Sambeth Replacing Pfuhl at Verlagsgruppe Random House

Joerg Pfuhl, CEO of Verlagsgruppe Random House, will step down from that position at the end of the year, Random CEO Markus Dohle announced to employees today. Pfuhl has been with Bertelsmann since 1994 and held various executive positions at Random House before being named to head Random’s Germany subsidiary in 2008. Pfuhl will be succeeded by Frank Sambeth, currently CFO at the publisher.

Authors on the Air September 15, 2011: Kurt and Brenda Warner, Jane Lynch, Michele Kleier

Kurt and Brenda Warner will be on The View to discuss Brenda’s new memoir One Call Away: Answering Life's Challenges with Unshakable Faith (Thomas Nelson, 978-0849947193).

Jane Lynch, author of Happy Accidents (Voice, 978-1401341763), will be on Jay Leno.

Job Moves: September 15, 2011

Jennifer Jackson, senior editor, Vintage, has been named senior editor, Knopf and Doubleday. The appointment takes effect immediately.

Authors on the Air September 14, 2011: Denise Sullivan, Joel Osteen, Michael Moore

Denise Sullivan, author of Keep On Pushing: Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-Hop (Lawrence Hill Books, 9781556528170), will be interviewed from 11:30 am-12 pm PST on AirTalk with Larry Mantle.

Joel Osteen was on Good Morning America for Every Day A Friday: How To Be Happier 7 Days a Week (FaithWords, 978-0892969913).

Job Moves: September 14, 2011

Robert Guth has been named president and CEO, effective immediately, of Reader’s Digest.

Authors on the Air September 13, 2011: Nigel Cliff, Joe Darger, Mary Jo McConahay

Nigel Cliff, author of Holy War: How Vasco de Gama's Epic Voyages Turned the Tide in a Centuries-Old Clash of Civilizations (Harper, 978-0061735127) will be on NPR's On Point.

Love Times Three: Our True Story of a Polygamous Marriage (HarperOne, 978-0062074041) author Joe Darger was on Good Morning America.

Job Moves: September 13, 2011

John Hays and Kevin Dougherty are now v-ps at Inner Traditions, Bear & Co. Hays, who has been in publishing for more than 20 years, joined the Inner Traditions team as director of sales and marketing in 2009. Dougherty joined Inner Traditions' IT team in 2007 bringing with him 13 years of computer network administration and project management experience.

Job Moves: September 12, 2011

Kaitlyn McCrystal has been promoted to associate publicist at Touchstone. McCrystal has worked on campaigns for, among other authors, Duff McKagan, Philippa Gregory and Bethenny Frankel.

Authors on the Air September 12, 2011: Wendy Call, Ali H. Soufan

Wendy Call, author of No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces the Global Economy (University of Nevbraska Press, 978-0-8032-3510-6), will be on "Write the Book" with Shelagh Shapiro on WOMM-LP "The Radiator" in Burlington, Vt., at 2 p.m. EST.

Ali H. Soufan was on NPR's Morning Edition for his book The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against al-Queda (W.W. Norton, 978-0393079425).

Authors on the Air September 9, 2011: Rob Quillen, Helen Schulman

Rob Quillen, author of Why Wait? Fulfilling Dreams From Tragedy (Headline Books, 978-0938467236) will be interviewed during the NASCAR race at Richmond International Raceway on Saturday on Fox Sports.

Helen Schulman, author of This Beautiful Life (Harper, 978-0062024381) will be on The Gayle King Show.

Authors on the Air September 8, 2011: Tom Perrotta, Hisham Matar

Tom Perrotta, author of the new novel The Leftovers (St. Martin's Press, 978-0312358341), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Hisham Matar, author of the novel Anatomy of a Disappearance (The Dial Press, 978-0385340441 ), was on NPR's Morning Edition.

Job Moves: September 8, 2011

At Penguin, Molly Barton has been promoted to the position of v-p, digital publishing, business development and strategy.

HMH Picks Technology Vet as New CEO

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has ended its five month search for a new leader by appointing Linda Zecher as president and CEO. Zecher was most recently a corporate v-p at Microsoft; she succeeds Barry O’Callaghan, who resigned in March.

Job Moves: September 7, 2011

Lance Fitzgerald has been appointed to v-p and director of foreign rights for Simon & Schuster, overseeing the lists for the Simon & Schuster imprint and Touchstone. Fitzgerald is currently director of subsidiary rights for several imprints within the Penguin Group.

Authors on the Air September 7, 2011: Carrie Jones, Julie Otsuka, Robin Wright

Co-editor Carrie Jones and contributors Carolyn Mackler and Eric Luper will talk about their new collection Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories (HarperTeen, 978-0062060983) on NPR's Talk of the Nation.

Authors on the Air September 6, 2011: Alexandra Styron, Thomas L. Friedman

Alexandra Styron, daughter of William Styron and author of the memoir Reading My Father (Scribner, 978-1416591795), will be on The Leonard Lopate Show.

Thomas L. Friedman was on The Today Show for his book That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 978-0-374-28890-7).

Job Moves: September 6, 2011

Caroline Brown has joined the Running Press publicity team as publicity manager. Brown comes to Philadelphia from Sterling Publishing where she was responsible for campaigns for The King’s Speech and I Can Make You Thin, as well as the Hearst Books publishing program, among others.

Obituary: Robert Goben

Robert Goben, former owner of Miami-based wholesaler Southern Book Services, died after a long illness on Thursday September 1.

Authors on the Air September 2, 2011: Earl Swift, John Banville

Earl Swift, author of The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0-618-81241-7), will be interviewed on NPR’s Science Friday.

John Banville (pen name Benjamin Black) was on NPR's Morning Edition to talk about Dublin crime fiction. His latest book is Christine Falls (Picador, B004KAB4K6).

Authors on the Air September 1, 2011: Jack Kornfield, Petros Markaris

Jack Kornfield, author of A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path through Difficult Times (Sounds True, 978-1604074482) will be a guest on "Forum" with Michael Krasny KQED/NPR/Northern Calif., at 10:00am PST.

Crime writer Petros Markaris was on NPR's Morning Edition. His best known book is Deadline in Athens: An Inspector Costas Haritos Mystery (Grove Press, 978-0802142078).