Sara Nelson, the editor in chief of Publishers Weekly, the main trade magazine for the book industry, has been laid off in a restructuring by the publication’s parent company, Reed Business Information.
According to a statement from Reed, which operates a broad range of trade publications, the layoffs affect about 7 percent of the staff (including executive editor Daisy Maryles, bookselling editor Kevin Howell, children’s reviews editor Elizabeth Devereaux and director of business development Rachel Dicker …Shelf-Awareness) .
As a result of the restructuring, Brian Kenney, editor in chief of School Library Journal, will now be editorial director of three magazines: Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal and Library Journal. NYTimes.
End of Criticas
And Criticas has just folded. From the editor: “The publisher stated that ad support has greatly diminished, and given the current economic downtown, there was no sufficient foundation on which to continue with the publication of *Críticas*.”
End of Criticas sad news
That is sad news to hear Criticas folded. When I used to do Spanish language collection development, it was one of my “go to” sources for the popular items.