Bloomsbury Publishing has implemented a restructuring of its academic division, integrating teams from the recently acquired academic division at Rowman & Littlefield, which brought 116 new employees to the company in May. This week’s reorganization has resulted in some staff reductions.
"In the Bloomsbury Academic part of the business we announced a newly integrated structure that brings together the academic editorial, marketing, and sales teams from Rowman & Littlefield and Bloomsbury Academic alongside a streamlined approach to branding," Ginni Arnold, head of corporate communications for Bloomsbury, said.
The purpose of the new structure, Arnold continued, is "to coordinate our global publishing strategy with integrated U.S. and U.K. editorial teams organized around subject and product expertise, scalability to match both the new size of the business, and our goals for accelerated digital resource growth." The reorg also includes an integrated U.S. sales and marketing team designed to focus on the needs of today's customers and channels.
"We are realigning the teams and will continue to invest in the future of our sales and marketing efforts," Arnold said.
The restructuring comes during a period of strong growth for Bloomsbury, which reported record revenues and earnings in fiscal 2024 and continued growth in the first half of fiscal 2025. For the six-month period ended in August, sales rose 32%, to £179.8 million (about $233 million at current exchange rates), and earnings jumped 50%, to £26.6 million. Sales included a contribution of £7.2 million from Rowman & Littlefield.
