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Matthew Kissner Named President and CEO of Wiley
Kissner, who was named interim CEO of Wiley last October following the resignation of Brian Napack, has had the interim title removed, taking over as president and CEO.
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HBG CIO Mike Ballanco Retires, HUK’s Brendan Goss Up in Dual Role
Ballanco, senior VP and chief information officer at Hachette Book Group, will retire on September 27, with Brendan Goss, currently CIO of Hachette UK, to assume the newly created role of group CIO of HBG and HUK.
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New CEO for PRH Verlagsgruppe
Christian Jünger has been named CEO of Penguin Random House’s German publishing group, Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe. Jünger has been managing director of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group’s Rowohlt Verlag division since 2021, and will join PRH on October 1.
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Stephanie Jackson to Lead DK Life, DK Red
Stephanie Jackson has been tapped to lead the Life segment, including the recently announced imprint DK Red, at DK Living, the publisher’s adult division, effective November 1.
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Jacq Cohen Joins Tapas as Tucker Stone Succeeds Her at Fantagraphics
Cohen, the indie comics stalwart whose name has become synonymous with Fantagraphics over the past 15 years, will head up PR and marketing at Tapas Entertainment. Stone, who recently wrapped up his tenure as an editor of the 'Comics Journal,' succeeds Cohen at Fantagraphics.
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Green, Santella Up in PRH Children's Sales Reorg
Becky Green has been promoted to SVP for retail and Penguin Young Readers sales, and Mark Santella has been promoted to SVP for mass merchandise and Random House Children’s sales.
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Lindsay Sagnette Named Editor-in-Chief of Putnam
Sagnette was most recently VP and editorial director at Atria, where she edited such authors as Jamie Ford and Jennifer Weiner. She will join Putnam as VP and editor-in-chief on July 15, rounding out its executive team following Sally Kim's departure.
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Layoffs Hit Little, Brown Editorial; Tracy Sherrod, More Depart
Hachette Book Group has let go a number of staffers at Little, Brown, including VP and deputy publisher Craig Young and VP and executive editor Tracy Sherrod, one of the few prominently positioned Black women in trade publishing.
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HarperCollins Continues Sales Revamp
As part of a makeover at the HarperCollins sales department, VP of independent sales and wholesale Kathy Faber will take on additional responsibilities in the indie channel, and Wendy Ceballos will become director of independent sales and retail marketing.
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John Parsley, Claire Zion Up at Dutton, Berkley
Parsley has been promoted to VP and publisher at Dutton and Zion has been promoted to SVP and editor-in-chief at Berkley. Christine Ball has been promoted to EVP, continuing to serve as publisher of Berkley.
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Macmillan Names Two New VPs of Sales
At Macmillan's trade sales division, Jennifer Edwards has been named VP of field sales, diversified sales, and sales strategy, and Shawn Foster will join the company as VP of children’s sales, reporting to EVP of sales Tim Greco.
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Reagan Arthur, Lisa Lucas Depart KDPG in Another 'Restructure'
Knopf publisher Reagan Arthur and Pantheon Schocken publisher Lisa Lucas have both left the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group after four years, in a surprise move that KDPG president and publisher Maya Mavjee called "necessary for our future growth."
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Simon & Schuster’s Adam Rothberg to Retire
The senior v-p of corporate communications for S&S will retire at the end of July, ending a 35-year career with the company.
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Alyssa Awe to Join Macmillan as Exec V-p of Biz Dev, Strategy
Awe will join the publisher in the newly created role on June 3, and will oversee the publisher's strategic initiatives, business development, and central marketing, as well as its audio division and publishers-at-large.
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Ryo Yamaguchi Named Publisher at Copper Canyon Press
Following the retirements of longtime copublishers George Knotek and Joseph Bednarik on May 1, the Port Townsend, Wash.–based poetry press—which turned 50 last year—has tapped its publicist to lead its operations moving forward.
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Masie Cochran Named Publisher and Editorial Director of Tin House
Cochran was appointed interim publisher in October following the departure of publisher Craig Popelars, who had helmed the Portland, Ore.—based independent publisher since 2019.
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Carrie Bloxson Promoted at Hachette Book Group, Hachette UK
The v-p and chief diversity officer at Hachette Book Group has been promoted to senior v-p of culture and diversity, equity, and inclusion at both HBG and Hachette UK, effective immediately. She will report to HBG and HUK CEO David Shelley.
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Raymond Pun Elected 2025-2026 President of the American Library Association
The academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in Redwood City, Calif., has been elected president of the American Library Association for its 2025–2026 term.
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CAA Appoints Managing Directors, New Board Members
Chris Silbermann, whose clients include Dr. Seuss Enterprises, has been named one of nine managing directors at Creative Artists Agency, while motion picture literary department co-head Ida and literary agent Sloan Harris have joined the CAA board.
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Ellen Adler to Step Down as Publisher of the New Press
The New Press publisher Ellen Adler will step down from that role at the end of September, leaving the independent publisher of progressive books after a 21-year run.
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