After Wrapping Upfront Talks, Discovery, Inc Restructures Ad Sales Around 12 Top Networks

‘Significant’ layoffs this week as company fully merges with Scripps

Ever since he was tapped to run ad sales for the merged Discovery Communications and Scripps Networks Interactive companies in March, Jon Steinlauf has been hinting at a major restructuring as he combined the two sales teams. “There’s going to be change, probably later in the year,” he told Adweek in April. “Right now, we’re all focused on the upfront.”

And now that Discovery, Inc has wrapped its upfront negotiations for the first time as a combined company—in what Steinlauf said is one the most lucrative upfront hauls ever for a cable portfolio (see more below)—he is rolling out his new structure for the ad sales team, which also includes several layoffs, this week.

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