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Bill Hamilton Leaves the 'Times' for Celadon
Veteran newspaper editor Bill Hamilton, currently the Washington editor at the 'New York Times,' is joining Celadon Books as executive editor on April 5, acquiring and editing nonfiction.
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Lit Agent Brooks Sherman Leaves Agency, Dropped by Authors
Brooks Sherman is no longer affiliated with Janklow & Nesbit Associates, where he has worked since 2017. Shortly after the surfacing of allegations of misconduct against the agent, bestselling author Angie Thomas, among other clients, has severed her ties.
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Ruth Dickey Takes Over at the National Book Foundation
The National Book Foundation has named Ruth Dickey, who currently heads Seattle Arts & Lectures, its next executive director, succeeding Lisa Lucas. She will start on May 17.
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Rhorer to Head New S&S Imprint
Richard Rhorer, deputy publisher of the Simon & Schuster trade imprint, will leave that position on March 15 to become publisher of a new, yet-to-be-named lifestyle imprint.
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Wan to Retire from Harvard Business Publishing
Harvard Business Publishing CEO David Wan will retire this coming June after leading the publisher since 2002. Josh Macht, senior v-p and chief product innovation officer, will take over as acting CEO upon Wan’s retirement until a permanent successor to Wan is found.
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Loh Leaving Bloomsbury Amid Restructuring
Following the restructuring of the consumer division of Bloomsbury USA, publishing director Cindy Loh and two other employees are leaving the publisher. Adrienne Vaughan, Bloomsbury USA executive director and COO, will assume the publishing director duties.
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Organization Advocating Against Gun Violence Launches Book Club
Everytown for Gun Safety is launching, through its grassroots division Moms Demand Action, a book club for its six million supporters intended to inform them about movements intersecting with their own advocacy.
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As Revenue Tops $380 Billion, Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, will hand over the CEO duties to Andy Jassy, head of Amazon Web Services, this summer. The company reported that sales in the year jumped 38% over 2019, to $386.1 billion, and earnings skyrocketed 84%.
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Macmillan Restructures Central Digital Marketing Team
Macmillan Publishers has made a series of personnel changes to its central digital marketing team in order to restructure the team’s core functions of marketing, metadata, data analysis, and web development. Cristina Gilbert has been promoted to senior v-p of publishing and marketing strategy.
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Steinberger Steps Down, Phillips Up as Arcadia CEO
David Steinberger is stepping down as CEO of Arcadia Publishing and will be succeeded in the role by Brittain Phillips, currently director of business development.
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