Amanda D'Acierno, who joined Random House in 2003 and has headed Penguin Random House audio publishing for many years, has been named president, Penguin Random House Audio, global, a newly created position. She will also join the Penguin Random House global executive committee.
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D'Acierno has been "a longtime advocate for the power of the spoken word and the audiobook format, has been doing this work incredibly well on an informal basis for many years and is widely recognized in the industry and among our PRH colleagues for her depth of expertise in audio," PRH CEO Nihar Malaviya said in a letter to staff making the announcement. He called audio "a key strategic area of our Penguin Random House business globally and... a significant part of our growth in recent years." He expects that "the audio business will continue to grow and evolve in many of the countries where we operate, driven by the shifting retail landscape and consumer reading preferences, as well as by technological developments such as AI."
Among her duties, D'Acierno will seek to expand PRH audio publishing worldwide, increase the catalog across all genres and for all ages, and continue to invest in in-house recording studios around the world. "She will foster closer collaboration across all PRH Audio groups globally, acting in a pivotal advisory role to local teams across territories and continuing our successful relationships with our global retail partners at Audible, Apple, OverDrive, Google, and Spotify, among others," Malaviya added.
Most recently president and publisher, Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, D'Acierno's 27-year publishing career began as a bookseller in Houston, Tex. She then moved to New York City and was community relations manager at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square and then director of publicity at Phaidon Press before joining Random House in 2003.