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Fantasy Magazine to produce podcast audio plays; also seeking slush reader
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Fantasy Magazine will begin offering podcast audio plays in 2009, and they'll be reading submissions starting in September. Payment will be...

Clarkesworld still staffing up, but chapbooks now appearing
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Neil Clarke is taking longer than expected to replace editor Nick Mamatas, but for good reasons. On the other hand, his planned chapbook reprints of the online 'zine are now reality...

Charles Kochman to get comics imprint at Harry N. Abrams
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Charles Kochman's new Abrams imprint, Abrams ComicArts, will specialize in comics and comic related books. The first four titles...

Publicity promotions at William Morrow
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Jack Womack was promoted to associate director of William Morrow's publicity department. Brianne Halverson and Jennifer Slattery were promoted to senior publicity manager.

VIZ Media launches VIZ Productions; hires Jason Hoffs
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VIZ Media has launched VIZ Productions, a Hollywood company to produce and license manga and animation for live action films. Producer Jason Hoffs has been hired to run the new company...

Orbit hires new associate editor: DongWon Song
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The US branch of Orbit Books has hired DongWon Song as a new Associate Editor, expanding operations...

Staff change at JABberwocky Literary Agency
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JABberwocky associate Steve Mancino recently left the agency, and has been replaced by Eddie Schneider...

Matt Gagnon promoted to Managing Editor at BOOM!
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After four months at BOOM! Studios, Matt Gagnon has been promoted to Managing Editor, overseeing all of the comic and graphic novel publisher's titles...

Nick Mamatas moving to VIZ Media; Clarkesworld temporarily closing to submissions
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Clarkesworld senior editor and co-founder Nick Mamatas has accepted a full-time editing job with VIZ Media. His departure means the magazine will temporarily close to new submissions...

Jia Gayles joins The Knight Agency
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Jia Gayles has joined The Knight Agency as Promotions/Public Relations Director...

Arthur A. Levine named publisher at Scholastic
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Arthur A. Levine has been named publisher of his eponymous imprint, Arthur A. Levine Books, at Scholastic. He had been editorial director.

Publicity promotions at HarperCollins Eos
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HarperCollins has promoted Seale Ballenger to vice president and Dee Dee De Bartlo to senior director of publicity for several imprints...

Andy Schmidt takes editorial post at IDW
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Former Marvel editor and head of Comics Experience Andy Schmidt is now a senior editor at IDW Publishing...

Ian Brill is new editor at Boom! Studios
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Comics journalist Ian Brill has joined Boom! Studios as their Games Workshop Editor...

Orbit Books confirms coming expansions
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Orbit Books is planning to greatly expand its US program, increase the number of titles in the UK, and grow in Australia, as well as keeping all three groups working on concert...

Agent Lucienne Diver switching agencies
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Lucienne Diver is leaving the Spectrum Literary Agency for The Knight Agency...

Random House CEO Peter W. Olson may be on his way out
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Rumors say Random House CEO Peter W. Olson may soon be forced into early retirement after ten years at the helm...

More about Orbit's search for an editor
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Current Orbit Editor Devi Pillai is not planning to leave her post; the search is for an additional editor...

Orbit Books wants to hire an editor
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Orbit Books is looking to hire a new science fiction/fantasy editor...

Peter Mendelsund takes over as Vertical's art director
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After working with the company since it's inception, Chip Kidd is leaving his post as Vertical's book designer. His replacement is Peter Mendelsund...

Scott Dunbier takes editorial position at IDW
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Scott Dunbier, formerly executive editor of DC Comics's WildStorm, is now Special Projects Editor at IDW...

Balzer & Bray moving from Hyperion to HarperCollins
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Senior editors Donna Bray and Alessandra Balzer and leaving Hyperion Books for their own imprint at HarperCollins...

Boom! Studios hires Wendy Wallace as General Manager
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Boom! Studios hired Wendy Wallace, formerly of NBC/Universal, as their General Manager. Wallace has previously worked on Eureka, Monk, and the Battlestar Galactica miniseries...

Tricia Narwani promoted at Random House
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Tricia Narwani, a member of the Del Rey manga team at Random House, has been promoted to editor.

Penguin Canada hires Laura Shin
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Laura Shin has been hired as a senior editor of commercial fiction at Penguin Canada. She has previously worked at Harlequin, as well as YTV and the SciFi Channel. Shin will report to executive editor Nicole Winstanley.
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