Dana Canedy, Publisher of Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint, Has Left the Job

Simon & Schuster CEOs Kanedy and Jonathan Karp favor the acquisition of Pence’s book as an important explanation for President Trump, and publishers need to acquire the book from the entire political spectrum. Insisted that there was. Canedy said he would continue to work on the titles of Pence, Robinson and Dunbar.

Her departure is a turbulent moment for Simon & Schuster. In the fall of 2020, Simon & Schuster’s parent company Viacom CBS signed a deal to sell to another publisher, Penguin Random House, but the acquisition faces strict regulatory scrutiny and is monopolized by the Justice Department. I have been challenged in a prohibition law proceeding. .. If it passes, Simon & Schuster can become obsessed with much larger rivals and lose some of its autonomy. If the Justice Department blocks the transaction, the company faces even greater uncertainty.

A spokesman for Simon & Schuster, a former Simon & Schuster publisher before becoming CEO, said Carp, who continued to work as head of the company, “for the time being, became a publisher. Resume to be. “

Kanedy’s memoir “A Journal for Jordan” was directed by Denzel Washington and featured in a movie released last year. Simon & Schuster said he has acquired the rights to the next book and plans to publish it in 2024. She tentatively described the book, “Journey with Jordan,” as a collection of personal essays on resilience and regaining post-loss joy.

Making a movie about her life was a deep experience, she said.

“I can’t even explain what it looks like,” she said. “From recreating the monument at Arlington National Cemetery to seeing a real soldier appear and crying, getting his son to learn more about his father through the movie, and having to remind me of my love story again. There is everything. “

She was constantly asked, she said, how could she overcome her loss?

“I feel forced to write it,” she said.