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Kara Welsh Departs, Scott Shannon Up at Random House Publishing Group
Welsh, who has served as president of Ballantine Books Group since 2021, will leave RHPG after 25 years, effective March 31. Former Random House Worlds president Shannon has been named president of Ballantine Bantam Dell.
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Two Longtime Tor Execs Retire
Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editor-at-large at Tor Publishing Group, and Linda Quinton, publisher and VP of Tor’s Forge Books imprint, have retired, effective January 5. Each spent nearly four decades at the SFF publisher.
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McGraw Hill Appoints New President and CEO
Former Vimeo CEO and Google exec Philip Moyer will succeed Simon Allen as head of the company starting February 9.
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Adam Zacharius Named Kensington President
In a move that ensures that Kensington Publishing will continue to be led by a member of the Zacharius family, the son of chairman and CEO Steven Zacharius has been appointed to help lead one of the country’s largest independent publishers.
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Ed Spade, Abigail Koons Join HBG in Top Spots
Spade (l.), a former executive at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and HarperCollins, has been named SVP for commercial operations at Hachette Book Group, while Koons, a longtime agent, has been appointed VP of subsidiary rights.
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Diane Roback to Step Down as ‘PW’ Children’s Book Editor
During her long career at the magazine, Roback oversaw the expansion of Publishers Weekly’s coverage of the children’s book market during a period when the sales of children’s books exploded.
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Poetry Foundation Staff Protest Program Cuts, Job Loss
Employees of the foundation and community members say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to retain the jobs of two staffers set to be laid off.
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S&S Australia Names New Managing Director
Jane Curry, who will take the helm of Simon & Schuster Australia and New Zealand January 19, succeeds Dan Ruffino, who announced his resignation last month. She is currently managing director of Sydney-based independent publisher Ventura Press.
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Hello Sunshine to Host Gen Z–Focused Book Club
The women-focused media and lifestyle company, headed by book club maven Reese Witherspoon, has teamed with luxury fashion brand Coach to launch Sunnie Reads, a community for Gen Z readers.
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Kerensa Cadenas Joins ‘PW’ as News Director
Cadenas, who previously served as editorial director for entertainment at Thrillist and has held editorial roles at New York magazine and Entertainment Weekly, will oversee Publishers Weekly’s news department.
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