April Derleth was only 56 when she past away on Monday, March 21, 2011, in her home in Sauk City, Wisconsin USA from unexpected, but natural, causes. She was also the publisher of Arkham House Publishing, which was founded by her father to publish the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
Her father was author August Derleth, who co-founded Arkham House Publishers in 1939 with author Donald Wandrei, and who co-authored and posthumously published many of Lovecraft's later works. August died in 1971, when both April and her brother Walden became owners of Arkham House. In 1994, April became majority stockholder, president and CEO of Arkham House and remained in that capacity until her passing on the 21st.
Some of the other authors who were first published by Arkham House include great sci-fi and horror writers like Henry S. Whitehead, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch, Evangeline Walton, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Bishop, Greg Bear, Ray Bradbury and James Tiptree,...
Her father was author August Derleth, who co-founded Arkham House Publishers in 1939 with author Donald Wandrei, and who co-authored and posthumously published many of Lovecraft's later works. August died in 1971, when both April and her brother Walden became owners of Arkham House. In 1994, April became majority stockholder, president and CEO of Arkham House and remained in that capacity until her passing on the 21st.
Some of the other authors who were first published by Arkham House include great sci-fi and horror writers like Henry S. Whitehead, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch, Evangeline Walton, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Bishop, Greg Bear, Ray Bradbury and James Tiptree,...
- 4/11/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
London -- Outgoing ITV executive chairman Michael Grade has hit out at media coverage of the broadcaster's search for a new chief executive, accusing commentators of undermining a business that was doing "extremely well."
Speaking before an all-party committee of members of the House of Lords, Grade said the sense of crisis portrayed by the media was bewildering.
"We are certainly not short of advice from our colleagues in the Fourth Estate. I would say that coming into work each day as I do that I feel as though I am inhabiting a parallel universe ... the ITV business is going extremely well," Grade told the panel. Grade, who announced that he would step down in April as CEO and said last month that he would also quit as chairman by the year end, said it was "unfortunate" that ITV's attempts to hire a successor have been so relentlessly publicized.
Speaking before an all-party committee of members of the House of Lords, Grade said the sense of crisis portrayed by the media was bewildering.
"We are certainly not short of advice from our colleagues in the Fourth Estate. I would say that coming into work each day as I do that I feel as though I am inhabiting a parallel universe ... the ITV business is going extremely well," Grade told the panel. Grade, who announced that he would step down in April as CEO and said last month that he would also quit as chairman by the year end, said it was "unfortunate" that ITV's attempts to hire a successor have been so relentlessly publicized.
- 10/14/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- ITV said on Monday that two contenders to succeed Michael Grade as chairman of the country's biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster had ruled themselves out, dealing a fresh blow to its long search for new leadership.
At the same time ITV said John Cresswell, currently chief operating officer at the group, had agreed to take on the role of interim chief executive but that he planned to leave the company once a permanent incumbent had been found.
ITV, facing the worst advertising downturn for decades, has been searching for a new chief executive since May when Grade, then executive chairman, announced he would step back from the day-to-day running of the company.
Its search for a chairman, who will select the next chief executive, began in September when Grade agreed to leave the company altogether after it failed to secure former BSkyB boss Tony Ball as chief executive.
ITV,...
At the same time ITV said John Cresswell, currently chief operating officer at the group, had agreed to take on the role of interim chief executive but that he planned to leave the company once a permanent incumbent had been found.
ITV, facing the worst advertising downturn for decades, has been searching for a new chief executive since May when Grade, then executive chairman, announced he would step back from the day-to-day running of the company.
Its search for a chairman, who will select the next chief executive, began in September when Grade agreed to leave the company altogether after it failed to secure former BSkyB boss Tony Ball as chief executive.
ITV,...
- 10/12/2009
- by By Paul Hoskins, Reuters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Nasdaq-listed cable group Virgin Media said it would debut on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday but would maintain its New York listing as its primary base.
The U.K. cable company, which has about 3.5 million cable TV subscribers and is valued at about $4.2 billion, aims to float a minority stake here in a bid broaden the company's appeal to U.K. investors, chief executive Neil Berkett said.
The move comes amid increasing speculation that troubled British commercial broadcaster ITV could be subject to a possible takeover approach after its plans to hire a new chief executive dramatically fell apart last week when the board walked away from a $42 million deal with former BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball.
Three years ago -- when ITV was last without a chief executive -- Virgin Media began takeover talks with the broadcaster, which were eventually scuppered when BSkyB's then chief executive...
The U.K. cable company, which has about 3.5 million cable TV subscribers and is valued at about $4.2 billion, aims to float a minority stake here in a bid broaden the company's appeal to U.K. investors, chief executive Neil Berkett said.
The move comes amid increasing speculation that troubled British commercial broadcaster ITV could be subject to a possible takeover approach after its plans to hire a new chief executive dramatically fell apart last week when the board walked away from a $42 million deal with former BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball.
Three years ago -- when ITV was last without a chief executive -- Virgin Media began takeover talks with the broadcaster, which were eventually scuppered when BSkyB's then chief executive...
- 9/28/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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