Scripps Networks Interactive Promotes Two Senior Management Executives
August 20 2015 - 10:35AM
Business Wire
Burton Jablin named Chief Operating Officer,
with Kathleen Finch to head programming and content
creation
Scripps Networks Interactive, one of the world’s leading
developers of lifestyle video content, has promoted two of its
senior management team into key roles designed to enhance the
company’s ability to produce, market and monetize lifestyle video
content.
Burton Jablin, currently President of Scripps Networks, has been
appointed Chief Operating Officer of Scripps Networks Interactive.
In his new role, Jablin will oversee sales, distribution,
programming, digital and strategic planning for the company. He
will also be tasked with ensuring greater coordination and
cooperation between Scripps Networks’ domestic and international
programming, as the business continues to expand globally. He will
continue to report to Scripps Networks Interactive Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth W. Lowe.
Kathleen Finch, currently President of HGTV, DIY Network and
Great American Country, has been appointed Chief Programming,
Content & Brand Officer, and will take overall responsibility
for content across all six of Scripps’ domestic networks including
Food Network, Cooking Channel and Travel Channel. She will work out
of Scripps Networks’ offices in Knoxville and New York City, and
will report to Jablin.
“As Scripps Networks Interactive continues to grow, both in the
United States and internationally, it’s important that we take a
more coordinated approach to how we operate our business and create
content,” said Kenneth W. Lowe. “As one of the original founders of
HGTV, and as someone who has played a key role in building our
wider business for more than 20 years, Burton is ideally
experienced to take on this expanded role.”
“Content is at the heart of everything we do at Scripps Networks
Interactive, and we believe there is clear competitive advantage in
taking a more coordinated approach to content development,
production, scheduling and marketing across all of our U.S.
networks,” said Burton Jablin. “Kathleen has proven her creative
acumen through strengthening HGTV’s position as a must-have network
in the United States, with 14 months of consecutive growth and a 10
percent year-on-year ratings increase. I look forward to her
working with teams across all of our brands to further solidify
Scripps Networks’ position as the leader in lifestyle content
development.”
The management changes follow the announcement that Brooke
Johnson, President of Food Network and Cooking Channel, will be
retiring after more than 12 years leading the brand. Johnson will
continue to serve as a consultant to Scripps Networks Interactive
through the end of 2016.
Shannon O’Neill, President of Travel Channel, has been appointed
Managing Director, Finance & Operations of Scripps Networks
Interactive’s U.S. networks. Reporting to Chief Financial Officer
Lori Hickok, O’Neill will support Hickok and Finch in the creation
and implementation of more unified approaches to day-to-day
operations, strategic decision-making and capital allocation across
Scripps Networks’ business in the United States.
“Shannon O’Neill has overseen the launch of one of the largest
slates of new programming in Scripps Networks’ storied history, and
I know that the network will reap the benefits of that work for a
long while to come,” said Jablin. “I’m very pleased that the
company will continue to benefit from his experience and expertise
as we seek to further build our business in this fast-paced media
landscape.”
Burton Jablin was part of the original team that launched HGTV
in 1994, supervising production of the network’s original
programming slate as executive producer. He has since held a series
of senior production and programming roles within the company,
before being appointed to President of Scripps Networks in 2013.
Prior to joining HGTV, Jablin worked for more than 10 years in
television news, including roles at WBBM-TV in Chicago, and KTTV in
Los Angeles.
Kathleen Finch joined Scripps Networks in 1999, as Senior Vice
President of primetime programming at Food Network, and helped
launch the careers of many of the network’s leading stars. Having
been promoted to lead both HGTV and DIY Network, Finch played an
integral role in helping the networks achieve record-breaking
ratings and revenue, and launched acclaimed series such as
‘Property Brothers’, ‘Flip or Flop’, ‘Fixer Upper’, and ‘The
Vanilla Ice Project’. Finch was previously a journalist, notably
spending 12 years as a CBS Network News producer, traveling the
world to cover breaking news and events.
High-resolution headshots of Burton Jablin and Kathleen Finch
are available in the Scripps Networks Interactive online
newsroom.
About Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) is one of the leading
developers of engaging lifestyle content in the home, food and
travel categories for television, the Internet and emerging
platforms. The company's lifestyle media portfolio comprises
popular television and Internet brands HGTV, DIY Network, Food
Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and Great American
Country, which collectively engage more than 190 million U.S.
consumers each month. International operations include TVN,
Poland’s premier multi-platform media company; UKTV, an independent
commercial joint venture with BBC Worldwide; Asian Food Channel,
the first pan-regional TV food network in Asia; and lifestyle
channel Fine Living. The company’s global networks and websites
reach millions of consumers across North and South America, Asia,
Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Scripps Networks Interactive is
headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn. For more information, please
visit scrippsnetworksinteractive.com.
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