A+E Networks Ad Sales President Peter Olsen to Step Down, Toby Byrne to Take Over

A+E Networks will be experiencing a major shakeup in its advertising division in the new year. Starting in February 2025, Toby Byrne will be named president of ad sales following Peter Olsen’s retirement.
Olsen has led the division for the past 20 years, helping shift the organization to employ data-driven, multiplatform advertising. Under his leadership, A+E established new metrics for reporting advertising impact to its partners, including using InterAction and Performax. Olsen also spearheaded the company’s Total Audience Initiative, which revolutionized ad metrics and helped set an industry standard for audience measurement.
“Peter has been a brilliant and kind leader who has guided A+E Networks through its most transformative years,” company president Paul Buccieri said in a Monday statement. “He has fostered a culture of innovation that has solidified A+E’s prominence in multiplatform advertising. Along the way, Peter has cultivated a best-in-class Ad Sales team. Peter...
Olsen has led the division for the past 20 years, helping shift the organization to employ data-driven, multiplatform advertising. Under his leadership, A+E established new metrics for reporting advertising impact to its partners, including using InterAction and Performax. Olsen also spearheaded the company’s Total Audience Initiative, which revolutionized ad metrics and helped set an industry standard for audience measurement.
“Peter has been a brilliant and kind leader who has guided A+E Networks through its most transformative years,” company president Paul Buccieri said in a Monday statement. “He has fostered a culture of innovation that has solidified A+E’s prominence in multiplatform advertising. Along the way, Peter has cultivated a best-in-class Ad Sales team. Peter...
- 12/9/2024
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
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