Warner Bros. Discovery Ad Chief Jon Steinlauf To Exit
deadline.comJon Steinlauf, who navigated waves of corporate mergers in recent years en route to becoming head of U.S. ad sales at Warner Bros.
Discovery, is leaving the company later this year. The news was shared internally Friday by WBD Chief Revenue and Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell. (Read his memo below.) Steinlauf presided over nearly three dozen linear cable networks and also the advertising tier of Max.
He had held the top ad post at Scripps Networks Interactive, which merged with Discovery in 2018. After becoming one of the few Scripps execs to take on a top role at Discovery, Steinlauf then ascended to the highest ad perch at WBD after the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery in 2022.
Steinlauf also previously worked at Turner and ESPN. The departure follows the news that Kathleen Finch, a former colleague of Steinlauf’s at Scripps and Discovery who became Chairman and CEO of U.S.
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