In the wake of the Court debacle that led to Markus Dohle’s long-overdue resignation, the changes to make PRH appear competitive in the acquisitions arena were inevitable, but as the Court detail (as elsewhere supplied by PW) showed, internal competition is in real terms a nonsense. Why would any company compete against itself to buy anything?
Talking with PW’s Andrew Albanese this week, the restructuring of PRH is the lead topic on Christopher Keneally’s podcast.
The limitations of time and topic for this particular Velocity of Content podcast means so much more still needs to be asked about what’s really going on at PRH, and whether the “Interim” CEO can do more than make cosmetic changes and play management musical chairs.
In the wake of the Court debacle that led to Markus Dohle’s long-overdue resignation, the changes to make PRH appear competitive in the acquisitions arena were inevitable, but as the Court detail (as elsewhere supplied by PW) showed, internal competition is in real terms a nonsense. Why would any company compete against itself to buy anything?
On the other hand, the idea of more “touchpoints” for literary agents and PRH editors to connect is one of Nihar Malaviya’s better and more meaningful moves.
With internet once again stable here, I’ll try address the PRH dance in TNPS this month, and explain just why the Dohle departure should, but not necessarily will, be good for the wider industry.
But back with the Velocity of Content podcast, and as well as the PRH restructuring, Andrew Albanese discusses the American Booksellers Association in-person meet, and the latest legal wrangles in the Internet Archive piracy-by-any-other-name debate.
17 minutes of listening-time well spent.
This post began life as a comment on a post by Christopher Keneally on LinkedIn. A reminder that I cover a lot more about global publishing over at LinkedIn than is practical to cover directly here on TNPS, and on bad days, as were far too many last month, LinkedIn is one of the few websites I can access when the internet is painfully slow here in West Africa.
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