Dive summary:
- Walker Jacobs, executive VP in digital sales at Turner Broadcasting, has tuned in his resignation after six years at the company.
- Jacobs resignation is a result of a restructuring of Turner's ad sales operations, after many discussion Jacobs decided there was no longer a suitable position for him at Turner.
- During his time at Turner, Jacobs built out its own premium ad network, inked digital partnerships with Nascar, the NBA, and the PGA, acquired Bleacher Report and started streaming and selling the NCAA Men's basketball tournament.
From the article:
"Sources describe Jacob's departure as 'highly amicable.' Turner recently tweaked its sales organization, which seems to have spurred Jacobs' move. A little more than a year ago, CNN sales chief Greg D’Alba assumed more digital responsibilities. And in the past few months, Turner further realigned its ad sales operations around three verticals: sports, entertainment and news."
