Michael Shoults, most recently COO of Hachette Book Group US Distribution, has been promoted to CEO of the publisher’s distribution arm. Shoults succeeds Matt Wright, who is taking over as chief financial officer of Hachette UK following the retirement of... See more
After a six-month search, Simon & Schuster has appointed Greg Greeley CEO, taking over the reins from Jonthan Karp, who announced his plan to step down in late August. Though Greeley, who started at S&S today, has worked at several major companies... See more
In an interview late Monday morning, new Simon & Schuster CEO Greg Greeley said there has been no change in KKR’s original direction to grow the company. At the time of KKR’s purchase of the publisher in late 2023, the private equity firm promised to ... See more
Scott Waxman’s Diversion Publishing Corp. has acquired the U.K. independent publisher Influx Press Ltd. The purchase involves about 75 titles in the categories of upmarket horror, literary short fiction, satirical fiction, “and others meant to provoke and... See more
A group of publishers including the Big Five is taking legal action to prevent the pirate website Anna’s Archive from illegally copying and selling their copyrighted material. In a filing made March 6 in the U. S. District Court for the Southern District ... See more
