St. Martin’s Press has bought a debut novel by Stephanie Clifford, a New York Times reporter, for seven figures. The book, Everybody Rise, describes a young woman’s social and professional striving in 2006-era Manhattan.
Jian Ghomeshi has lost his book deal with Penguin Random House Canada, in the wake of allegations of violent sexual assault on eight women he has been involved with. He’s also lost his job, his agent, his PR firm, and his crisis management firm.
Snapchat is in talks with Buzzfeed, Comedy Central, Time, National Geographic, Spotify, Vice, and others about “Discover,” a proposed section of the app that will offer content from media companies.
At the New Yorker, Deborah Treisman interviews Richard Ford. About his urge to write his most recent novel, Ford says, “Although I don’t believe in souls, I do believe in something kicking somewhere that becomes a call to language.” He says he owes Updike his temerity to write more than one book about his character Frank Bascombe: “If John hadn’t written the Rabbit books I might not have thought (as his contemporary) that three, then four, books about a real-estate salesman in New Jersey could be plausible.”
Rozalia Jovanovic is the new executive editor of Artnet News.