Publishers Lunch
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the UK, Orion ceo and Hachette UK deputy ceo David Young has officially announced
his plan to retire at the end of year. Lagardere Publishing ceo Arnaud Nourry
says in part: "For me, one of the great joys of Hachette's acquisition of
the Time Warner Book Group was getting to know David.... Under his leadership,
the newly-created Hachette Book Group quickly grew to be one of the most
successful and admired publishing houses in the US, discovering great talent
and publishing many wonderful and original books and authors to global
success.... I want to thank him most warmly for his friendship and support and
for his enormous contribution to Hachette Livre worldwide over the last 10
years." Young adds: "I consider myself a lucky man to have spent 45
years in this wonderful business of ours. I've been able to play a part in some
truly exciting deals, publications and events as well as some profound changes
across that time, and to work alongside some great, great people."
David Shelley,
who moves up to ceo of Little Brown UK this summer, will take over as ceo of
Orion as well on January 1. Kate
Espiner will move over to Orion from Harper UK around the end
of the year to become managing director of Orion, reporting to Shelley. Orion
deputy group publisher and managing director for fiction Jon Wood will move
up to publisher of Orion in January 2016, reporting to Espiner, taking over
from Malcolm Edwards after he retires at the end of the year as well. Current
managing director Lisa
Milton will serve as a consultant for a period of time after
Espiner moves over, and then will leave the company.
At Little Brown UK, Charlie
King is being promoted to managing director as of January 1,
reporting to Shelley.
Much more at The Bookseller
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