Obituary: Maria Alexia Isola
Maria Alexia Isola, global marketing manager at Disney Publishing, died August 1 after a car accident. She was 27. Isola, a graduate of Bentley College, worked at Redbook and Hasbro before joining Disney. She is survived by her parents; her husband, Dana; and two sisters. A funeral service was held last week; sentiments can be shared online at commercehillfh.com.
Black, O'Malley Up at Yale
Jean Thompson Black and Michael O'Malley have been promoted at Yale University Press. Both have been bumped up from senior editor to executive editor.
Newhouse to Nextbook
Alana Newhouse has been named editor-in-chief and director of special projects at Nextbook.org. Newhouse, who will start at Nextbook on September 1, succeeds Joanna Smith Rakoff, who resigned. Newhouse has been an editor at the Forward.
