

Filling the position Nicole Dewey left vacant last month after decamping for Little, Brown, Henry Holt has hired Patricia Eisemann as director of publicity.

Job Moves: November 30, 2010

Orbit, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Little, Brown, has appointed Anne Clarke as its new UK editorial director following the departure of Darren Nash. Clarke is currently a commissioning editor at Hodder & Stoughton, where she has been in the fiction editorial department for six years.

Job Moves: November 29, 2010

Ruta Drummond, former children's book buyer for Borders Group, Inc., has joined Tiger Tales as associate publisher. Drummond will work with the Tiger Tales team to further develop the company's publishing program. Drummond was at Borders for more than 25 years.

Comings and Goings: November 29, 2010

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Pamela F. Turner, former content acquisition and eBook pubishing relationships manager at Skiff, LLC, can now be reached at pturnertaylor@gmail.com.

Comings and Goings: November 24, 2010

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Victoria Meyer, former executive director of publicity at Simon & Schuster, can be reached at vmeyer@nyc.rr.com.

Job Moves: November 24, 2010

HarperCollins has hired Shane Norman as director of interactive marketing. Norman will report to evp, chief digital officer Charlie Redmayne and will develop and coordinate an integrated digital consumer marketing strategy for the house's high-profile authors and titles.

HarperOne Hires Two Publicity Directors

HarperOne has hired two directors for its publicity department. There had been no director previously. Darcy Cohan and Melinda Mullen will report to Claudia Boutote and begin December 6.

Comings and Goings: November 23, 2010

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Seth Lavissiere, former special markets manager at Langenscheidt Publishing Group, can now be reached at sethlavissiere@gmail.com.

Yaged Named to Head Macmillan Children's Publishing Group

Jonathan Yaged has been named president of the Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. Yaged, who starts January 3, had been with the Disney Book Group for about 10 years before leaving in February...

Job Moves: November 22, 2010

Stephen Black has joined Simon & Schuster in the newly-created position of v-p, client publisher services. Black, who is responsible for the company's distribution client relationships including new business development, reports to Dennis Eulau, evp, operations and CFO.

Job Moves: November 19, 2010

Sloane Crosley is leaving Vintage/Anchor to focus full-time on her writing. Crosley, who spent nine years at the Random House imprint and was most recently deputy director of publicity there, has written the essay collections I Was Told There'd Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number. Crosley's last day will be December 10.

Two S&S Execs Leave in Reorg

Dennis Eulau, operations head and CFO for Simon & Schuster, has reorganized the company's operations and finance group that he said "will provide for an increased level of integration and communication across our many business functions." Under the new structure, Eulau will work with an expanded group of direct reports that will serve as a cross-discipline operational council that will meet on a regular basis in order to set and execute S&S's srategic priorities and coordinate its day-to-day and long term functions.

Job Moves: November 17, 2010

Brianne Mulligan has been named associate agent at Movable Type Literary Group. Mulligan was most recently an associate editor at Penguin's middle grade/YA imprint Razorbill.

Bahash Takes Over McGraw-Hill Education

As part of a realignment of its parent company, Bob Bahash has been named president of McGraw-Hill Education, succeeding Peter Davis who has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Bahash, who held a number of position with MHE before becoming chief financial officer for McGraw-Hill Cos., will be replaced in the CFO role by Jack Callahan who had held the same position at Dean Foods.

Job Moves: November 16, 2010

Nina Hoffman is stepping down from her position as president of National Geographic Books at the end of the year. National Geographic Publishing head Declan Moore said the company is beginning the search for a new senior book publishing executive.

Amber Qureshi Leaving Free Press for Viking

Free Press senior editor Amber Qureshi is decamping for Viking, where she will take on the role of executive editor in January 2011. Viking president Clare Ferraro made the announcement today, noting, "Amber is an exciting addition to Viking's exemplary editorial team."

Comings and Goings: November 16, 2010

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Anne Brooks, former executive director of sales at Langenscheidt U.S., can now be reached at ABrooks9@nyc.rr.com.

Job Moves: November 15, 2010

Mark Polizzotti has been appointed publisher and editor-in-chief at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he will oversee all aspects of the Museum's scholarly publishing program. Polizzotti was most recently director of intellectual property and publisher at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.