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Anne Ishii to Head Philly’s Nonprofit Asian Arts Initiative
Anne Ishii, editor/translator and cofounder of queer/feminist publisher and lifestyle brand Massive, has been tapped to head the Philadelphia-based Asian Arts Initiative, a 25-year-old urban nonprofit arts center.
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Curtis, Minckler Up at PRH
Erica Curtis has been named director of marketing strategy, in addition to her prior roles, on Penguin Random House's consumer marketing development team. Max Minckler joins the team as senior director of consumer insights.
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Fassler To Oversee Combined Atria Publicity, Marketing Units
Atria senior v-p and publisher Libby McGuire announced the hiring of Kristin Fassler in the newly-created role of v-p and director of integrated marketing. Paul Olsewski, v-p and director of publicity, will leave Atria July 27.
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Meader Up at a Changing Picador
A changing of the guard is in the works at Picador, which will stop publishing originals and return to its primary role as Macmillan’s literary trade paperback reprint house as of April 2019, bringing a significant change to its staff.
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HMH Closes Eamon Dolan Books
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is closing Eamon Dolan Books. With the shuttering of the imprint, which was formed in 2011, founding editor Eamon Dolan will be leaving HMH.
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ReaderLink Reorganizes its Executive Ranks
Among the changes, the distributor has hired a new COO as part of what ReaderLink CEO Dennis Abboud says is a series of moves that reflect the expansion the company has made in recent years while also positioning the company for future growth.
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B&N Fires CEO
In a brief statement released late Tuesday afternoon, B&N said CEO Demos Parneros was terminated for “violations of the Company’s policies."
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After Allegations of Misconduct, Teresi Steps Down at AWP
Christian Teresi, the Association of Writers and Writing Program's conference director since 2008, has stepped down.
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Lazarus Moving to Hachette's Sales Division
Alison Lazarus, president of Macmillan’s sales division for more than to 20 years, will move to Hachette Book Group August 6 as executive v-p, director of sales.
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Cheiffetz Joins Atria, Launches New Imprint
Julia Cheiffetz has joined Simon & Schuster's Atria Publishing Group as v-p and publisher of a yet-to-be-named imprint, effective immediately.
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Zoro Up at PRH
Theresa Zoro has been promoted to executive v-p and executive creative director for marketing and public relations at Random House.
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Von Moltke, D'Acierno, Dillon, Up at PRH
Two months after being named CEO of Penguin Random House U.S., Madeline McIntosh has announced promotions for Nina von Moltke, Amanda D'Acierno, and Sanyu Dillon.
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Crichton to Leave FSG at End of Year
Sarah Crichton will leave Farrar, Straus and Giroux at the end of 2018 to pursue other opportunities, the publisher said.
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Leaver Resigns from Quarto
Less than a week after Laurence Orbach returned to the Quarto Group as executive chairman, Marcus Leaver resigned as CEO of the publisher.
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Was a Hostile Work Environment Behind the Firing of AWP’s David Fenza?
Controversy has dogged the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) since David Fenza, its longtime executive director, was fired on March 11. While the AWP board has not offered any explanation for Fenza's termination, former AWP president Rita Dove claims she was told a hostile work environment was behind his ouster.
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NEA Chair to Step Down
Jane Chu will step down as chair of the National Endowment for Arts when her four-year term expires on June 4, 2018.
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Libby McGuire Named Head of Atria
McGuire has been named senior v-p and publisher of the Simon & Schuster division, filling a void that has been open since Judith Curr left in late January.
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Russo Retires from S&S
Seth Russo, v-p and director of international sales at Simon & Schuster, will retire from the publisher. His retirement takes effect on April 20 at which point Colin Shields will step into Russo's role.
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Judith Curr to Join HarperCollins
Former Atria Publishing Group head Judith Curr has been named president and publisher of HarperCollins's HarperOne, Amistad, and Rayo units.
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Crown Makes Moves to Integrate Rodale
Following the January purchase of Rodale Books, Crown has hired five former Rodale employees and named Diana Baroni v-p, associate publisher and editorial director of Harmony and Rodale.
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