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Discovery, Inc. has extended the employment contract of chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels through April 1, 2024. Wiedenfels came to Discovery in 2016 from ProSiebenSat.1 Media and saw the company through several major deals. In 2017, it acquired Scripps and became the dominant player in the in unscripted…

SiriusXM has clinched its deal to buy podcasting business Stitcher from E.W. Scripps. The satellite radio giant and Pandora parent, which has been bulkign up in podcasting, said the acquisition will create “the premier full-service platform for podcast creators, publishers, and advertisers.” Stitcher Podcasts Include…

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…

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…

It's a big day for Discovery. Moments after revealing it had ordered a "historic" commission with Blue Planet producer BBC Studios, the factual broadcaster announced it had moved one step closer to its deal to acquire Scripps Network Interactive. Discovery Communications revealed that the European Commission (EC) has…

A non-sports skinny bundle is about to become a reality. Discovery, Viacom, AMC, A+E, and Scripp Networks are teaming up to offer an entertainment-focused streaming service that will be void of sports programming. The Wall Street Journal reported the news about the skinny bundle and said that the new service will have…

Scripps is teaming with Grammy-winning country singer Faith Hill on a new daytime lifestyle talk show slated to launch September 18 on Scripps-owned stations across the country. Fellow country singer and TV personality Kellie Pickler and Emmy-winning New York City journalist Ben Aaron will host the untitled show…

The BBC has moved to deny reports that the public broadcaster’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, may be forced to sell off it 50% stake in UKTV, its joint venture with U.S. pay TV network Scripps. It had been reported that the UK government, currently in the midst of a top to tail review of the BBC and its operations…