Planning an annual upfront event is hard enough for a media company, but it’s even tougher when the CEO abruptly announces just three days earlier that she’s stepping down, as A+E Networks’ Nancy Dubuc did on Monday.
However, the show must go on. Peter Olsen, evp of ad sales for A+E Networks, said that Dubuc’s sudden exit won’t change his months-in-the-making upfront pitch to buyers at tonight’s event, which will be held at the New York Public Library.
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