Crown Publishing Group will publish a biography of Oprah Winfrey by Kitty Kelley, biographer of the rich and famous. Oprah did not participate in the book, which will be released April 13th. CNN.com Jan. 22, 2010
Ms. Sanders has served as the publisher of Condé Nast’s Lucky magazine. The New York Post Jan. 21, 2010
Source Interlink Distribution has promoted Missy Root to director, publisher services. Source’s vice president of publisher services, Stephanie Laco, notified business partners yesterday in an email, which is excerpted below:
I am pleased to announce the promotion of Missy Root to Director, Publisher Services. For 2 ½ years Missy has led the Borders Group Inc. [...]
The following announcement was prepared for the Publishing Industry by Dan Capell’s family.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of E. Daniel (Dan) Capell, age 64, who died peacefully at his home in Barnegat Light, NJ, on January 11, 2010, after a courageous, three-year battle with cancer. Dan had been a leader [...]
In a memorandum to the CMG staff, Bruce Sherbow, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Penny Publications, announced the promotion of two key team members. Tim Goodrich has been promoted to Vice President Newsstand – Wholesale Sales, and Barry Hubbell to Vice President Newsstand – Retail Marketing.
In the wake of BusinessWeek’s sale to Bloomberg, the magazine’s president, Keith Fox, has announced that he is stepping down. He will remain with the McGraw-Hill companies in an as-yet unspecified role. BusinessWeek Oct. 30, 2009
Mike Oprins, Border’s Vice President, Merchandising – Non-Book, announced the following personnel changes late last week. The text of his Oct. 29th announcement appear in its entirety below.
I wanted to let you know of two changes in the Merchandising Non-Book area. Bob Chunn, Merchandise Director, Bargain, will transfer into the Merchandise Director role overseeing Newsstand, [...]
Whatever difficulties his magazine business may face, Hugh Hefner, at 83, is dating women who could be his great grandchildren, and still very much enjoying his life, which he says is “even better, richer than people know.”
The publisher since 2005 was one of several executives leaving the company. Min Online Oct. 1, 2009
The former HFM US CEO also recently joined the board of directors of Canada-based printer Quebecor World. Folio: June 7, 2009