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Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Jo Ann Ross, the first woman to run a broadcast TV network’s ad-sales efforts and one of the last senior ad-sales executives in the TV industry to hold direct relationships with advertisers when primetime broadcast programs were seen as the primary venue for Madison Avenue’s dollars, is leaving the industry, stepping down from her role as chairman of Paramount Global‘s ad sales division at the end of April. Ross had already stepped back from day to day duties, ceding that role to John Halley, who was named president of ad sales for the company in 2022.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Trey Gargano has been named executive vice president of ad sales, taking the reins of the outlet’s efforts to drive millions of dollars in advertising revenue at a time when Madison Avenue has seemed more ambivalent about news content. Additionally, Ryan Roelle has been promoted to senior vice president of national sales, and will focus on endemic and national advertising in addition to leading linear and digital sales across the country.

Toby Byrne, who spent 20 years at Fox, has joined A+E Networks as EVP, National Ad Sales as part of a broader revamp of the cable programmer’s sales team.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Toby Byrne, who rose over two-decades to run advertising sales for Fox Broadcasting and Fox Sports, is getting back into the TV-ad game. Byrne has been named executive vice president of national ad sales at A+E Networks, reporting to Peter Olsen, president of ad sales at the company, which is a joint venture of Hearst and Walt Disney Co.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer NBCUniversal has laid off less than 50 employees across three divisions: Peacock marketing, NBCUniversal Entertainment and ad sales. The majority of these cuts, approximately 30 to 40, were made at Peacock as part of a restructuring under CMO Shannon Willett, a source within the company told Variety.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Krishan Bhatia, a key architect of NBCUniversal’s recent forays into new kinds of advertising revenue, is leaving the company, and has informed his direct reports of his decision to exit at the end of 2023. Bhatia helped develop new revenue systems and infrastructure at NBCUniversal’s ad-sales unit, which for a time was very vocal about its efforts to strike e-commerce and data partnerships with advertisers.

As it gets set for one of the biggest pivots in its eventful quarter-century of existence as a company — the launch of an ad-supported subscription tier next year — Netflix has turned to two seasoned digital execs to oversee it.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJon Steinlauf will oversee U.S. ad sales for the new Warner Bros.

Discovery Inc. on Friday named Jon Steinlauf to serve as chief U.S. advertising sales officer for the soon-to-merge Warner Bros.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCrooked Media, the progressive media company that produces the top-ranked “Pod Save America” and other podcasts, signed a multiyear, multiplatform agreement with SiriusXM.The agreement gives SXM Media, the advertising-sales arm of Sirius XM Holdings, exclusive global ad sales rights to Crooked Media’s lineup of podcasts starting in May. SXM Media also gets sales and sponsorship rights to digital video, social media and live events produced by Crooked Media.As part of the agreement, Crooked Media’s podcasts, including “Pod Save America,” “Lovett or Leave It” and “Pod Save the World,” will join the SiriusXM network through the 2024 election cycle and beyond, distributed on the Stitcher, SXM App and Pandora platforms.

GSN, the game-focused media brand owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, has promoted longtime sales chief John Zaccario to the position of president.

Adweek with Jerry Daniello, SVP, entertainment brand solutions and Disney Ad Sales, who explained that the trailers would run 30 to 90 seconds each and will reinforce this year’s theme that the Oscars will feel more like a movie rather than an awards show.“West Side Story” will hit theaters Dec.

Adweek with Jerry Daniello, SVP, entertainment brand solutions and Disney Ad Sales, who explained that the trailers will run 30 to 90 seconds each and will reinforce this year’s theme that the Oscars will feel more like a movie rather than an awards show. What’s more, presenters at the Oscars will introduce each of the spots as well as discuss their favorite movie going experience.

WarnerMedia has named Katrina Cukaj lead of ad sales and client partnerships. In her new role Cukaj will oversee the AT&T-owned media company's go-to-market sales team as well as its client partnerships efforts.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorVeteran Joe Hogan will leave his senior role at WarnerMedia’s ad sales after working at the company for 30 years, and will be succeeded by Katina Cukaj, who takes lead for advertising sales and partnerships under JP Colaco.Cukaj, who led ad sales for a time at CNN and moved on to tackle broader responsibilities within WarnerMedia’s sales organization, will become the point person in the company’s ongoing effort to talk to agencies and buyers about advertising

Jim Keller has left Hulu to head up digital and advanced ad sales at Discovery for its upcoming streaming service. Keller, who worked at Hulu for seven years and most recently served as vp, head of national ad sales, becomes executive vp of digital ad sales and advanced advertising at Discovery, based in New York City.

Also Read: Discovery Q3 Profit Rises 15% Despite Declines in Ad Sales, Total RevenueTVision is a 2019 rebrand of former service Layer3, which T-Mobile acquired in 2017. TVision subscribers can get 30 (curated) live TV channels for $40 per month, 40 channels for $50 or 50 channels for $60.

Yahoo Finance. On Monday morning, AMC reported adjusted EPS of $1.32 per share on $654 million in revenue.Overall, revenues dipped 9% from the comparable quarter in 2019.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJean-Paul Colaco, an experienced hand in the emerging practice of gaining ad support for streaming-video content, will serve as the new head of advertising sales at WarnerMedia, filling a role that has been left open for more than a year.Colaco, known to many as “JP,” has a history with WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar.

By Dade Hayes