New Top Execs At S&S
Simon & Schuster CEO-designate Carolyn Reidy has promoted Michael Selleck to executive v-p, sales and marketing, and Dennis Eulau to executive v-p, operations. Selleck’s promotion will unite the sales and marketing functions for S&S under his direction and, as a result, Larry Norton, president of the sales and distribution division, will leave the company at the end of this year. Selleck was senior v-p of sales and marketing for the company’s adult division, while Eulau was senior v-p and general manager of the division.
In a separate change, Simon Spotlight Entertainment is being moved from the S&S children’s group to Pocket Books, and publisher Jen Bergstrom will now report to Pocket publisher Louise Burke.
Perseus Gets PGW Name
The court overseeing the proceedings in the AMS bankruptcy case has approved Perseus Books Group’s purchase, for $80,000, of the PGW name plus the assumption of leases on offices in New York and Berkeley, Calif. The PGW name will continue to be used by the sales and marketing team that represents PGW publishers, headed by Susan Reich. With the approval of the transfer of the office leases, Avalon Publishing, acquired by Perseus earlier this year, will move into PGW’s Berkeley offices around December 1.
The court also approved the payment of $1.8 million by Baker & Taylor to AMS to settle a dispute about how much money B&T owed AMS for acquiring a substantial amount of AMS assets.
Macmillan’s Charkin to Bloomsbury
Richard Charkin has resigned as CEO of Macmillan UK to become the executive director of Bloomsbury Plc. In his new role, Charkin will be responsible for the operations of Bloomsbury UK and USA, A&C and Berlin Verlag, and will look for acquisitions.
At Macmillan, Mike Barnard, who retired after 35 years at the company, will return as deputy chairman until a new CEO is appointed.
Miller Leaving Random House
Nancy Miller will step down as senior v-p and executive editor of the Random House Publishing Group later this month. Miller joined Random House in 2000 as editor-in-chief of Ballantine and moved to the executive editor spot in 2006.
Shareholders Want Borders Seat
A group of large shareholders has asked that Glenn Tongue be named as its representative on the Borders Group board. The company said it is reviewing the request.
Skyhorse in Norton Deal
Skyhorse Press will move its distribution from Sterling to Norton beginning in January. With the move, the year-old Skyhorse will handle its own publicity, marketing and special market sales.
Yale Buys Anchor Line
Yale University Press has acquired the Anchor Bible Series from Doubleday. Yale will publish all backlist and new volumes in the series, to be renamed Anchor Yale Bible. The series, conceived in 1956, has more than three million copies in print.
