Houghton Mifflin Co.

Press Release: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Appoints Daniel Allen to Board of Directors
December 22, 2016 at 4:00 am

BOSTON — December 22, 2016 — Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced that Daniel Allen, the president and a partner of Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C., has been appointed to HMH's board of directors, bringing the board’s membership to nine directors. “We are pleased to welcome Dan to HMH’s board,” said Larry Fish,…

Press Release: CliffsNotes Gets Personal; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and BenchPrep Partner on Digital Learning Solutions for High School and College Students
August 9, 2016 at 12:14 pm

BOSTON — August 9, 2016 — Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and BenchPrep, a digital learning platform company, today announced the availability of new personalized digital learning solutions for the iconic CliffsNotes®study guide series. Leveraging CliffsNotes’® trusted content and BenchPrep’s dynamic platform experience, HMH will now provide test preparation and subject review guides…

Press Release: Summer Thriller ‘Good as Gone’ Debuts in Texture
July 8, 2016 at 2:33 pm

NEW YORK — July 1, 2016 — Texture, the premier app for the very best magazine content, and the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing Group are partnering to give Texture members a special, advanced copy of the hotly anticipated summer thriller Good as Gone be-fore its national release on July 26. “Texture members will be…

Press Release: HMH Unveils Curriculum-Based Virtual Reality Field Trips for Google Expeditions
June 29, 2016 at 11:07 am

BOSTON – June 27, 2016 – Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today launched the first HMH Field Trips for Google Expeditions for students grades K-12. Announced at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, HMH’s offering currently includes four field trips aligned to select HMH science and social studies curriculum, which…

Rachel Fershleiser Joins HMH in New Position
June 2, 2016 at 2:17 pm

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has hired Tumblr's director of publisher outreach, Rachel Fershleiser, to take on the newly created position of executive director of audience development, effective June 20. Fershleiser will report to HMH's v-p and executive marketing director Adriana Rizzo.

Press Release: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Launches HMH Marketplace, Connecting Educator and Developer Communities
April 7, 2016 at 2:06 pm

BOSTON — March 30, 2016 — Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the Beta launch of HMH Marketplace, a new online destination that offers teachers, edtech developers and technology companies the opportunity to share resources and solutions for the classroom with a broad educator audience. With over 3,000 resources available at launch…

Press Release: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Boosts Digital Marketing Capabilities with Strategic Leadership Appointment
March 30, 2016 at 1:14 pm

BOSTON — March 29, 2016 — Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt today announced that on April 6, Adriana Rizzo will join the organization’s Trade Publishing Group as Vice President, Marketing. In this new role, Rizzo will lead the Group’s marketing and publicity teams as they create, plan and implement dynamic campaigns for front and…

Press Release: HMH Launches Read 180 Universal to Help Struggling Readers
February 15, 2016 at 2:35 pm

BOSTON — February 11, 2016 — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the launch of READ 180 Universal, the next generation intervention program that utilizes leading scientific research in brain and cognitive functioning to support struggling readers and unlock their reading abilities. Reading proficiency relies on collaboration among different regions of the brain which together…

The Big 5 Publishers Sat Out Deal-Making in 2015
January 11, 2016 at 1:04 pm

The biggest deals in the publishing industry in 2015 occurred outside of the trade sector. Unlike 2013, when the Random House–Penguin merger was completed, or 2014, when HarperCollins acquired Harlequin, the major trade houses did not make any major acquisitions last year. The biggest acquisitions in 2015 were in professional and educational publishing, led by…

Press Release: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Appoints Ellen Archer as President, HMH Trade Publishing
December 4, 2015 at 12:14 pm

NEW YORK—December 3, 2015—Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) today announced the appointment of Ellen Archer as President of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade Publishing. Reporting directly to CEO Linda Zecher, Archer will drive the strategic growth and expansion of the Company's consumer publishing business – home to iconic properties, brands and authors from Curious…