Children’s publishing, education and media company Scholastic has named Lori Benton as VP and publisher of its Trade Publishing division.
Starting January 3, Benton will oversee direction of the publishing program for all imprints of the division.
Benton was most recently the GM and Publisher of the fiction division of Minnesota-based Capstone Publishers and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors for Every Child a Reader, the non-profit foundation of The Children’s Book Council dedicated to promoting the importance of reading among America’s youth.
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