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Jon Steinlauf, the former head of ad sales at Scripps Networks Interactive who took the top ad sales post at Discovery after its acquisition of Scripps earlier this year, has set a new structure for the sales division. Under the reog, there will be three selling “bundles,” the company said, organized by matching…

Discovery Communications touted the strength of its bulked-up cable portfolio in the company’s first upfront event since closing its $14.6 billion acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive. CEO David Zaslav called the presentation at New York’s Alice Tully Hall “our coming-out party.” After a short video greeting by…

For Kathleen Finch, March has always been hectic, the annual time for Scripps Networks Interactive to set off on its annual upfront road show. Rather than one big blowout in New York, the Knoxville, Tenn.-based owner of Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel would stop in several cities to make pitches to ad buyers…