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Aaron Priest Turns Agency Over to Mitch Hoffman
After more than five decades heading his eponymous literary agency, Priest has announced his retirement, with Hoffman (pictured), a senior agent, taking over as owner and president at the firm.
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U.K. Creative Industries Call for an AI Regulatory Framework
In a new report on the harm done to creative professionals by generative AI development, the Society of Authors and other trade associations are demanding new regulations to compel tech giants to respect copyright and remunerate authors and artists.
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Bob Miller Starts Bookswork Press
Miller, who has departed as CEO of Phaidon after just over a year, envisions his new book and creative development company as a place “to develop ideas into great books.”
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S&S Confirms Limited Staffing Changes
Though the publisher denied reports of large-scale layoffs, it did confirm it had made a small number of staffing changes.
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Scout’s Honor: PW Talks with Danny Yanez
The new president of Franklin Siegal & Yanez discusses taking over the 50-year-old scouting agency, tracking TikTok trends, and navigating the international publishing landscape.
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Oni Press Taps Kickstarter Exec to Lead Business Strategy
Sam Kusek, who most recently served as the platform’s senior outreach lead, will oversee the independent comics publisher’s crowdfunding campaigns, as well as its extensive roster of licensing deals.
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S&S Alum Colin Shields Joins Lonely Planet
Shields, most recently VP and executive director of global digital and international sales at Simon & Schuster, has been appointed by the guidebook publisher to the newly created role of senior director of sales and marketing for North America.
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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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Wiley Names Inaugural AI Chief
To accelerate its efforts to make more licensing deals with AI developers and other tech companies, Wiley has named Armughan Rafat to the newly created position of chief AI and data services officer.
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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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