Discovery Shakes Up Management Team as Scripps Merger Nears Finish Line

Kathleen Finch will oversee 12 networks, while Jon Steinlauf heads up U.S. ad sales

As the Discovery Communications-Scripps Networks Interactive merger reaches the finish line, Discovery is shaking up its management team, putting key Scripps execs in charge of the combined company as it unveiled its new leadership structure.

Kathleen Finch, chief programming, content and brand officer for the six Scripps networks, will be chief lifestyle brands officer of the combined company, overseeing 12 networks: HGTV, Food Network, TLC, ID, Travel Channel, DIY Network, Cooking Channel, Discovery Life, American Heroes Channel, Destination America, Great American Country and Lifestyle Digital Studio.

Meanwhile,

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